{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"1bd6174e883e62d1616da7dd","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/1bd6174e883e62d1616da7dd","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/1bd6174e883e62d1616da7dd","title":"Principal Director, Program Development *Remote*","description":"Compassion & Choices is seeking a Principal Director, Program Development\n\nThis is a full-time, remote position. The starting salary range is $125,000–$140,000 annually. The final salary offered will be based on relevant experience, qualifications, internal equity, and organizational considerations.\n\nWe offer excellent benefits, including employer-shared medical and dental insurance premiums; employer-paid short- and long-term disability, life, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance; flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care; a commuter pre-tax benefit; eligibility to participate in a 401(k) with a generous 5% employer match and immediate vesting upon eligibility; paid holidays; paid time off; and personal days.\n\nThis position will primarily be responsible for:\n\nThe Principal Director, Program Development will lead the design, implementation, evaluation, and sustainable growth of national end-of-life programs across Compassion & Choices’ strategic priorities, including dementia care, medical assistance in dying (MAID), advance care planning, and emerging areas of need.\n\nThis role will ensure patient-directed care is embedded throughout program strategy and delivery by incorporating patients’ values, preferences, autonomy, and lived experiences into program development, implementation, and evaluation.\n\nThe Principal Director will develop integrated program strategies, roadmaps, delivery models, governance structures, implementation frameworks, and measurable outcomes aligned with organizational priorities. They will translate organizational strategy into scalable programs, tools, resources, and approaches that can be adapted across communities and jurisdictions while identifying opportunities to address policy, practice, service-delivery, infrastructure, and access barriers affecting patient-directed end-of-life care.\n\nThe Principal Director will also build the infrastructure, partnerships, resources, and operating models necessary to support consistent program implementation and sustainable national growth. This includes strengthening organizational and sector capacity through education, training, knowledge sharing, technical assistance, and practical implementation resources.\n\nAdditional Responsibilities\n\nDevelop and maintain strategic relationships with patients, caregivers, healthcare providers, health systems, government entities, researchers, funders, community organizations, and other stakeholders.\nEstablish approaches for evaluating program effectiveness, measuring outcomes, and supporting continuous improvement.\nIdentify opportunities for sustainable funding and contribute program expertise to grant strategies, funding proposals, partnership agreements, and other resource-development efforts.\nMonitor developments in end-of-life care, healthcare delivery, emerging practices, and community needs to identify trends, opportunities, and implications for organizational programs and strategy.\nSynthesize program outcomes, stakeholder experiences, implementation lessons, and emerging trends into actionable insights and recommendations for organizational leadership.\nFacilitate cross-functional learning and knowledge sharing so that lessons from program implementation inform future strategies, programs, and organizational decision-making.\nIdentify and evaluate opportunities for program innovation, replication, and expansion.\nRepresent Compassion & Choices at conferences, coalitions, working groups, consultations, and other external forums.\nServe as a strategic program resource to organizational leaders and cross-functional teams.\n\nSupervisory Responsibilities\n\nDirectly supervises the Integrated Program Manager and may supervise consultants, contractors, or additional program staff as organizational needs evolve.\n\nThe Principal Director provides coaching, guidance, workload prioritization, performance feedback, and professional development support to direct reports and assigned consultants. This position also provides functional leadership and strategic direction to cross-functional teams, external partners, subject matter experts, and contractors supporting program development, implementation, evaluation, training, and capacity-building initiatives.\n\nBecause this role leads enterprise-level program development and systems-change efforts across multiple functions, success requires the ability to lead and influence teams and initiatives without direct line-management authority over all implementation staff.\n\nPreferred Qualifications (You Will Be a Good Fit)\n\nEducation and Experience\n\nBachelor’s degree in Public Health, Healthcare Administration, Public Administration, Social Work, Nursing, Nonprofit Management, Organizational Leadership, Program Management, or a related field required; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.\nMaster’s degree in a related field preferred.\nMinimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in program development, healthcare, public health, systems change, nonprofit leadership, or a related field.\nDemonstrated experience designing, implementing, scaling, and evaluating complex programs across multiple settings, communities, or populations.\nExperience leading systems-change initiatives and addressing healthcare, policy, service-delivery, or access barriers.\nExperience supervising staff and providing functional leadership to cross-functional teams, consultants, volunteers, and external partners.\nExperience building partnerships with healthcare providers, government entities, researchers, community organizations, funders, and other external stakeholders.\nExperience in end-of-life care, serious illness, healthcare, public health, patient advocacy, health equity, or a related mission-driven field strongly preferred.\nExperience supporting grants, funding proposals, partnerships, or other program sustainability strategies preferred.\n\nSkills\n\nExceptional written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex programmatic, healthcare, and systems-change concepts to diverse audiences.\nExceptional strategic, systems-thinking, and problem-solving skills.\nAbility to translate organizational priorities and stakeholder needs into practical, scalable solutions.\nStrong strategic planning, facilitation, consensus-building, and relationship-building skills.