Health Program Manager 2 (PCN 062325)

Job Description

This Individual Position is Exempt from the Hiring Freeze. Qualified Applicants are Encouraged To Apply.

The wage for this position increased by 3% effective July 1, 2026. The wage listed in this job posting reflects the increase.

Welcome to the Department of Health. We’d be delighted to have you join our team. If you envision yourself in this role and are ready to start an exciting career with us, apply today. This position is open to Alaskan Residents only. This position is currently located in Anchorage.

The position may be in Anchorage or Juneau, depending on the location of the most qualified candidate.

Are you ready to lead meaningful, statewide change in behavioral health systems?

• Independently manage high-impact statewide initiatives, grants, and contracts that expand access to evidence-based treatment, recovery supports, workforce development, and cross-system collaboration.
• Design funding strategies, develop solicitations and scopes of work, oversee procurement, and ensure fiscal and programmatic accountability in alignment with state and federal requirements.
• Drive system improvement efforts that directly address Alaska's substance-related morbidity and mortality while ensuring programs are responsive, innovative, and outcome-focused.
• Analyze data and performance trends to identify emerging needs, close service gaps, and implement data-informed policy and program improvements that strengthen treatment quality and long-term recovery outcomes.
• Lead workgroups and shape policy guidance; conduct service reviews and support legislative and emergency-response efforts.

Qualifications

• Analysis and Assessment: Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.
• Writing: Recognizes or uses correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling; communicates information (e.g., facts, ideas, or messages) in a succinct and organized manner; produces written information, which may include technical material and information that is appropriate for the intended audience.
• Community Dimensions of Practice: Distinguishes the roles and responsibilities of governmental and non-governmental organizations in providing programs and services to improve the health of a community.
• Partnering: Develops networks and builds alliances; collaborates across boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals.
• Public Health: Applies knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, methods, and tools associated with protecting and improving the health of people and their communities, including promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing, and responding to infectious diseases.

Additional Required Information

• Three (3) professional references whom we may contact by phone, one (1) of whom must be your current or most recent supervisor, if not already provided in the application.
• Copies of your two (2) most recent performance evaluations, if available.
• A copy of academic transcripts (unofficial is okay; please ensure that the institution name/URL is listed on the transcripts).

Special Instructions for Foreign Education

• If education is completed in a foreign college or university, it may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education, you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.