Program Director II, MD (Hybrid)

Program Director II, MD (Hybrid)

Chicago, IL

The American Medical Association (AMA) is the nation's largest professional Association of physicians and a non-profit organization. We are a unifying voice and powerful ally for America's physicians, the patients they care for, and the promise of a healthier nation. To be part of the AMA is to be part of our Mission to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.

At AMA, our mission to improve the health of the nation starts with our people. We foster an inclusive, people-first culture where every employee is empowered to perform at their best. Together, we advance meaningful change in health care and the communities we serve.

We encourage and support professional development for our employees, and we are dedicated to social responsibility. We invite you to learn more about us and we look forward to getting to know you.

We have an opportunity at our corporate offices in Chicago for a Program Director II, MD (Hybrid) on our Mission Operations team. This is a hybrid position reporting into our Chicago, IL office, requiring 3 days a week in the office.

As a clinician this role leads AMA's 1:1 and one-to-many strategic advisory conversations with health systems, helping organizations understand and advance their well-being practices. This role is responsible for facilitating discussions, leading report-outs on Organizational Biopsy results, and advising leaders on AMA's frameworks and activation tools and drawing on experience in leading change in a health system. This role will represent the AMA as a physician associated with this work at national conferences. This role contributes to the development of toolkits, presentations, and other resources, and feeds insights from the field back into product and activation strategy. This role also serves as Joy in Medicine reviewer and thought partner to ensure fidelity to the AMA's well-being framework and evaluative criteria

This role is recognized as an external thought leader within a strategic business unit or job discipline and requires broad and comprehensive expertise in leading-edge theories, techniques and/or technologies within the field. This role proactively identifies and solves problems that impact the management and direction of the AMA and influences strategy development and long-term planning

RESPONSIBILITIES:

May include other responsibilities as assigned

REQUIREMENTS:

1. MO or DO required

2. 10+ years of experience in executing large scale change initiatives in a health system as part of the medical staff, ideally including physician
   well-being work.

3. Experience leading high-trust, 1:1 and group strategic conversations with senior health system and physician leaders; deep understanding of change management, current clinical context, well-being.

4. Deep experience with and/or expertise in physician well-being work.

5. Proven ability to design and lead structured advisory conversations with senior health system leaders, including preparation, facilitation, synthesis of insights, and follow-up guidance.

6. Experience delivering assessment-based report-outs and coaching conversations, translating qualitative and quantitative inputs into clear findings, implications, and recommendations.

7. Ability to apply shared frameworks, criteria, and tools consistently, customizing talk tracks and materials to client context while maintaining alignment with core models and standards.

8. Demonstrated ability to identify patterns, gaps, and recurring needs and translate those insights into recommendations for program, tool, or process improvement.

9. Experience contributing subject-matter expertise to the evolution of frameworks, criteria, and research agendas in emerging topic areas where evidence is still developing.

10. Ability to collaborate effectively both with physician peers and with non-physician program operations staff on cross-functional projects

11. Excellent written communication skills, including the ability to independently develop clear, well structured slide decks and written materials for executive, clinical, and external audiences.

12. Overnight travel to US-based locations multiple times per quarter required.

13. Excellent verbal communication skills; demonstrated ability present in large group settings.