Program Officer, Dissemination and Implementation

About Us

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is an independent nonprofit organization authorized by Congress in 2010. Its mission is to fund research that will provide patients, their caregivers and clinicians with the evidence-based information needed to make better-informed healthcare decisions. PCORI is committed to continually seeking input from a broad range of stakeholders to guide its work

Position Summary 

The Program Officer (PO), Dissemination & Implementation, will take a central role in the program’s funding initiatives and other activities. The PO's work requires a commitment to the program’s goals of promoting the uptake of high-quality evidence in practice, the ability to critically assess evidence and project proposals, and the ability to represent the program professionally in work with applicant and project teams. The position involves close collaboration with D&I Program Team members and coordination with colleagues across PCORI. 

Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Review and consider D&I Program applicants’ implementation project concepts and proposals, providing detailed feedback to applicants informed by D&I Program experience with implementation efforts taking place in healthcare delivery settings, and consistent with program funding priorities. Critically evaluate completed research that is the basis for proposed implementation.
• Develop briefing materials, presentations, and other materials that identify, highlight and clearly articulate important project features, and summarize program recommendations to support PCORI approval processes.
• Oversee projects funded through PCORI’s D&I funding initiatives. Maintain regular communication with awardee teams. Identify emerging concerns and work with awardees to address them; develop mitigation strategies and manage processes to address concerns when needed. Review awardees’ reports and deliverables to ensure clarity and completeness.
• Prepare written summaries and syntheses capturing important features, accomplishments, and concerns for ongoing and completed implementation projects.
• Oversee or contribute to efforts to refine and improve current initiatives, and to conceptualize and operationalize new ones. Responsibilities may include drafting concepts and responding to feedback, conducting background research, summarizing relevant evidence, updating current program materials, or drafting materials to support funding opportunities.
• Represent PCORI externally and the D&I Program internally.
• Collaborate with D&I program staff at all levels; work with other PCORI colleagues as appropriate.
• Manage other initiatives or activities for the D&I program as needed to address PCORI or program priorities.
  
  

Incumbent(s) in this position may be required to perform other duties and special assignments not specifically stated above.

Statements outlined in this section are designated as essential job functions in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Required Skills

• Strong writing skills. Strong analytic and problem-solving skills. Able to prepare cogent memos and other summaries by synthesizing material and focusing on the essence of an issue; able to think broadly and strategically and see the big picture.
• Strong organizational and project management skills. Ability to develop timelines, organize and prioritize tasks, communicate progress, and oversee assignments from initiation through task completion. Ability to manage work with efficiency and attention to detail with the goal of producing high quality and timely deliverables.
• Ability to prepare presentations based on understanding of the audience’s interests and larger context. PowerPoint competence desirable. Ability to prepare talking points conveying main messages in accurate and accessible language. Oral presentation skills (or willingness to learn) also desirable.
• Familiarity with the healthcare delivery system and the roles of various stakeholders. Broad familiarity with – and interest in – diverse areas of health services and/or medical research. Familiarity with comparative effectiveness research (CER); ability to critically review journal publications reporting results from PCORI-funded and related studies.
• Ability to stay abreast of Implementation Science and D&I best practices literature and incorporate relevant concepts into program initiatives and communications. Background or experience relevant to implementation is desirable; strong commitment to the goals of the program, interest, and initiative to learn are required.
• Ability to work with a high level of independence and to take initiative in completing tasks and projects. Ability to identify external resources as well as internal PCORI resources to support learning, and draw on these resources to accomplish goals.
• Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills; collegial, energetic, able to develop productive relationships with colleagues, stakeholders, awardees, consultants, external funders, and others who contribute to program development and management.
  
  

Required Experience

• Doctoral degree preferred in a field relevant to patient-centered outcomes research (e.g., health services research, public health, health policy, sociology, psychology, program evaluation) plus minimum of three (3) years of relevant work experience -OR- Master’s degree in relevant field plus minimum of seven (7) years of relevant experience demonstrating increasing responsibility.
• Applicants with advanced academic or professional credentials, extensive years of relevant health research experience, or relevant experience working in a funding organization/agency may be considered for senior program officer roles.
• Experience working independently and in handling and managing multiple priorities effectively; experience in work environments that require organizing time efficiently and having a high tolerance for change.
• Professional experience in health care delivery settings is desirable.
• Professional experience in program evaluation or related quantitative analysis is also desirable.
  
  

Compensation And Benefits

Salary Range:

Program Officer 1: $120,000 - $130,000

Program Officer 2: $145,000 - $155,000

The above range represents the salary range expected for the position; however, final offers are based on several factors such as the position’s responsibilities; the candidate’s experience, education, and skills; location; travel required; and current market conditions. Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, eligible employees may participate in PCORI-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employee’s eligible dependents.

Conflict of Interest.

PCORI wants to ensure that prospective employees are aware of its conflict-of-interest policies so that employment deliberations take into consideration this aspect of PCORI employment. PCORI requires all PCORI employees to disclose upon commencement of their employment and on an annual basis all individual and close relatives financial, business, and personal association with the potential to bias or that have the appearance of biasing one’s decisions relating to PCORI. All disclosures made by employees are made publicly available on PCORI’s website. Disclosures must include all financial and business and personal associations with any health or healthcare-related organizations and include all associations with any other organizations that have the potential to bias or that have the appearance of biasing one’s decisions relating to PCORI, including but not limited to vendors or other third parties with whom PCORI has a contract or that PCORI has funded. For more information please visit PCORI-Conflict-of-Interest-Policies-Outside-Employment-Policy.pdf

PCORI conducts reference and background checks on all applicants.

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