Senior Director, Clinical Programs – Clinical Transformation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Oversee the execution of clinical performance and care models across assigned care teams and regions.

• Collaborate with operational, nursing, advanced practice providers, physicians, and cross-functional leaders to ensure consistent and high-quality care delivery.

• Promote uniformity in clinical decision-making, escalation protocols, and documentation standards.

• Educate NPs and care team members on physiology, pathology, and care guidelines.

• Implement protocols, care pathways, and best practices into operational workflows.

• Identify and minimize unwarranted variations in care delivery.

• Focus on clinical aspects such as kidney disease management, comorbidity treatment, hospitalization prevention, transitions of care, and optimal treatment initiation.

• Provide both direct and indirect leadership to clinicians and interdisciplinary teams.

• Coach teams on complex clinical scenarios and management of high-risk patients.

• Support the onboarding, development, performance management, and continuous growth of clinicians.

• Enhance workflows, clarify roles, coordinate handoffs, and refine care team processes.

• Utilize performance data, clinical insights, and feedback from frontline staff to enhance operational reliability.

• Aid in scalable panel management, risk stratification, care coordination, and follow-up after discharge.

• Contribute clinical insights to decision support tools, documentation workflows, registries, and technology-enabled care processes.

• Collaborate with product, analytics, informatics, and operational teams to enhance visibility into patient risk, care gaps, and clinical performance.

• Analyze high-utilizer patient cases for opportunities to improve care delivered by NPs.

• Take ownership of clinical performance across designated care teams and markets.

• Drive enhancements in quality, patient outcomes, team performance, and execution of care models.

• Act as a reliable partner to operational, nursing, and enterprise clinical leaders.

• Influence and lead in a highly matrixed environment while nurturing patient-centered, accountable teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• MD, DO, NP, or PA is required.

• An active, unrestricted clinical license is mandatory.

• Extensive clinical experience in caring for patients with complex chronic diseases.

• Experience in kidney care, value-based care, primary care, hospital medicine, or population health is highly preferred.

• Proven experience in people leadership, including coaching, team development, and performance management.

• Background in leading interdisciplinary clinical teams in a matrixed setting.

• Strong expertise in value-based care models and their execution.

• Exceptional ability to leverage clinical judgment, data, and influence to scale improvements in outcomes.

• Excellent skills in communication, collaboration, and change leadership.

• Experience in kidney care, CKD/ESKD care models, or integrated care for patients with multiple chronic conditions is preferred.

• Experience in leading clinicians and managers across multi-site or scaled care delivery models is preferred.

• Familiarity with population health strategy, clinical operations, and care model transformation is preferred.

• Experience in designing or implementing clinical protocols, workflows, or decision support tools is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401(k) matching program.

• Paid time off.

• PTO cash out option.

• Family resources available.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) counseling sessions.

• Access to Headspace®.

• Backup care for children and elders.

• Maternity and paternity leave.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• On-demand virtual leadership and development courses through StarLearning.

• A competitive total rewards package.