Program Manager (Aerospace Medicine)

Location: Bryan, Texas, United States; travel to other and remote locations may be required, including occasional travel within and outside Texas. Work may extend beyond normal office hours and include weekends.

Salary: $4,180.17 monthly minimum.

Company

Texas A&M University Health Science Center is an academic health center comprising colleges, centers, and institutes focused on transformative education, innovative research, and team-based healthcare delivery.

What you will do

• Manage the day-to-day administration, planning, procedures, calendars, records, and continuous improvement activities of the ACGME Aerospace Medicine Residency Program.
• Coordinate resident education, recruitment, credentialing, onboarding, rotations, conferences, evaluations, committees, graduation activities, and affiliated-site agreements across military, federal, academic, healthcare, and commercial aerospace organizations.
• Manage the full lifecycle of Military and Austere Medicine courses and field exercises, including instructors, enrollment, prerequisites, facilities, communications, on-site execution, participant accountability, certifications, and after-action follow-up.
• Coordinate risk, insurance, waivers, emergency plans, medical coverage, transportation, weather contingencies, site readiness, equipment, supplies, procurement, and field-support logistics.
• Support budgets, contracts, purchasing, travel arrangements, reimbursements, purchasing-card reconciliation, MOUs, affiliation agreements, and partner administration.
• Maintain ACGME Accreditation Data System records and accreditation documentation, track resident requirements and deadlines, and supervise program support staff and student assistants.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least five years of related experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to multitask, and ability to work cooperatively with others.
• Ability to travel independently by car and commercial airline to other or remote locations, and ability to work beyond normal office hours or on weekends when required.
• Ability to manage complex educational activities involving multiple institutions and geographically dispersed, field-based, and operational training sites.
• Ability to interpret and apply institutional policies, accreditation requirements, and risk-management procedures.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment while managing competing priorities and strict regulatory deadlines.
• Ability to establish productive relationships with governmental agencies, military organizations, academic institutions, healthcare systems, and commercial industry partners.
• Professionalism, discretion, diplomacy, confidentiality, proficiency with Microsoft Office and collaborative technology platforms, and ability to learn institutional educational management systems.

Nice to have

• Five or more years of progressively responsible administrative experience, preferably in graduate medical education.
• Experience coordinating an ACGME-accredited residency or fellowship program.
• Experience managing military, operational, tactical, or field-based medical education or training programs, including TCCC certification courses.
• Knowledge of ACGME accreditation standards, graduate medical education administration, and residency management systems.
• Familiarity with military organizational structures, protocols, and operational training environments.
• Prior military healthcare service or relevant military medical program administration experience, including service as a senior noncommissioned officer or commissioned healthcare officer.
• Ability to learn and apply graduate medical education administrative processes and accreditation requirements.
• Exceptional project-management and organizational abilities, including management of multi-phase training events from planning through after-action review.

Culture & Benefits

• Respectful and collaborative working environment centered on respect, excellence, leadership, loyalty, integrity, and selfless service.
• Medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, AD&D, flexible spending, and long-term disability insurance, with employer contributions to health and basic life premiums.
• 12–15 paid annual holidays, paid sick leave, and paid vacation accrued monthly.
• Automatic enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
• Free exercise programs, wellness support, LinkedIn Learning, conference and workshop support, educational release time, and tuition assistance.

Hiring process

• Submit complete application data or attach a resume; a cover letter and resume are strongly recommended.
• Employment is contingent on credential verification and completion of a criminal history investigation because the position is security-sensitive.