Since our founding in 1924, we've cut cardiovascular disease deaths in half, but there is still so much more to do. To overcome today’s biggest health challenges and accelerate this progress, we need passionate individuals like you. Join our movement, be part of the progress, and help ensure a healthier future for all. You matter, and so does the impact you can make with us.

The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Senior Program Lead, Healthy Living.  This position can be remote based within the U.S.

Expected pay range will be $100,00 to $115,000. Pay is commensurate with experience; geographic differentials to the pay range may apply. The American Heart Association reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range.

The application portal will close on March 7, 2025.

Join our team of creative problem solvers as we advance health and hope for everyone, everywhere on a strategic team within an organization that charges staff to drive innovation from every seat. The Healthy Living team drives innovative strategies focused on healthy eating, physical activity and well-being; critical topics that are relevant to 100% of the population. In this role you’ll be designing and implementing high-impact solutions in collaboration with internal stakeholders and external funding partners to drive health outcomes, consumer engagement and revenue supporting the Association-wide national Healthy Living strategic plan established by the National Vice President, Healthy Living Programs.

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally.

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• Develops strategic plans and directs implementation across horizontal functions to implement, measure and refine strategies. Functions include MarCom, Science, Advocacy, Community Health, Corporate Relations, and Mission Advancement to drive end-to-end customer solutions related to the portfolio.
• Provides direction and management of Program Lead.
• Advances Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for communications and marketing with a focus on increasing awareness, brand recognition and overall visibility.
• Identify key national strategic alliance partners to achieve new business and volunteer relationships while driving toward a targeted revenue goal. Cultivate, enhance or maintain relationships to achieve scale/sustainability of Association Mission programming. Provides ongoing relationship management, tracking and evaluation.
• Oversee development of resources to support national communications, marketing and consumer research. Analyzes and evaluates effectiveness and customer engagement with portfolio assets and strategic objectives. Provides recommendations for programmatic development, evaluation and enhancement.
• Develops and maintains cooperative working relationships with Association staff, volunteers, sponsors and partners throughout the entire product planning process. In collaboration with leadership, identifies and establishes Healthy Living teams to address product development, marketing campaigns, success measures and analysis of market response and reach.
• Oversee assigned Portfolio operations such as event support, survey development, data analysis, ROI reports, and annual impact reports. Analyzes market trends and business relationships to align with assigned portfolio. Supports the development and execution of the portfolio business plan, reporting on progress and outcomes.

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Health, or equivalent work experience.
• Five (5) years of experience managing subject matter experts and operations/implementation managers.
• Five (5) years of experience in program development, planning and management.
• Five (5) years’ experience in the CPG industry, including functional experience in sales, marketing, nutrition/health, or grocery retail.
• Five (5) years of marketing agency experience with focus on food/nutrition or healthy lifestyle portfolio. 
• Five (5) years of comprehensive experience building business cases, analyzing market trends and identifying innovative business opportunities.
• A demonstrated track record of leading strategic relationships with mutually defined KPIs; regularly achieving or exceeding defined goals. Ability to identify synergistic and/or symbiotic relationship opportunities.
• Ability to establish, manage and grow partnerships.
• Creative problem solver: a compelling and credible storyteller with a strong ability to map challenges to internal capabilities, with outside of the box solutions, and align back to established business goals.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills allowing you to engage client audiences from multiple levels and industries. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; able to send and receive communication clearly and concisely
• Collaboration skills with ability to influence multiple levels - up & down without direct authority
• Ability to manage multiple priorities across multiple functions
• Strong analytical skills, ability to link strategy, forecast & tactical plans.

Expected pay range will be $100,00 to $115,000. Pay is commensurate with experience; geographic differentials to the pay range may apply. The American Heart Association reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range.

The American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of our total rewards package.  Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.

• Compensation – Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary.  That’s why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments, as needed.
  
  
• Performance and Recognition – You are rewarded for achieving success by merit increases and incentive programs; elgibility for an incentive program is based on the type of position.
  
  
• Benefits – We offer a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution.  As a mark of our commitment to employee well-being, we also offer an employee assistance program, employee wellness program and telemedicine, and medical consultation.
  
  
• Professional Development – You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program.  HeartU is the Association’s national online university, with more than 100,000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.
  
  
• Work-Life Harmonization – The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees.  The number of days will increase based on seniority level.  You will also have a total of 12 paid holidays off each year, which includes several days off at the end of the year.
  
  
• Tuition Assistance - We support the career development of all employees.  This program provides financial assistance to employees who wish to further their education and career in relation to their current duties and responsibilities, or for potential future positions in the organization.

The American Heart Association’s 2028 Goal: Building on over 100 years of trusted leadership in cardiovascular and brain health, by 2028 the AHA will drive breakthroughs and implement proven solutions in science, policy, and care for healthier people and communities. The greatest discoveries in health must reach everyone where they are.

At American Heart Association | American Stroke Association, our mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, age, language, sexual orientation, national origin and physical or cognitive abilities. We're committed to ensuring our workforce, workplace culture and mission have a shared impact across a diverse set of backgrounds.

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