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The American Medical Association in Chicago, IL is seeking a Director II Ethics Policy Development (Hybrid) to lead the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) and advance ethics guidance within the AMA Code of Medical Ethics. This role emphasizes strategic planning, staff leadership, and cross‑department collaboration on ethics policy and education initiatives.

Qualifications include a JD/PhD or equivalent in medical ethics, 10+ years in policy development, and 5+ years in people

Lead Compliance Coordinator (Hybrid)

Location: Washington, D.C.

The American Medical Association (AMA) is the nation's largest professional association of physicians and a non‑profit organization. We are a unifying voice and powerful ally for America's physicians, the patients they care for, and the promise of a healthier nation. To be part of the AMA is to be part of our mission to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.

At AMA, our mission to improve the health of the nation starts with our people. We foster an inclusive, people‑first culture where every employee is empowered to perform at their best. Together, we advance meaningful change in health care and the communities we serve.

We encourage and support professional development for our employees, and we are dedicated to social responsibility. We invite you to learn more about us and look forward to getting to know you.

This role administers the AMA’s lobbying compliance program, ensuring adherence to the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) through detailed coordination of compliance activities, reporting, and education. Coordinates all functions of the Council on Legislation’s meetings and initiatives, aids with the Reference Committee process as needed.

• Administers and maintains the lobbying compliance program and its implementation plan to ensure robust adherence to federal requirements.
• Prepares compliance reports, disclosures, schedules, and documentation while actively monitoring communication and developments related to federal lobbying laws and reporting requirements.
• Files compliance reports and obtains/documents appropriate approvals prior to filing.
• Develops and delivers educational sessions on LDA compliance for AMA staff and facilitates internal communications to strengthen organization‑wide compliance.
• Trains all new lobbyists and registers each new lobbyist with the House and Senate.
• Provides guidance to lobbyists, external Federation staff, and AMA consultants regarding filings of required disclosure reports and general LDA questions.
• Responds to questions from external Federation staff and AMA consultants regarding general LDA questions.
• Conducts independent outreach to House, Senate, and Administration ethics offices as necessary to support compliance with applicable LDA and gift rules requirements.
• Maintains and enhances compliance resources, forms, and documentation to support compliance efforts.

• Coordinates with the Secretary of the Council on Legislation and the Division Director.
• Plans and coordinates meetings and other activities associated with the Council including providing Council Members, Division staff, and ARC staff with information for meetings, conference calls, and other legislative and regulatory requests.
• Coordinates the development, assembly, and distribution of Council workbooks/PDFs.
• Coordinates with Meeting Services staff in obtaining hotel reservations for Council Members and staff, and plans Council dinners.
• Maintains Council Membership records and facilitates communication with Council Members and Board Office staff as necessary, as well as distribution of required materials.
• Prepares budget information for use in Council meeting and budget planning.
• Aids in the administration of Council workgroups and helps to undertake projects for the Council including, but not limited to, tracking relevant legislation, taking and distributing meeting notes, undertaking research related to Council projects as needed, and helping to format, standardize, and finalize document creation.

• Supports the Secretary for Reference Committee B in coordinating committee activities and operations.
• Helps with the tracking, organization, and creation of materials including talking points, resolution charts, background information and more for the Reference Committee.
• Supports the development of the Reference Committee reports before and during the House of Delegates meetings, including attending the House of Delegates meetings twice a year.
• Facilitates communication with the Reference Committee, Council on Legislation Members, Division staff, and ARC, about the Reference Committee process.

May include other responsibilities as assigned.

1. Associate's degree required; bachelor's degree preferred.
2. 5+ years of experience supporting public policy, compliance administration, board or council activities, or related functions.
3. Demonstrated knowledge of the federal legislative and regulatory process.
4. Strong writing and analytical skills. Ability to conceptualize issues, synthesize data / information and develop reports that require limited review.
5. Exceptional communications skills, including the ability to present information in a clear and concise manner, and to generate meaningful dialogue on key issues.
6. Demonstrated ability to effectively manage and execute multiple, concurrent projects, prioritize work assignments, and maintain a budget; ability to handle ambiguity and adapt effectively to changing circumstances.
7. Highly organized, efficient, and detail-oriented; Critical thinking skills required.
8. Curiosity in varied healthcare public policy issues.
9. Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment as well as work independently.
10. Demonstrated ability to maintain a professional and personable demeanor when representing the AMA.
11. Some travel required.

