BCBA Clinical Director

Gracent; St. Charles (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

75% company-paid benefits

401(k) match

$500 professional development stipend

Free in-house CEUs (BACB ACE Provider)

25+ days off

Job summary

Gracent Pediatric Therapy in St. Charles, IL is seeking a Clinical Director to build and lead a brand-new pediatric therapy center from day one. You’ll shape the clinical culture, hire and develop the team, and set how the center operates to deliver outstanding family-centered care.

You’ll work with experienced leaders, maintain a strong clinical standard, and balance clinical quality with operational autonomy. This role offers ownership, collaboration, and a path to grow with the center.

Qualifications

• BCBA certification and licensure in good standing.
• Experience supervising and leading clinical teams.
• Comfort owning both clinical quality and operational health with data.
• Strong communication and collaboration across disciplines.
• Ability to meet essential functions.

Responsibilities

• Own clinical quality and day-to-day operations for your center
• Supervise and develop your team
• Manage performance and accountability across disciplines
• Support hiring to build the team you want to lead
• Partner with families and lead family engagement
• Keep the center audit- and review-ready (compliance you can stand behind)

Skills

Leadership

People management

Data-driven

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

BCBA certification

Licensed (TX)

Job description

What if you didn\'t just step into a Clinical Director role — you got to build the center you\'re leading?

We\'re opening a brand-new pediatric therapy center in St. Charles, and we\'re looking for a Clinical Director who wants to be there from the beginning. You\'ll have the opportunity to shape the clinical culture, build and develop your team, establish how the center operates, and create the kind of environment where clinicians can do their best work.

This is a chance to take real ownership from day one — leading the clinical vision, developing your team, building relationships with families and the community, and helping shape a center that can grow for years to come. You\'ll have the support of an experienced leadership team behind you while still having the autonomy to make your mark.

What you\'ll own.

This is your center. You set the clinical standard, develop the team, and own the quality of care that goes out the door — with the authority to shape how your center actually runs, not just enforce someone\'s playbook. We hire leaders, then trust them to lead.

The support behind you.

Leading a center is hard; doing it without backup is harder. Here you\'re not alone: scheduling, billing, authorizations, and RBT recruiting sit with dedicated teams, so your time goes to clinical leadership and your people. Our VP of Clinical Quality and Training, Liza Bodner, along with our Regional Director, Ryan Emry, and Area Director, Sandy Reeson, are a phone call away when a case or a decision is genuinely hard.

The work is worth leading.

Liza led the team that built the Gracent Care Calculator: a peer-reviewed clinical tool that recommends treatment intensity based on the child, not a default. We presented it at CASP 2026 in Las Vegas, then made it free to the entire field (gracentcares.com/care-calculator). We\'re a BACB ACE Provider running free in-house CEUs. As a Clinical Director, you don\'t just apply that standard, you help carry it, and your clinicians grow because of how you lead.

At a glance

• Scope: Clinical and operational oversight of your center along with a reduced case of roughly 60 client hours
• Supervision: 12–20% target supervision
• 2.5–5% Family Treatment Guidance (FTG)
• Pay: $100,000 - $120,000 incl. bonuses
• Schedule: Full-time. A midday appointment does\'t cost you PTO
• Time off & benefits: 25+ days off year one
• 75% company-paid medical/dental/vision
• 401(k) match
• $500 PD stipend
• free in-house CEUs (BACB ACE Provider)
• Setting: In-person, St. Charles, IL

You lead the clinical bar; you don\'t fight for it.

Because our model individualizes treatment intensity (via the Care Calculator) and protects supervision time as real structure, you spend your energy developing clinicians and raising quality, not defending good practice to a spreadsheet.

Progress you can prove.

We measure outcomes and make them visible. Our STEP Score, family Report Cards, and OBM dashboards give you a clear, shared read on whether care is working across your center. So you lead with data, coach with specifics, and show families real movement.

One child, one plan, many minds.

Your center runs genuinely interdisciplinary care. BCBAs, SLPs, and OTs work the same cases, often co-treating, and you orchestrate that collaboration instead of refereeing parallel services.

A real bridge to the classroom.

Our half-day Prep School supports children working toward a traditional classroom who still need 1:1 support. This is another lever you lead with, and a model most providers don\'t have.

Real support, real autonomy.

Operational load (scheduling, billing, authorizations, RBT recruiting) sits with the teams whose job it is. You get the autonomy to run your center and the backup to do it well.

How your schedule actually works.

Full-time, built around your life. A midday appointment does\'t cost you PTO; you work around it.

What you\'ll do

• Own clinical quality and day-to-day operations for your center
• Supervise your team and actively support their development
• Manage performance and team accountability, including interdisciplinary collaboration
• Support hiring — help build the team you actually want to lead
• Partner with families and lead family engagement
• Keep the center audit- and review-ready (compliance you can stand behind)

What you\'ll work with

• The Care Calculator and our outcome-measurement tools (STEP Score, Report Cards)
• Standardized assessments: ABLLS-R, VB-MAPP, AFLS, PEAK, Vineland
• Operational dashboards for clinical quality, supervision, and center health
• An interdisciplinary team (SLPs, OTs, PTs, mental health) on shared cases
• A clinical-leadership bench, including our VP of Clinical Quality & Training

What you bring

• BCBA certification, licensed in TX and in good standing
• Supervisory or leadership experience, and the judgment to develop other clinicians
• Comfort owning both clinical quality and operational health — you\'re fluent in the data
• Clear, proactive communication and a high clinical bar
• Genuine commitment to children and families navigating autism and developmental needs
• Ability to perform essential functions such as sitting, standing, bending, and occasionally lifting up to 45 lbs. Reasonable accommodations may be made.

What it pays. What it includes.

• Competitive Clinical Director compensation — $100,000 - $120,000, incl. bonuses
• Medical, dental, and vision for you and your family (75% company-paid)
• 25+ days off in your first year, including PTO and 7 paid holidays
• 401(k) with company match
• $500 annual Professional Development stipend and free in-house CEUs as a BACB ACE Provider

Pressure test us.

Real ownership, a clinical-leadership team behind you, true interdisciplinary collaboration, and the autonomy to run your center well, that\'s what you\'ll actually decide on. If anything here sounds too good, or doesn\'t match what you\'re hearing elsewhere, ask us in the interview. We\'re genuinely open to talking it through.

Gracent Pediatric Therapy is an equal opportunity employer. We believe diverse clinical teams build better programs for the diverse kids and families we serve. We hire, develop, and promote regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Total compensation includes base and eligible annual bonus.

$100,000—$120,000 USD