Organizational overview
The Society of Family Planning advances a vision of just and equitable abortion and contraception, informed by science. By leveraging the powerful tools of science and medicine, we aim to ensure that abortion and contraception practices and policies are grounded in science and center people whose access to care is constrained by systems of oppression, and that all people have access to evidence-informed and person-centered abortion and contraception.
Role description
The Director of Complex Family Planning reports to the Senior Director of Healthcare Programs and Strategy and is responsible for managing and integrating the Society's healthcare program portfolio related to complex family planning, with primary responsibility for guiding and successfully executing the organization's programs and strategies related to supporting the Complex Family Planning subspeciality, while also exploring new areas of growth that connect to strategies four and five in our strategic plan. Persons in this role are responsible for developing and executing complex, high-impact programs, communications, and/or operations that are aligned with the organization's strategic plan. They provide leadership across key initiatives, often overseeing Committees, managing teams, and ensuring the successful implementation of organizational priorities. Additionally, directors are critical in driving fundraising efforts and external partnership development.
Ideal candidates will bring deep expertise in family planning and clinical practice, continuing education, and leadership development. As part of a membership organization, this person demonstrates sound judgment in stepping forward to represent the organization and guide programmatic decision-making when needed, and stepping back to empower members to lead initiatives within their areas of expertise, ensuring our strategic plan and DEI Vision are implemented, meet the moment, and make a meaningful impact. This is a remote position and is open to candidates living in the US who are within one hour of a major airport. It is anticipated that the person in this position will travel 15% of the time.
Activities include, but are not limited to, those described below.
Provide vision- and values- aligned leadership to advance the Complex Family Planning subspeciality - 60%
- Work within and across teams to develop, provide oversight, and continually refine multi-year program plans and budgets that tightly align with the Society's strategic plan, DEI Vision, and available resources, and are responsive to new opportunities to meet the moment.
- Serve as strategic convener and steward of the Complex Family Planning subspecialty, advancing its integration within the broader family planning ecosystem and managing Fellowship pipeline development and support across sites, fellows, and Fellowship leadership.
- Guide and support key activities aimed at advancing the subspecialty, including developing a plan and actionable goals for assessing the advocacy, educational, and sustainability needs of the subspecialty; creating or connecting subspecialists to that programming, and continuing to that programming.
- Advance centralized efforts with key programmatic partner organizations such as ACGME, ABOG, and CREOG; ensuring Society leaders in these spaces have the resources and support needed to address emergent and ongoing issues.
- Champion participation of subspecialists in Society programming.
- Connect the subspecialty community to a variety of resources in the ecosystem.
- Stabilize routine offerings while increasing our ability to respond to emergent topics (including updates to milestones and travel questions).
- Understand and respond to supports Fellowship Directors need to address emergent challenges that impact the subspecialty (including changes to clinical care, DEI, funding, GME, research, and sustainability).
- Support Fellowship Directors in advocating for institutional support for Complex Family Planning.
- Continue to establish our niche as a subspecialty.
- Lead and collaborate with multiple Committees, refining as needed the purpose and function of Committees to ensure maximum strategic impact.
- Champion DEI practices in subspecialty programming and strategy, ensuring continuous improvement in programmatic activities.
- Represent the Society in external meetings, conferences, and partner spaces as appropriate, often acting on behalf of the Senior Director of Healthcare Programs and Strategy.
- Partner across internal teams to integrate evaluation, learning, and continuous improvement into program design, implementation, and refinement.
Provide vision and values-aligned leadership to advance new healthcare programs - 20%
- Continually assess, maintain, and communicate an acute understanding of the healthcare challenges and opportunities that a scientific society and subspecialty are well poised to address, ensuring alignment with our vision and anticipating future needs.
- Participate in exploring new areas of growth and thoughtfully expand and execute work to meet the moment.
- Advance DEI practices across all healthcare programming, ensuring continuous improvement in programmatic activities.
- Cultivate and steward strategic relationships with key members, external partners, philanthropic organizations, and industry partners to ensure the Society is agile and responsive to emerging needs and opportunities in the dynamic healthcare landscape.
Provide leadership and advance organizational health and development - 20%
- Foster and sustain organizational culture, emphasizing accountability, learning, transparency, engagement, and collaboration across a distributed work environment.
- Partner and/or supervise staff working on aligned programming, fostering coordination, shared accountability, and effective collaboration across teams.
- Support the successful execution of the Annual Meeting in collaboration with all staff.
- Lead and support fundraising efforts to secure resources that support strategic goals for healthcare programs and overall organizational growth.
- Bring a learner's mindset to all work and look for opportunities to identify which activities were most impactful and most used, and what strategies would improve impact and use.
- Apply working knowledge of clinical environments in healthcare systems and professional education to program design.
- Ensure alignment between clinical guidance, education, and subspecialty programming while maintaining clear role distinction and shared accountability.
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