This role is an exempt position, and the salary range for this position is $90,931 - $120,244. This is the lowest to highest salary we believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's pay within the salary range will be determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to business consideration and geographical location, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience. Employees are also eligible to participate in an incentive plan. To learn more about the American Medical Association's benefits offerings, please click here.

The AMA offers competitive salaries, including an incentive plan and excellent benefits. Our office is a business casual environment, and we respect work‑life balance. The American Medical Association is located near Union Station and the Capitol in Washington D.C.

We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity in our workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. As an EOE/AA employer, the American Medical Association will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, and veteran or disability status.

THE AMA IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE NATION

The American Medical Association (AMA) is seeking a Lead Compliance Coordinator to oversee the lobbying compliance program and coordinate the Council on Legislation’s meetings in Washington, DC. The hybrid role combines policy oversight with education and stakeholder engagement.

You will train lobbyists, prepare disclosures, monitor federal lobbying laws, and collaborate with AMA staff, external Federation partners, and ethics offices to ensure regulatory adherence.

The American Medical Association is seeking a Chief Academic Officer to lead transformative changes in medical education amidst evolving digital landscapes and physician shortages. This visionary role will collaborate closely with AMA leaders to direct strategy and innovations in education.

We seek a proven leader with an MD or equivalent clinical degree experienced in navigating complex initiatives and fostering enterprise-wide collaboration. Join the AMA to impact the future of healthcare and education for physicians across the nation.

The Chief Academic Officer of the American Medical Association is poised to play a defining role in shaping the future of medical education at a moment of profound transformation. This leader will guide how education must evolve in the context of digital innovation, artificial intelligence, and an intensifying physician shortage, bringing bold, forward-looking thinking unconstrained by traditional structures or legacy models. Working shoulder-to-shoulder with AMA leadership on strategy, mission, and vision, the CAO will envision what the profession will require next and build the teams, partnerships, and research agenda necessary to deliver it.

Founded in 1847, the American Medical Association (AMA) is the largest and only national association that convenes 190+ state and specialty medical societies and other critical stakeholders. Throughout its history, the AMA has always followed its mission: to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.

As physicians’ powerful ally in patient care, the AMA delivers on this mission by representing physicians with a unified voice in courts and legislative bodies across the nation, removing obstacles that interfere with patient care, leading the charge to prevent chronic disease and confront public health crises, and driving the future of medicine to tackle the biggest challenges in health care and training the leaders of tomorrow. The CAO position requires a nationally trusted voice who can navigate complex political and regulatory pressures ranging from challenges to accreditation, curriculum, and funding while advancing precision education, lifelong learning, and enterprise-wide collaboration across digital health, AI, and education platforms to ensure the AMA remains indispensable to physicians and learners at every stage of their careers.

The AMA seeks a strong, visionary leader who has already established a national reputation and is now ready to take their impact to the next level by expanding influence, shaping the future of medical education, and representing the organization with authority and distinction. This individual will have served in a senior leadership role within an academic medical center, health system, professional association, or foundation, with experience guiding strategy, people, and complex initiatives in academic medicine or medical education. The ideal candidate will hold an MD or equivalent clinical degree with board certification and bring the professional credibility necessary to lead at the national level.

For confidential nominations or expressions of interest, please contact the search consultant team of Donna Padilla, Kimberly Smith, Michael Anderson, M.D., and Fayth Hoecker at

Director II Product Management (Hybrid)

Chicago, IL

The American Medical Association (AMA) is the nation's largest professional Association of physicians and a non-profit organization. We are a unifying voice and powerful ally for America's physicians, the patients they care for, and the promise of a healthier nation. To be part of the AMA is to be part of our Mission to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.

