VP of Clinical Strategy & Implementation

Vice President of Clinical Strategy and Implementation ClearChoice was founded in 2005 to bring an innovative and patient-focused approach to solve gaps within the dental industry. We’ve experienced strong growth and today, we’re the leader in dental implant treatments. Driven by a collective desire to improve the lives of our prospective patients, we help them reclaim their health and confidence. Beyond restoring teeth, this is about getting their lives back. This mission-focused work has enabled us to achieve four straight years of double-digit company growth, yet we’ve only reached 1% of the population that needs our services. We continue to invest significantly in our Care Connection Team which supports prospective patients on their journey to transform their lives. We also continue to innovate the patient experience pre consult, consult, and post consult to help patients change their lives. When you join our team at ClearChoice, you take on a highly visible role that fuels the growth of the entire organization. Your passion, creativity, and grit are supported by a team that believes in your personal and professional growth as well as the well-being of our prospective patients. If you are fueled by changing lives, growing personally and professionally, and tackling new challenges, this might be the perfect next step in your career! Summary Reporting to the Chief Clinical and Development Officer, the VP of Clinical Strategy and Implementation is responsible for the creation and adoption of the network-wide clinical strategy and clinical operations roadmap to improve patient experience.  This executive will lead and deliver clinical strategy innovation and operational objectives to improve the clinical operations as well as for the testing and adoption of new, innovative clinical products, services and technologies. Examples include, but are not limited to digital enhancements, improving days to final, reduction of clinical backlog, clinical research and pilots, and new clinical product offerings.  Responsibilities Identify, develop and refine potential clinical research and operational initiatives, including project scoping, timelines, resource requirements and milestones.  Develop, manage and maintain the clinical innovation and operations roadmap, holding projects accountable for achieving the expected results.  Prioritize, sequence, and resource implementation of clinical initiatives, ensuring center adoption of new initiatives while minimizing operational and clinical disruption. Bring analytical rigor and a sense of accountability to the clinical operations and clinical research.  Implement metrics scorecard to continually measure, track and report performance.  Support Director of Research to facilitate new methodologies and publishing of Clinical Research to elevate our brand.  Understand center operations, clinical workflows and operational metrics / KPIs to assess center and network growth constraints and opportunities. Collaborate with the VP of Clinical Support, field leadership, operations team to create the strategy and provide oversight to clinical operations - reducing days to final to improve the patient experience.  Motivate, develop and mentor clinical affairs and development team. Foster positive team engagement, culture and ethic through collaboration, coordination, and communication.   Serve as a trusted strategic advisor and thought leader to the Clinical Affairs and Development Officer and the other executive team on clinical operations and innovation issues.  Hold themselves and their team to a standard of excellence and promote high performance to achieve demonstrable and accountable business results; infuse relationships and work products with integrity, empathy and excellence. Key Competencies :  Creativity :   Must be able to generate innovative solutions that meet the needs of our doctors and the business.  He / she must be a strategic thinker, adaptable and solution oriented. Tenacity :   Must have the fortitude to stay with a position or plan of action until the objective is achieved or is no longer reasonably attainable. Resilience :   Must remain engaged and effective in pursuit of objectives with or without immediate success, using both positive and negative outcomes as an incentive to move forward fulfilling personal and team goals. Team-Orientation : Must be able to work cross functionally across the organization and partner with key stakeholders for the right input in order to effectively work towards solutions. Relationships and Influence Naturally connects and builds strong relationships with others, demonstrating strong emotional intelligence and an ability to communicate clearly and persuasively.   Persuades others to willingly pursue a course of action against their initial inclination via compelling executive presence and contagious energy.   An ability to inspire trust and followership.   Drives collaboration and resolves conflicts across the division; proactively steps out of the spotlight and visibly celebrates and supports the success of their team.  An ability to work across the ClearChoice organization and effectively build strong working relationships with other functional departments. Key Attributes & Qualifications 8 years of progressive advancement in strategy, patient experience and / or operations management. Proven strength visualizing and leading strategic change.  Ability to identify issues and opportunities, structure solutions, shape analyses, provide strategic recommendations, and drive execution. Strategic and analytical thinker with experience building strong systems and processes and precision in execution. Experience with analytically-heavy operations projects. Proven track record managing people to achieve their highest potential. Structured thinking and communication skills. Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity, and business acumen. Self-motivated, ability to drive projects with minimal oversight. Comfort and excitement for building new things. Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills. Former management or strategy consulting experience is a plus. Bachelor’s degree required, MBA preferred. If you are an applicant residing in California, please view our privacy policy here :   Compensation & Benefits The anticipated range for this position is $180,000 - $275,000 annual base salary plus discretionary performance-based bonus. Actual pay may vary based on experience, performance, and qualifications. In addition to your base compensation, ClearChoice offers a full benefits package to include Medical / Rx, dental, and vision coverage, a retirement plan (401-k), flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, company-paid short-term and long-term disability, and an employee assistance program. We also offer group voluntary benefits such as life, AD&D, critical illness, accident insurance, hospital indemnity coverage and pet insurance.  Please ask your recruiter for details on the full benefits package.  SummaryLocation : Chicago, IllinoisType : Full time

Salary : $180,000 - $275,000