Job Description

Our client is seeking an experienced Chief Clinical Officer to provide strategic leadership and drive the clinical vision across the organization.

Our client is an independent, national nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders. Their teams work every day to deliver the highest standards of care, advance the science of the developing brain and empower parents, professionals, and policymakers to support children when and where they need it most. Together with their supporters, they're helping children reach their full potential in school and in life.

The Chief Clinical Officer (CCO) will lead and oversee all clinical operations, strategy, and innovation, ensuring exceptional quality of care, regulatory compliance, and seamless integration across psychiatry, psychology, and research. As a necessary member of the executive leadership team and reporting directly to the President, the CCO will shape the clinical direction of an organization that delivers 70,000 patient visits annually across its clinical offices in Midtown Manhattan and San Mateo, California. You will provide strategic oversight to a multidisciplinary team of 70 clinicians and psychiatrists, promoting excellence in care delivery, program development, and professional growth across both coasts.

Essential Responsibilities

1. Lead Clinical Strategy and Innovation

In collaboration with leadership, set and execute the strategic direction for clinical practices, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. Drive growth through the development of new programs and services, promoting innovation in care delivery and integration across psychiatry, psychology, and research.

2. Ensure Clinical Excellence, Compliance, and Safety

Uphold the highest standards of clinical care across all locations, including New York, California, school-based programs, and community partnerships. Oversee compliance, quality assurance, and risk management protocols to ensure patient and staff safety while minimizing organizational risk.

3. Drive Operational and Financial Performance

Manage clinical operations with a focus on productivity, access, and fiscal sustainability. Lead initiatives to optimize profitability, expand services, and ensure sound revenue generation, in partnership with operational and finance teams.

4. Develop and Lead a High-Performing Clinical Team

Oversee recruitment, onboarding, supervision, and evaluation of a multidisciplinary team of clinicians and psychiatrists. Promote professional development and clinical training to support a culture of excellence, collaboration, and growth.

5. Integrate Research, Training, and Evaluation into Clinical Practice

Guide the integration of research and clinical services through outcome studies, data-driven practices, and collaboration with scientific teams. Advance models of measurement-based care and evidence-informed innovation.

6. Advance Institutional Visibility and Strategic Partnerships

Serve as the public and internal face of the clinical enterprise. Be the clinical spokesperson for the organization through media, conferences, and important partner engagements. Collaborate with the Marketing and Communications team to build referral networks and promote clinical services.

7. Champion Development and External Funding

Partner with the Development team to support fundraising strategies across individual, corporate, foundation, and government sources. Cultivate external relationships and partnerships to expand access to high-quality mental health services for children and families.

8. Maintain a Clinical Caseload

Provide direct clinical services in accordance with organizational needs and licensure requirements. Sustain a consistent caseload, dedicating approximately 20% of time to active clinical work to ensure clinical leadership remains grounded in practice, aligned with institutional standards, and responsive to evolving patient needs.

Management Responsibilities

This is a supervisory position and is responsible for recruiting and onboarding new staff, delegating work assignments, setting goals and expectations, delivering training and professional development opportunities, evaluating performance, delivering feedback and coaching, modeling organizational values, and fostering team cooperation and collaboration.

Minimum Qualifications

• MD and/or PhD with advanced clinical training

• Minimum 15 years of clinical practice in child and adolescent mental health

• Minimum 10 years in a Chair role or equivalent clinical leadership position

• Active, unrestricted license to practice in New York and/or California

• Board certification in a relevant specialty

• Minimum 5 years of leadership responsibility for driving revenue across an organization or large clinical division

General Qualifications

• Executive leadership: Proven ability to lead and inspire at the highest levels

• Strategic vision: Strong capability in setting and executing long-term goals

• Business acumen: Deep understanding of market dynamics, financial performance, and competitive strategy

• Academic excellence: Accomplished academic with a strong record of scholarly contribution, teaching, and mentorship

• Operational expertise: Skilled at optimizing large-scale operations for efficiency and effectiveness

• Change leadership: Ability to lead transformative change initiatives across the organization

• Influence and negotiation: Expertise in influencing decisions and negotiating high-stakes deals

• Advanced financial management: Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis

• High-level communication: Clear, persuasive communicator with the ability to engage with C-suite executives and board members

Disclaimer

This exempt, full time position is located in Midtown New York, NY and has a hybrid schedule requiring 4 days in office.

The availability of hybrid work arrangements is subject to change at the company's discretion based on business needs, operational requirements, and other factors. The company reserves the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue hybrid work options at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to transition to an onsite work arrangement as determined by management.

Benefits

A great compensation package and benefits include medical insurance, 401(k), paid parental leave, dependent care, flexible work schedules, discounted tickets and entertainment perks programs.

Pay Range

The anticipated salary range for this position is $425,000 - $450,000 USD annually. Salary is based on a range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and geography.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Our client is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment based on race, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sex stereotype, gender identity/gender expression/transgender (including whether or not you are transitioning or have transitioned) and sexual orientation; national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver's license issued to persons unable to prove their presence in the United States is authorized under federal law [Vehicle Code section 12801.9]); ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information/characteristics, marital status/registered domestic partner status, age (40 and over), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation.

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