At AMA, our mission to improve the health of the nation starts with our people. We foster an inclusive, people-first culture where every employee is empowered to perform at their best. Together, we advance meaningful change in health care and the communities we serve.

We encourage and support professional development for our employees, and we are dedicated to social responsibility. We invite you to learn more about us and we look forward to getting to know you.

We have an opportunity at our corporate offices in Chicago for a Director II Product Management (Hybrid) on our Publishing team. This is a hybrid position reporting into our Chicago, IL office, requiring 3 days a week in the office.

This role represents the "Voice of the User" and "Voice of the Customer" for platform and product development within the JAMA Network digital portfolio. This role will develop and execute platform management and improvement strategy for JAMA Network, the flagship medical journal JAMA and 12 other leading peer review publications. The role will research and educate leadership on new technologies (AI and other new approaches) to support the periodical publishing business, manage platform and development vendors, ideate and develop web sites, seek investment and enhance online products, grow engagement and revenue, optimize workflows and costs, mitigate risks, and improve organizational culture and sustainability. This role also responds to the needs of external advertising, licensing, and institutional customers through support operations and new development.

• Facilitate strategic planning and drive development roadmap to respond to pressures on the JAMA Network and work closely with leadership to align strategic priorities.


• Develop B:C clinician, researcher, author-facing and B:B institutional, advertiser, and corporate products and business plans including market, competitive, and financial analysis for new and expanded engagement and revenue; recommend investments to management.


• Lead definition of requirements from business objectives and user needs including persona development, problem/solution analysis, customer interviews and other forms of generative product research.


• Establish ongoing product refinement processes, ongoing user feedback procedures, and build consensus around product upgrades and continuous improvements that bring increased customer satisfaction and margin growth.


• Align go-to-market execution with editorial, marketing, and sales to ensure seamless product integration and market penetration.


• Foster strong collaboration among leadership and key stakeholders to ensure alignment and advancement of strategies and goals and translation of strategic plans into operating plans.


• Communicate a clear product vision reflecting the audience, editorial and financial plans to grow JAMA Network's competitiveness within the academic publishing and healthcare AI space.


• Conduct customer research inclusive of human-centered design principles to uncover unmet needs and market opportunities; balance with continual competitive monitoring to ensure long term market growth.


• Guide the digital transformation of JAMA Network from a print publisher to a web presence offering a 'premier' destination for MD researchers and clinicians worldwide; balancing guidance for product strategy and publishing staffing from old models to the new.

• Oversee design and day-to-day agile development workflow across all platform deployments.


• Lead product lifecycle discussions to continually review the product portfolio for opportunities to streamline and close underperforming or aging products and application.


• Work closely with AMA Ed Hub Director of Product to support shared development, roadmaps, and provide systems knowledge to support development and operational activities.


• Manage platform vendors, ensure productivity goals and defect caps are monitored and managed, identify SLA failures early and alert management to risks non-compliance prior to active issues.


• Provide leadership to the support and QA group, train new functionality, assist with triage, communicate upcoming releases and develop test plans.


• Oversee ticket reporting system, ensure effective triage and escalation of bugs and help requests, and identify new feature requests to populate roadmap, ensuring internal customers are heard and responded to in a consistent manner.


• Manage digital tools, integrations, middleware and services relied upon by digital marketing to drive personalization and targetable customer conversions (CDP, SMS, Email, and supporting databases).


• Lead the financial tracking and budgeting process for JAMA Network platform and supporting tools, ensure increases in costs are identified and work with leadership to generate strategies to maintain profit targets.

• Partner with revenue team, marketing and operations leadership, evaluate performance against established goals and benchmarks, drive revenue and engagement growth, and ROI.


• Partner with marketing to tightly align campaigns with revenue and traffic goals, coordinate product and marketing plans to deliver on JAMA Network strategic goals.


• Collaborate with the JAMA Network revenue teams, develop strategies to grow market share, subscription, and revenue for new and existing products.


• Automate digital marketing, workflows and tools targeting streamlined efficient delivery of content with minimal FTE impact and increasing satisfaction of end users.


