Senior Program Manager, Primary Care Population Health Lead

Overview

The Organization
The Pop Health Learning  Center ("Learning Center") is a California Social Purpose Corporation (SPC) committed to transforming how health care is delivered and experienced across California, with a focus on low-income communities. Established to prioritize social impact over profit, the organization is grounded in a mission to bring together health care teams, insurers, and policymakers to keep communities healthy through care that works for patients, inspires providers, and lasts.

The Learning Center serves as the Program Office for a statewide Medi-Cal focused practice initiative, the Equity and Practice Transformation (EPT) program, a $160 million-dollar investment in primary care transformation funded by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). The Learning Center also works with a diverse portfolio of funders and partners – including Managed Care Plans, purchasers such as Covered California, and foundations including the California Healthcare Foundation and Blue Shield Foundation of California – to build Population Health Management (PHM) capabilities, advance value-based care and improve health outcomes for Californians.

We serve as a strategic partner to organizations and institutions committed to advancing health outcomes and equity. All our efforts are grounded in a shared goal: supporting a more coordinated and person-centered healthcare system that strengthens primary care and advances equitable access across California’s safety net.

The Learning Center is also developing new offerings in value-based payment (VBP), convening a statewide VBP workgroup, and strengthening advanced primary care and population health models in collaboration with California stakeholder leaders, with a focus on scalable technical assistance, aligning policy with practice, and building an integrated data ecosystem that strengthens quality, accountability, and performance improvement statewide.

The Senior Program Manager will lead the development and implementation of population management technical assistance (TA) to support new initiatives funded by a growing set of funders and partners. This role focuses on advancing population health and population management capabilities with an eye towards value-based payment (VBP), helping primary care practices build or leverage the infrastructure, workflows, and skills needed to deliver high-value, equitable care.

Reporting to the Director of Programs, the Senior Program Manager will design and deliver scalable population health management TA, working closely with managed care plans and other California stakeholder leaders to align policy, payment, and practice. The role includes shaping curriculum, guiding implementation, and supporting practices as they strengthen access, team-based care, proactive population management, integrated behavioral health, health-related social needs (HRSN) workflows, transitions of care, and in reducing readmissions and unnecessary ED visits.

Required Experience and Background (What You Bring)

• Demonstrated experience with value-based payment and alternative payment approaches, including shared savings, quality incentive programs, population-based payments, or other VBP-adjacent models.
• Strong understanding of how payment, policy, and incentives shape primary care delivery and population health strategy.
• Experience working within California’s healthcare delivery system, including familiarity with the delegated model and the roles of managed care plans, provider organizations, and intermediaries.
• Proven experience designing and implementing large-scale population health initiatives.
• Experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder efforts across funders, plans, providers, and technical assistance partners.
• Deep knowledge of population health management (PHM) primary care competencies, including access and continuity, team-based care, proactive population management, integrated behavioral health, and health-related social needs (HRSN).

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience in program development, management and delivery in healthcare systems.
• Experience in…