Academic Operations Program Manager

US Anesthesia Partners

Manager – Academic Programs at US Anesthesia Partners focusing on programmatic support and strategic academic priorities. Collaborating with clinical leaders and academic institutions for effective execution.

Posted 7/6/2026full-timeDenver • Colorado • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $89,000 - $151,300 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with clinical leaders, talent acquisition, and academic institutions to provide programmatic support, planning, implementation, and execution of strategic academic priorities across practice sites.
Collaborate with clinical leaders, academic institutions, executive leaders, and internal teams to achieve the goals set forth as part of the Academic Operations Division.
Work closely with academic institution leadership, the senior operations team and external stakeholders to carry out scale and grow USAP’s training footprint and align and grow strategic partnerships.
Help with planning and coordinating conferences targeted toward trainees and program directors.
Provide leadership and vision to the team with a focus on support and engagement to further the Company’s academic workforce priorities and objectives.
Manage the P&L, financial forecasting, and analysis for the St. Joseph School of Nurse Anesthesia in coordination with the USAP financial teams and program leadership.
Review and recommend opportunities to generate income and maintain and/or reduce expenses to keep division profitable.
Identify other revenue-generating activities for the division to grow and build upon our mission.
Analyze training data to identify trends, areas for improvement, and process efficiencies.
Provide actionable insights to enhance program outcomes and workforce retention.
Utilize our propriety Prodigy tracking system and generates reports to track hiring metrics and conversion data for key relationships.
Regularly update senior academic operations leadership on contract statuses, affiliation agreements, trainee data, and other critical program metrics.
Execute, implement, oversee, and report on clinical training enhanced affiliation agreements between clinical sites and academic institutions.
Ensure all contractual obligations are met and aligned with organizational goals.
Manage day-to-day programmatic relationships with external stakeholders and internal USAP counterparts to solve issues in a timely and comprehensive manner.
Partner with clinical leadership, talent acquisition, HR, and academic teams to ensure alignment on training goals and trainee conversion strategies.
Act as a dedicated problem solver to address any challenges or roadblocks that may arise in the execution of the strategic and operational priorities of the Academic Operations Division.
Offer solutions to enhance business operations and identify new opportunities.
Some travel is required for conferences, meetings, and site visits.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent 3-5 years’ experience
Master’s degree preferred
Experience in academic healthcare is highly desired
1-3 years of hospital-based healthcare experience
Experience with managing contracts and/or grants
2-4 years of financial or P&L management experience required
2+ years of people management and project management experience preferred
Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills to communicate to a diverse population of leaders, peers, and external stakeholders
Strong organizational skills
Skill in gathering and reporting information with the ability to manage a variety of projects
Ability to maintain confidentiality
Ability to work effectively and independently with staff, physicians and external customers
Strong leadership and facilitation skills with clear ability to build relationships with stakeholders at all levels, including executives
Has abilities associated with problem identification; reasoning; ability to work with business units in the development ideas to solve staffing issues
Demonstrated ability to manage time and multiple projects/activities with competing priorities
Results oriented leader; ability to establish and track KPIs (key performance indicators), measuring, and reporting results
Advanced capabilities in Microsoft Office applications required and preferred experience with Workday and QuickBase
Knowledge of recruitment CRM systems is highly desired.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Eligible for an annual bonus

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Hard Skills & Tools

P&L ManagementData AnalysisKPI TrackingProgram CoordinationContract Negotiation

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationStrong Organizational SkillsProblem SolvingRelationship BuildingLeadership