• Repackage existing content for new customers and revenue channels.


• Assist editorial and marketing in customer research with end users and paying institutional, licensing and advertising customers, develop personas and online journeys for platform users.


• Develop, maintain, and extend data availability, KPI measurement and metric dashboards to support business operations, marketing and sales.


• Continually collaborate with leaders across the AMA units and IT to ensure consistency with the enterprise architecture and leverage shared technologies, tools, processes that impact speed to value and time to market, and identify opportunities to generate scale for impact and cost control benefiting the AMA as a whole.


• Collaborate with IT and sourcing to solicit proposals, identify new vendors to cost-effectively deliver on strategy and product roadmaps, negotiate contracts and implement new solutions.

• Lead, mentor and provide management oversight for professional staff.


• Responsible for setting objectives, evaluating employee performance, and fostering a collaborative team environment.


• Responsible for developing staff knowledge and skills to support career development.

• 1.BA or BS required, with PMP, and Six Sigma or similar certifications preferred


• 2.10+ years' experience in developing and managing digital products: authoring requirements, generating acceptance criteria, releasing products to a wide and mature end user audience


• 3.10+ years' experience in publishing industry and/or digital education business with advanced knowledge of revenue streams and cost structures of complex publishing organizations


• 4.5+ years experience in people management required; able to attract and develop talent


• 5.Experience with stage-gate, lean, and/or agile product development processes, representing the voice of customer, business, and user as lead 'product owner' within agile software development team frameworks


• 6.Experience leveraging wireframe and flow chart software to analyze, define, and present workflows (ie. Balsalmiq, InVision, or equivalent of Visio)


• 7.Proven track record in the responsibilities of driving product growth through clearly defined KPIs, data analysis and targeted online engagement marketing programs; manages vendors effectively


• 8.Experience leveraging analytics software to analyze, understand and drive data driven decision making (ie. Tableau, Power BI, Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Data Bricks, Snowflake, etc.)


• 9.A solid foundational understanding of latest digital publishing technologies including AI and mobile computing platforms, integration and development with agent-based and LLM AI foundation models, XML/XQUERY/XSLT, content management platforms, search/semantics, HTML/CSS/JavaScript


• 10.Demonstrable communication, leadership, and influencing skills; able to inform and influence internal and external business and technical audiences at all levels of management


• 11.Up to 15% travel required

The American Medical Association is located at 330 N. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 and is convenient to all public transportation in Chicago.

This role is an exempt position, and the salary range for this position is $152,939-$206,519. This is the lowest to highest salary we believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's pay within the salary range will be determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to business consideration and geographical location, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience. Employees are also eligible to participate in an incentive plan. To learn more about the American Medical Association's benefits offerings, please click here.

We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity in our workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. As an EOE/AA employer, the American Medical Association will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity and veteran or disability status.

THE AMA IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE NATION

The American Medical Association is seeking a Director II of Product Management for their Publishing team in Chicago. This hybrid position requires collaboration across departments to enhance product offerings within the JAMA Network.

The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in digital product management, lead team efforts, and drive the execution of platform strategies while managing relationships with key stakeholders.

This role offers a salary range of $152,939-$206,519 with additional incentives. Join us to make a difference in public health!

Program Director I, PhD (Hybrid)

Chicago, IL

We have an opportunity at our corporate offices in Chicago for a Program Director I, PhD (Hybrid) on our Physician Satisfaction team. This is a hybrid position reporting into our Chicago, IL office, requiring 3 days a week in the office. As a psychologist this role delivers 1:1 and one-to-many advisory conversations with health systems, helping organizations understand and advance their well‑being practices. This role is responsible for facilitating discussions, delivering report‑outs on Organizational Biopsy results, and advising leaders on AMA's frameworks and activation tools. This role will occasionally represent the AMA and this work at national conferences. In addition to client‑facing work, this role contributes to the development of toolkits, presentations, and other resources, and provides insights on organizational well‑being. This role also serves as Joy in Medicine reviewer. This role serves as a recognized expert within the AMA and requires in-depth and/or breadth of expertise in their job discipline and broad knowledge of other job disciplines within the business unit. This role leads resolution of multi‑dimensional/unique problems that have a broad impact on the AMA and contributes to the development of business unit strategy.