\nAbility to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives and manage multiple organizational priorities.\nAbility to assess program performance, identify trends, establish measurable outcomes, and use data to inform planning, resource allocation, evaluation, and continuous improvement.\nAbility to build trust and communicate effectively with patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, community partners, funders, volunteers, organizational leaders, and other stakeholders.\nProficiency with Google Workspace, Microsoft Office Suite, CRM platforms, project and program management tools, virtual collaboration platforms, survey and evaluation tools, and reporting applications.\n\nProfessional Knowledge\n\nThe successful candidate should have advanced knowledge of or experience working with:\n\nProgram development, capacity building, systems change, and sustainable program implementation.\nTranslating organizational strategy into scalable program models, implementation frameworks, tools, resources, and measurable outcomes.\nPatient-directed care and incorporating patient, caregiver, community, and stakeholder perspectives into program design, implementation, and evaluation.\nProgram evaluation, impact measurement, continuous improvement, and data-informed decision-making.\nBuilding collaborative relationships and influencing outcomes across departments and with external partners.\nOperating effectively within a national, distributed, and volunteer-powered organization.\nEquity, accessibility, cultural responsiveness, and incorporating lived experience into program development.\nNavigating sensitive issues related to serious illness, caregiving, dying, autonomy, and end-of-life decision-making with professionalism and respect.\n\nCertificates, Licenses, and Registrations\n\nNo professional certification or license is required.\n\nProfessional certifications or credentials in program management, project management, public health, healthcare quality improvement, implementation science, change management, or related disciplines are preferred but not required.\n\nTravel\n\nMust be able and willing to travel up to 20% of the time, including overnight travel, for partner and stakeholder meetings, conferences, community engagement activities, program implementation and training, organizational meetings and retreats, strategic planning sessions, and other business-related activities as needed.\n\nHow to Apply\nA current résumé and cover letter should be submitted as one PDF document.\n\nIn your cover letter, please include the following:\n\nExplain how your personal philosophy and professional interests align with the mission of Compassion & Choices.\n\nProvide a brief summary of the experience, skills, and qualifications that make you a strong candidate for this position.\nDescribe how your approach to collaboration and your professional values would contribute to Compassion & Choices and the work of this role.\n\nAbout Compassion & Choices\nAcross the nation, Compassion & Choices works to create a society that affirms life and accepts the inevitability of death, embraces expanded options for compassionate dying, and empowers everyone to choose end-of-life care that reflects their values, priorities, and beliefs. To make this vision a reality, we improve care, expand options, and empower everyone to chart their end-of-life journey.\n\nCompassion & Choices is committed to building a staff that reflects the diverse communities that make up our country. 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The starting salary range is $125,000–$140,000 annually. The final salary offered will be based on relevant experience, qualifications, internal equity, and organizational considerations.\n\nWe offer excellent benefits, including employer-shared medical and dental insurance premiums; employer-paid short- and long-term disability, life, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance; flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care; a commuter pre-tax benefit; eligibility to participate in a 401(k) with a generous 5% employer match and immediate vesting upon eligibility; paid holidays; paid time off; and personal days.\n\nThis position will primarily be responsible for:\n\nThe Principal Director, Program Development will lead the design, implementation, evaluation, and sustainable growth of national end-of-life programs across Compassion & Choices’ strategic priorities, including dementia care, medical assistance in dying (MAID), advance care planning, and emerging areas of need.\n\nThis role will ensure patient-directed care is embedded throughout program strategy and delivery by incorporating patients’ values, preferences, autonomy, and lived experiences into program development, implementation, and evaluation.\n\nThe Principal Director will develop integrated program strategies, roadmaps, delivery models, governance structures, implementation frameworks, and measurable outcomes aligned with organizational priorities. They will translate organizational strategy into scalable programs, tools, resources, and approaches that can be adapted across communities and jurisdictions while identifying opportunities to address policy, practice, service-delivery, infrastructure, and access barriers affecting patient-directed end-of-life care.\n\nThe Principal Director will also build the infrastructure, partnerships, resources, and operating models necessary to support consistent program implementation and sustainable national growth. This includes strengthening organizational and sector capacity through education, training, knowledge sharing, technical assistance, and practical implementation resources.\n\nAdditional Responsibilities\n\nDevelop and maintain strategic relationships with patients, caregivers, healthcare providers, health systems, government entities, researchers, funders, community organizations, and other stakeholders.\nEstablish approaches for evaluating program effectiveness, measuring outcomes, and supporting continuous improvement.\nIdentify opportunities for sustainable funding and contribute program expertise to grant strategies, funding proposals, partnership agreements, and other resource-development efforts.\nMonitor developments in end-of-life care, healthcare delivery, emerging practices, and community needs to identify trends, opportunities, and implications for organizational programs and strategy.\nSynthesize program outcomes, stakeholder experiences, implementation lessons, and emerging trends into actionable insights and recommendations for organizational leadership.