The Director, Continuing Medical Education (CME) is responsible for overseeing ACOG’s ACCME accreditation program. This includes both processes and programming required to maintain ACOG as an ACCME-accredited provider as well as oversight of ACOG’s joint providership program. This includes oversight of CME programming from the ACOG National office, programming from ACOG’s Districts and Sections, as well as programming from non-ACOG organizations. Oversee ACOG’s Cognate program and the ACOG Committee on Continuing Medical Education.

The Director is also responsible for oversight of the Educational programing of the ACOG Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting (ACSM). This includes extensive collaboration across all ACOG Divisions in the work of building and executing the ACSM, representing the educational activities of the event. Oversees the ACOG Committee on Scientific Programming.

Establish productive, collaborative relationships with internal teams and stakeholders as well as vendors to build and deliver engaging educational programming.

Note: This position is considered Hybrid and will need to commute to ACOG's office located in Washington, D.C.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This position does have direct supervisory responsibilities, which may include serving as a coach and mentor for those they supervise.

 Duties/Responsibilities:

• Oversee ACOG's jointly provided CME programs with the ACOG Districts & Sections and non-ACOG organizations serving Fellows; oversee processes for ensuring that programs sponsored by other divisions within the national office meet the ACCME Accreditation Criteria and Standards for Integrity and Independence.
• Facilitate communication among staff from departments that jointly provide courses and among staff who provide meeting management, registration, accounting, publication, and other services relative to courses, in order to develop a cohesive overall compliant ACOG CME program.
• Remain current on state and ACCME requirements to structure the Cognate Program to accommodate the continuing medical education needs of members participating in the Program.
• Manage and partner with external stakeholders on CME related matters.
• Prepare materials for ACCME re-accreditation. Manage all matters related to CME for the ACOG ACSM meeting and annual ACOG Annual District Meetings.
• Oversee and support staff who review and approve CME applications for various meetings.
• Oversee the portfolio of CME programing supported by ACOG to include active reporting and data analytics review to identify and describe the content of the ACOG portfolio of CME programming.
• Update programs as ACCME Perform ACCME updates throughout the year.
• Oversee ACOG’s Cognate Program that serves the Oversees maintenance of the ACOG transcript program for ACOG members.
• Manage ACOG’s compliance rules for meetings and jointly provide courses – as appropriate, review and approve ads, CME forum applications, and non-CME course placement.
• Work closely with the ACOG Development Team to ensure that the CME grant process is compliant with ACCME guidelines.
• Work closely, productively, and collaboratively across divisions of ACOG to support CME programming needs.
• Provide leadership, direction, and management of staff, including fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment through supervising staff, providing feedback, coaching, support, mentoring, performance management, and training and development opportunities as appropriate.
• Create timelines and document activity status and implementation of programs using tracking tools.
• Provide analysis and reports to partnering organizations and senior management.
• Travel to and participate in the onsite execution of selected educational activities, when needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Self-directed, self-motivated, collaborative team player experienced at managing and motivating staff.
• Must value a highly demanding environment that combines operational and tactical responsibilities.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, teaching, public speaking, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills; rigorous attention to detail. Ability to manage multiple projects and adhere to strict deadlines.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field, Master’s degree preferred.
• 10 years of experience; experience in experience in educational, health care and/or regulatory field.
• 5 years of experience managing ACCME accredited programming or the acceptable alternative CME accreditation qualifications, including experience with an ACCME reaccreditation application process.
• Must have minimum of 3 years of supervisory experience.
• Must have budget management experience.
• Experience with accountably reporting to supervisor on status of program work and progress on director reports, both on program work as well as staff professional development.
• Experience with an accreditation or credentialing organization.