• Deliver 1:1 and small group conversations on well‑being with health systems, including preparation, facilitation, and follow‑up guidance.
• Deliver Organizational Biopsy report‑outs for leadership teams at participating organizations and 1:1 coaching sessions with leaders at Health System Partner member organizations.
• Drawing on AMA's compendium of presentations and resources, prepare tailored talk tracks and supplemental slides, infused with professional experience and knowledge of the specific client.
• Support other members of the MMX, Organizational Biopsy, and Joy in Medicine service teams on individual and global client acquisition, retention, and engagement efforts.
• Represent the AMA's well‑being work as a psychologist in external forums.
• Serve as a member of the Joy in Medicine application review panel.

• Contribute expertise and insight to toolkits, facilitation guides, Steps Forward content, webinars, and other activation resources through a combination of direct authoring and providing input.
• Collaborate with the Activation Director, Product Director, and program operations teams to refine program content and deliverables to reflect expert perspective as well as current organizational context in health systems.
• Produce content and deliverables on a predictable cadence (e.g., monthly or quarterly content calendar) to support program evolution and value creation.
• Document client activities and information in any CRMs, trackers, or other knowledge‑management system as prescribed by program standard operating procedures.
• As a subject matter expert in organization leadership best practices, ensure its included in content and future iterations of the program.
• Responsible for research to grow AMA knowledge in the field of well‑being.

• Participate in (and occasionally lead) cross‑functional program evaluation and improvement projects to update operations, enhance value, and pilot new approaches.
• Contribute subject matter expertise to inform updates to the Joy in Medicine criteria, Organizational Biopsy question sets, and the overall conceptual framework for well‑being grounded to ensure they reflect emerging best practices and academic literature.
• Identify and address gaps in current tools, process, and approaches, often in collaboration with other team members.
• Advocate for sound methodological practices in the design and execution of surveys and evaluation criteria.

May include other responsibilities as assigned.

1. PhD required.
2. 10+ years of experience in psychology required; experience in organizational psychology strongly preferred.
3. Experience leading 1:1 and group conversations with senior executive audiences; deep understanding of change management, current health system context, well‑being.
4. Research experience in burnout and wellbeing is required; a record of published research and applied intervention work in healthcare settings preferred.
5. Proven ability to design and lead advisory conversations with senior health system leaders (or equivalent), including preparation, facilitation, synthesis of insights, follow‑up guidance.
6. Experience delivering assessment‑based report‑outs and coaching conversations, translating qualitative and quantitative inputs into clear findings, implications, and recommendations.
7. Ability to apply shared frameworks, criteria, and tools consistently.
8. Demonstrated ability to identify patterns, gaps, and recurring needs and translate those insights into recommendations for program, tool, or process improvement.
9. Experience contributing subject‑matter expertise to the evolution of frameworks, criteria, and research agendas.
10. Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
11. Strong written communication skills, including the ability to independently develop clear, well‑structured slide decks and written materials for executive, clinical, and external audiences.
12. Overnight travel to U.S.-based locations multiple times per quarter required.
13. Excellent verbal communication skills; demonstrated ability present in large group settings.

This role is an exempt position, and the salary range for this position is $146,384‑$197,728. Employees are also eligible to participate in an incentive plan. To learn more about the American Medical Association's benefits offerings, please consult the benefits portal.

The American Medical Association is an equal‑opportunity employer, committed to diversity in its workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. As an EEO/AA employer, the American Medical Association will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran, or disability status.

The American Medical Association is looking for a Program Director I, PhD, based in Chicago. This hybrid position involves delivering advisory conversations on well-being to health systems and contributing to the development of resources and frameworks. The role requires a PhD and over 10 years of experience in psychology, particularly in organizational settings.

Key responsibilities include facilitating group discussions, providing insights on organizational well-being, and participating in program improvements. The position offers a highly competitive salary ranging from $146,384 to $197,728.