Jobs in Bentonville, AR

About the role

The Director, Graduate Medical Education (GME) Technical Assistance Center provides strategic, operational, and technical leadership to advance a coordinated, statewide strategy to expand, strengthen, and sustain physician training capacity across Arkansas. This role leads the GME Technical Assistance Center (TAC), a free statewide resource designed to support hospitals, health systems, academic institutions, and communities in developing and expanding residency and fellowship programs aligned with workforce needs. The Director serves as the operational and technical lead for GME strategy execution, translating statewide workforce priorities into actionable programs, partnerships, and scalable technical assistance models. The Director is accountable for the implementation, performance, and day-to-day leadership of GME initiatives while integrating policy, financing, data infrastructure, and stakeholder engagement to increase the number, distribution, and retention of physicians statewide. The Director also contributes to broader workforce transformation initiatives to ensure graduate medical education remains integrated into Arkansas' long-term statewide workforce strategy. Success in this role requires balancing strategic leadership with hands-on execution while translating statewide workforce priorities into actionable programs, partnerships, and technical assistance models. Success also requires building collaborative relationships across diverse stakeholders, navigating complex healthcare and policy environments, and integrating policy, financing, data, and stakeholder engagement to advance sustainable graduate medical education initiatives that strengthen Arkansas' physician workforce. Work is performed on-site (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.) in a professional, climate-controlled office environment with standard office equipment, including computers, printers, and telephones. This role requires working in an open setting near colleagues. The noise level is typically low to moderate. The role also requires interaction with both the public and internal team members in a professional and courteous manner. Some travel will be required, including occasional overnight travel, and a flexible schedule may be necessary to accommodate business needs, including occasional evening and weekend work hours.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, public health, health policy, health services administration, education, business administration, or a related field required.
• 8–10+ years of progressively responsible experience in graduate medical education, physician workforce development, healthcare workforce strategy, health system transformation, or related functions within healthcare, higher education, nonprofit, government, or similarly complex organizations.
• Broad knowledge of graduate medical education, physician workforce development, healthcare workforce strategy, and graduate medical education financing.
• Demonstrated expertise in graduate medical education program development, expansion, or technical assistance, including accreditation, regulatory, and operational requirements.
• Demonstrated success designing, leading, evaluating, and implementing strategic initiatives, graduate medical education programs, workforce development initiatives, technical assistance programs, statewide workforce initiatives, or other complex organizational initiatives.
• Proven ability to translate strategy into implementation through the development of workplans, timelines, budgets, and measurable outcomes.
• Proven ability to cultivate and sustain strategic partnerships with hospitals, health systems, academic institutions, government agencies, community organizations, and other strategic external partners to advance collaborative initiatives and organizational priorities.
• Experience leading or managing complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives requiring coordination across diverse partners and sectors.
• Strong financial and operational acumen, including experience with budget development, resource planning, graduate medical education financing, Medicare, Medicaid, and grant-based funding models, with the ability to translate complex funding structures into actionable strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to influence organizational strategy, build consensus, and lead initiatives across departments and stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrated leadership presence, sound judgment, and the ability to influence outcomes without direct authority.
• Strong communication (verbal, written, presentation) and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage, influence, and work effectively with diverse internal and external stakeholders, including the ability to communicate complex financing, accreditation, regulatory, and data concepts to executive, clinical, and policy audiences.