Associate Director, Quality Improvement - 10-2026

American Society of Addiction Medicine - ASAM; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) is seeking an Associate Director or Director, Quality and Science to advance quality addiction care. This role supports ASAM leadership, society members, and partners in developing clinical practice guidelines and other clinical documents, coordinating systematic literature reviews, and implementing the GRADE process.

You will collaborate with the CPG methodology committee and the Quality Improvement Council, manage project workflows, and help

Responsibilities

• Staff committees and subcommittees related to ASAM clinical document development
• Support all stages of literature review development, including planning search strategies, conducting searches in biomedical databases, using inclusion/exclusion criteria to review articles, collecting PDFs, and extracting data into spreadsheets
• Communicate literature review findings to expert committees and assist with all decision-making stages, including committee voting on recommendations
• Draft accurate and well-written synthesis of evidence and expert discussion toward the development of guidance documents
• Support development of materials for dissemination of ASAM guidelines and other clinical documents
• Engage ASAM members and key stakeholder groups (e.g., federal agencies, professional societies, patient advocacy groups).
• Support ongoing activities of ASAM's Quality and Science Department.
• Develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of ASAM's clinical practice guidelines and other clinical documents

Job description

Position Summary

The Associate Director or Director, Quality and Science, will report to either the Director or Sr. Director of Quality and Science. This position supports ASAM leadership, society members, and partners to advance quality addiction care. The Associate Director will work closely with the clinical practice guideline (CPG) methodology committee and the Quality Improvement Council (QIC) to support the development of ASAM CPGs and other clinical documents. This will include conducting systematic literature searches using best practices, supporting implementation of the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) process, providing project management support, and supporting committees' decision-making in alignment with the ASAM CPG Methodology. This position requires knowledge and experience in guideline development, systematic evidence reviews, and clinical practices in addiction treatment.

Responsibilities

• Staff committees and subcommittees related to ASAM clinical document development
• Support all stages of literature review development, including planning search strategies, conducting searches in biomedical databases, using inclusion/exclusion criteria to review articles, collecting PDFs, and extracting data into spreadsheets
• Communicate literature review findings to expert committees and assist with all decision-making stages, including committee voting on recommendations
• Draft accurate and well-written synthesis of evidence and expert discussion toward the development of guidance documents
• Support development of materials for dissemination of ASAM guidelines and other clinical documents
• Engage ASAM members and key stakeholder groups (e.g., federal agencies, professional societies, patient advocacy groups).
• Support ongoing activities of ASAM's Quality and Science Department.
• Develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of ASAM's clinical practice guidelines and other clinical documents