Director of Clinical Services
ABOUT THIS POSITION
The Director, Clinical Services is a strategic leader responsible for setting the direction of the clinical services function and driving the performance, adoption, and optimization of clinical solutions across client engagements. This role leads Clinical Managers and Consultants, ensuring alignment between clinical workflows, technology, and organizational priorities.
The Director drives client success through data-informed strategy and cross-functional collaboration, improving workflows, influencing product direction, and delivering measurable outcomes that support value realization and retention. Serving as a key liaison across clients and internal teams, this role requires a strong executive presence and the ability to lead through complexity.
As a senior leader, the Director is accountable for developing teams and scaling service delivery, combining clinical expertise, strategic thinking, and strong people leadership. WHAT YOU'LL DO
Clinical and Product Leadership
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Sets the clinical services strategy for the function, aligning clinical operations, client outcomes, and product performance with organizational goals.
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Provides clinical leadership across assigned service lines, ensuring effective adoption, optimization, and sustained value realization of clinical products and services.
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Influences product direction and roadmap planning through clinical insight, client feedback, workflow analysis, and performance trends.
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Partners with Product, Technology, Data Science, and Operations teams to support development and enhancement of products, tools, and workflows.
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Promotes innovation byidentifyingbest practices, recommending process enhancements, and advancing scalable solutions for internal teams and external clients.
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Serves as a clinical thought leader internally and externally through subject matterexpertise, client engagement, and industry perspective.
Knowledgeand Application
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Applies deep clinicalexpertise, operational knowledge, and industry experience to guide strategic and functional decision-making.
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Analyzes client workflows, documentation patterns, adoption metrics, and performance trends toidentifyopportunities for process improvement and optimization.
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Supports evaluation of clinical and system outputs to ensure alignment with intended use, regulatory/operational expectations, and desired business outcomes.
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Translates business-segment strategy into functional plans, priorities, and executional guidance for teams and cross-functional partners.
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Maintains strong knowledge of clinical operations, healthcare delivery models, and relevant industry standards to inform decision-making and stakeholder guidance.
Complexity and Problem Solving
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Leads resolution of complex client, operational, and product-related issues where problems may be ambiguous, multi-factorial, or not clearly defined.
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Serves as an escalation point for significant client concerns, partnering across departments to drive resolution andmaintainstrong client relationships.
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Reconcilescompeting priorities, stakeholder perspectives, and evolving business needs to deliver practical and effective solutions.
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Develops new methods, approaches, and action plans to address emerging challenges, improve adoption, and strengthen overall service performance.
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Identifiesrisk proactively, assesses impact, and implements mitigation strategies to support client success, retention, and growth.
Discretion and Impact
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Participates with senior leadership inestablishingstrategic plans,objectives, andimplementation ofapproaches for the function.
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Makes final decisions on execution within the scope of the role and ensures operational effectiveness across assigned areas of responsibility.
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Contributes to the development of functional and cross-departmental strategies that havea significantimpact on client outcomes, product performance, and business success.
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