Description
Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine (LKSOM) is seeking a dynamic and strategic Senior Director of Continuing Medical Education (CME) to lead and advance its comprehensive CME enterprise. The CME program at LKSOM supports the School’s academic, clinical, and community-focused mission by delivering high-quality, evidence-based educational activities for physicians and interprofessional healthcare teams across a wide range of specialties. The Senior Director will provide executive leadership for a financially self-sustaining, ACCME-accredited CME program, ensuring regulatory compliance while driving innovation, growth, and national visibility. This role is responsible for the design, accreditation, evaluation, and marketing of live activities, enduring materials, and emerging educational formats for both internal Temple audiences and external physician communities.
The Senior Director will collaborate closely with faculty leaders, department chairs, hospital partners, and external organizations to identify educational gaps, develop impactful programming, and expand the reach of Temple’s CME offerings. Key responsibilities include managing the CME budget; maintaining ACCME accreditation; securing external funding through grants, sponsorships, and contracts; implementing marketing strategies for enduring materials (including family medicine and specialty education); and fostering internal and external partnerships that enhance the Health Science Center’s mission. The role also supports scholarship in CME through research, publication, and dissemination of best practices, while developing policies and infrastructure that ensure operational excellence and long-term sustainability.
This position is assigned a hybrid work arrangement (on-campus and remote), the duration of this hybrid work arrangement is at the discretion of Temple University and the Department.
Prospective candidates attending the ACEHP Annual Conference in Georgia are encouraged to connect. Please reach out to julie.brissett@temple.edu if you will be attending this event.
All interested applicants must submit a cover letter and cv online at: https://temple.taleo.net/careersection/tu_ex_staff/jobdetail.ftl?job=25001760&tz=GMT-05%3A00&tzname=America%2FNew_York
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Requirements
The Senior Director will provide executive leadership for a financially self-sustaining, ACCME-accredited CME program, ensuring regulatory compliance while driving innovation, growth, and national visibility. This role is responsible for the design, accreditation, evaluation, and marketing of live activities, enduring materials, and emerging educational formats for both internal Temple audiences and external physician communities.
