Program Associate

AACN (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses)

Program Associate ensuring effective execution of AACN's Beacon Award Program. This role includes advanced problem-solving, operational optimization, and collaboration with various stakeholders.

Posted 6/27/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $63,088 - $78,860 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Program Associate, Beacon ensures the effective implementation and execution of the AACN Beacon Award Program, ensuring alignment with program and organizational objectives.
This role serves as the principal internal authority for inquiries from customers and volunteer reviewers, exercising advanced problem-solving capabilities to resolve complex issues, streamline cross-functional processes, and optimize program workflows to ensure successful strategic outcomes.
Operating with a high level of autonomy, this role evaluates complex program requirements.
It suggests initiatives to align with program and organizational goals, ensuring the operational optimization and continuous evaluation of the Beacon Award program.
The position applies expertise to exercise discretion in decision-making on business matters affecting Beacon outcomes, focusing on administering program workflows, leading high-level communication, and making independent determinations to interpret guidelines and implement appropriate resolution pathways in varied and complex situations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred
Minimum 5 years of progressive relevant experience in a project or operations role with increasing responsibility, ideally gained in a healthcare, nonprofit, or mission-focused setting
Experience working on projects requiring interaction with multiple team members.
Previous customer interaction experience and managing multiple priorities.
Demonstrated success managing multiple complex projects with cross-functional teams, including responsibility for timelines, working with stakeholders at all levels.

Benefits

Comp & perks

generous paid time off
low-cost health plans for medical and mental health services
dental
vision
company-paid life and short-term disability insurance
a variety of other benefits
retirement savings program with employer matching and additional company contribution

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Soft Skills

advanced problem-solvingcommunicationdecision-makingorganizational skillsproject managementstakeholder managementcross-functional collaborationautonomyinitiativeevaluation

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree