Senior Director, Clinical Programs – Clinical Transformation

Role Overview

• Provide clinical leadership for care delivery across assigned care teams and regions, ensuring alignment with evidence-based practice, organizational priorities, and model-of-care expectations
• Drive consistency in clinical decision-making, escalation pathways, and documentation practices across clinicians and interdisciplinary teammates
• Provide impromptu and organized education to continually upskill NPs and members of the care team in physiology, pathology, and care guidelines
• Partner with clinical and operational leaders to implement protocols, care pathways, and best practices into operations, ensuring that that they improve quality, patient experience, and total cost of care
• Identify variation in care delivery and lead efforts to reduce unwarranted variation across teams
• Ensure appropriate clinical focus on kidney disease, comorbidity management, hospitalization prevention, transitions of care, and optimal starts
• Serve as a clinical thought partner in the design and refinement of population-specific care approaches based on frontline operational feedback and experience
• Provide direct and indirect leadership to clinicians and interdisciplinary teammates across assigned teams
• Coach teams on complex clinical cases, high-risk patient management, and the application of care standards in real-world settings
• Support onboarding, development, performance management, and ongoing growth of clinicians working within the care model
• Reinforce a culture of accountability, collaboration, and clinical excellence
• Help develop team confidence and judgment in managing kidney disease alongside cardiovascular, metabolic, and other chronic conditions
• Model effective interdisciplinary collaboration and escalation practices
• Partner with operations and clinical leadership to optimize workflows, role clarity, handoffs, and care team processes
• Identify care gaps that contribute to missed opportunities, inconsistent execution, or avoidable escalations in care
• Use performance data, clinical insights, and frontline feedback to improve care processes and operational reliability
• Collaborate across functions to align clinical priorities with operational execution and enterprise value-based care goals

Requirements

• MD, DO, NP, or PA required
• Active unrestricted clinical license required
• Significant clinical experience caring for patients with complex chronic disease; kidney care, value-based care, primary care, hospital medicine, or population health experience strongly preferred
• Demonstrated people leadership experience, including coaching, team development, and performance management
• Experience leading interdisciplinary clinical teams in a matrixed environment
• Strong experience in value-based care models and care model execution
• Strong ability to use clinical judgment, data, and influence to improve outcomes at scale
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and change leadership skills

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k) match
• Paid time off
• PTO cash out
• Family resources
• EAP counseling sessions
• Access Headspace ®
• Backup child and elder care
• Maternity/paternity leave and more