Policy Manager | Transformation & EPMO | Hybrid - at one of our Four UF Health Locations

Overview Responsible for leading and sustaining the organization's enterprise-wide policy and procedure management framework. This role establishes standardized governance, lifecycle management, and oversight for enterprise-level policies, while coordinating and providing oversight for local market policies maintained by market-based teams. Positioned within the Transformation Office, enables consistent, scalable policy governance that supports regulatory readiness, accreditation requirements, and operational efficiency across a multi-market healthcare system. The role partners closely with clinical, operational, compliance, legal, quality, and IT leaders to ensure enterprise alignment while respecting necessary local variation driven by market-specific accreditation, regulatory, and operational needs.

Responsibilities Key Responsibilities:

Enterprise Policy Governance & Program Leadership Leads the Enterprise Policy Management Program (EPMP), serving as the system-level authority for policy governance, standards, and lifecycle management Defines and maintains the enterprise policy governance framework, including decision rights, escalation pathways, approval structures, and accountability models Establishes criteria to differentiate enterprise, market, and departmental policies, ensuring appropriate ownership and governance Facilitates enterprise policy workgroups and coordinates executive-level reviews and approvals Policy Lifecycle Management & Standardization Oversees the end-to-end lifecycle of enterprise policies, including intake, development, review, approval, publication, revision, and retirement Develops and maintains standardized templates, naming conventions, taxonomy, metadata, and governance requirements Provides guidance to local markets on policy lifecycle best practices while supporting necessary regulatory and accreditation flexibility Leads efforts to identify and consolidate duplicative, conflicting, or outdated policies Oversight of Local Market Policies Establishes oversight mechanisms for local policy management, including minimum standards, reporting expectations, and review cadence Partners with market policy owners to ensure alignment with enterprise standards while respecting local governance needs Serves as the escalation point for enterprise-local policy alignment issues and cross-market impacts Systems, Reporting & Regulatory Readiness Serves as the business owner for enterprise policy management systems, ensuring workflow standardization, version control, auditability, and reporting capabilities Defines and monitors key policy metrics, including review timeliness, approval cycles, policy inventory health, and consolidation progress Supports regulatory surveys, audits, and accreditation readiness by ensuring policies are current, accessible, and traceable People Leadership & Operational Management Leads and develops Enterprise Policy Analysts/Coordinators, including performance management, coaching, and professional development Establishes standard processes for policy intake, editing, workflow coordination, publishing, and reporting Optimizes resource allocation to support enterprise initiatives and market needs Change Management & Stakeholder Engagement Leads enterprise change management efforts related to policy governance, including communication, training, and adoption strategies Serves as a trusted advisor to clinical, operational, and administrative leaders on policy governance best practices Builds strong cross-market partnerships to drive consistency, adoption, and continuous improvement

Qualifications Minimum Requirements:

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Health, Nursing, Quality, Compliance, Legal, Information Systems, or a related field

Experience:

Minimum of 5 years of experience in healthcare policy management, regulatory compliance, quality/accreditation, governance, or related operational roles Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-wide or cross-functional programs within a complex, multi-site healthcare environment Experience with policy or document lifecycle governance, including approvals, version control, and review cycles At least 2 years of people leadership experience or equivalent responsibility leading teams or formal programs preferred Licensure/Certifications (if applicable):

OCEG IPMP

(Integrated Policy Management Professional) or

OCEG GRCP

(GRC Professional) preferred If you want, I can tighten this further for a posting or align it to a specific pay grade level.

Qualifications:

Minimum Requirements:

Education:

Bachelor s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Health, Nursing, Quality, Compliance, Legal, Information Systems, or a related field

Experience:

Minimum of 5 years of experience in healthcare policy management, regulatory compliance, quality/accreditation, governance, or related operational roles Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-wide or cross-functional programs within a complex, multi-site healthcare environment Experience with policy or document lifecycle governance, including approvals, version control, and review cycles At least 2 years of people leadership experience or equivalent responsibility leading teams or formal programs preferred Licensure/Certifications (if applicable):

OCEG IPMP

(Integrated Policy Management Professional) or

OCEG GRCP

(GRC Professional) preferred If you want, I can tighten this further for a posting or align it to a specific pay grade level.