\nFacilitate cross-functional learning and knowledge sharing so that lessons from program implementation inform future strategies, programs, and organizational decision-making.\nIdentify and evaluate opportunities for program innovation, replication, and expansion.\nRepresent Compassion & Choices at conferences, coalitions, working groups, consultations, and other external forums.\nServe as a strategic program resource to organizational leaders and cross-functional teams.\n\nSupervisory Responsibilities\n\nDirectly supervises the Integrated Program Manager and may supervise consultants, contractors, or additional program staff as organizational needs evolve.\n\nThe Principal Director provides coaching, guidance, workload prioritization, performance feedback, and professional development support to direct reports and assigned consultants. This position also provides functional leadership and strategic direction to cross-functional teams, external partners, subject matter experts, and contractors supporting program development, implementation, evaluation, training, and capacity-building initiatives.\n\nBecause this role leads enterprise-level program development and systems-change efforts across multiple functions, success requires the ability to lead and influence teams and initiatives without direct line-management authority over all implementation staff.\n\nPreferred Qualifications (You Will Be a Good Fit)\n\nEducation and Experience\n\nBachelor’s degree in Public Health, Healthcare Administration, Public Administration, Social Work, Nursing, Nonprofit Management, Organizational Leadership, Program Management, or a related field required; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.\nMaster’s degree in a related field preferred.\nMinimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in program development, healthcare, public health, systems change, nonprofit leadership, or a related field.\nDemonstrated experience designing, implementing, scaling, and evaluating complex programs across multiple settings, communities, or populations.\nExperience leading systems-change initiatives and addressing healthcare, policy, service-delivery, or access barriers.\nExperience supervising staff and providing functional leadership to cross-functional teams, consultants, volunteers, and external partners.\nExperience building partnerships with healthcare providers, government entities, researchers, community organizations, funders, and other external stakeholders.\nExperience in end-of-life care, serious illness, healthcare, public health, patient advocacy, health equity, or a related mission-driven field strongly preferred.\nExperience supporting grants, funding proposals, partnerships, or other program sustainability strategies preferred.\n\nSkills\n\nExceptional written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex programmatic, healthcare, and systems-change concepts to diverse audiences.\nExceptional strategic, systems-thinking, and problem-solving skills.\nAbility to translate organizational priorities and stakeholder needs into practical, scalable solutions.\nStrong strategic planning, facilitation, consensus-building, and relationship-building skills.\nAbility to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives and manage multiple organizational priorities.\nAbility to assess program performance, identify trends, establish measurable outcomes, and use data to inform planning, resource allocation, evaluation, and continuous improvement.\nAbility to build trust and communicate effectively with patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, community partners, funders, volunteers, organizational leaders, and other stakeholders.\nProficiency with Google Workspace, Microsoft Office Suite, CRM platforms, project and program management tools, virtual collaboration platforms, survey and evaluation tools, and reporting applications.\n\nProfessional Knowledge\n\nThe successful candidate should have advanced knowledge of or experience working with:\n\nProgram development, capacity building, systems change, and sustainable program implementation.\nTranslating organizational strategy into scalable program models, implementation frameworks, tools, resources, and measurable outcomes.\nPatient-directed care and incorporating patient, caregiver, community, and stakeholder perspectives into program design, implementation, and evaluation.\nProgram evaluation, impact measurement, continuous improvement, and data-informed decision-making.\nBuilding collaborative relationships and influencing outcomes across departments and with external partners.\nOperating effectively within a national, distributed, and volunteer-powered organization.\nEquity, accessibility, cultural responsiveness, and incorporating lived experience into program development.\nNavigating sensitive issues related to serious illness, caregiving, dying, autonomy, and end-of-life decision-making with professionalism and respect.\n\nCertificates, Licenses, and Registrations\n\nNo professional certification or license is required.\n\nProfessional certifications or credentials in program management, project management, public health, healthcare quality improvement, implementation science, change management, or related disciplines are preferred but not required.\n\nTravel\n\nMust be able and willing to travel up to 20% of the time, including overnight travel, for partner and stakeholder meetings, conferences, community engagement activities, program implementation and training, organizational meetings and retreats, strategic planning sessions, and other business-related activities as needed.\n\nHow to Apply\nA current résumé and cover letter should be submitted as one PDF document.\n\nIn your cover letter, please include the following:\n\nExplain how your personal philosophy and professional interests align with the mission of Compassion & Choices.\n\nProvide a brief summary of the experience, skills, and qualifications that make you a strong candidate for this position.\nDescribe how your approach to collaboration and your professional values would contribute to Compassion & Choices and the work of this role.\n\nAbout Compassion & Choices\nAcross the nation, Compassion & Choices works to create a society that affirms life and accepts the inevitability of death, embraces expanded options for compassionate dying, and empowers everyone to choose end-of-life care that reflects their values, priorities, and beliefs. To make this vision a reality, we improve care, expand options, and empower everyone to chart their end-of-life journey.\n\nCompassion & Choices is committed to building a staff that reflects the diverse communities that make up our country. 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