Fully Remote|Full-Time|Executive Leadership Team|Reports to Chief Executive Officer
About QC Healthcare
QC Healthcare is a growing healthcare organization focused on delivering high-quality, technology-enabled care and building strong partnerships across the healthcare ecosystem. As we scale, we are seeking a Chief Medical Officer to help shape and lead our clinical, strategic, and operational direction.
Position Overview
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is a senior physician executive who will serve as QC Healthcare's top clinical authority and a core member of the executive leadership team. This is a broad, high-impact role spanning four areas: clinical operations and quality, corporate strategy and growth, digital health and clinical technology, and organizational leadership. The CMO will report directly to the CEO and work closely with the executive team, board, and external partners to advance QC Healthcare's clinical and business objectives. This is a fully remote position, with periodic travel for leadership meetings, partner engagements, and industry events.
Key Responsibilities
Clinical Operations & Quality
- Own clinical quality, patient safety, and care standards across the organization, establishing and monitoring key clinical performance metrics.
- Develop and enforce clinical policies, protocols, and credentialing standards in compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements.
- Lead clinical risk management, peer review, and quality improvement programs.
- Recruit, mentor, and provide clinical leadership to physicians and other clinical staff.
- Partner with the CEO and executive team to shape QC Healthcare's clinical strategy, growth roadmap, and service line expansion.
- Represent QC Healthcare in payer negotiations, health system partnerships, and strategic alliances, bringing clinical credibility to business development efforts.
- Evaluate new markets, service lines, and partnership opportunities from a clinical and operational feasibility standpoint.
- Support fundraising, board reporting, and investor relations with clinical and quality narrative and data.
Digital Health & Clinical Technology
- Guide the clinical design and adoption of telehealth, remote monitoring, and other digital health tools.
- Partner with product and technology teams to ensure clinical workflows, EHR systems, and care platforms meet provider and patient needs.
- Evaluate emerging clinical technologies (including AI-enabled tools) for safety, efficacy, and fit within QC Healthcare's care model.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO and a visible clinical leader internally and externally.
- Build and lead a high-performing clinical leadership team as the organization scales.
- Represent QC Healthcare at industry conferences, in the media, and with regulatory bodies as a clinical spokesperson.
- Contribute to overall corporate governance, budgeting, and organizational planning as a member of the executive team.
Qualifications
- MD with an active, unrestricted medical license (or eligibility to obtain licensure in relevant states).
- Experience in Pediatrics, Adult Care, GLP-1's, Peptides, AI Technologies.
- 10–15 years of progressive clinical and healthcare leadership experience, including prior experience in a physician executive role (e.g., CMO, VP of Medical Affairs, Medical Director, or similar).
- Full familiarity with the payer marketplace, including hands-on experience with payer contracting, negotiations, and reimbursement models.
- Demonstrated experience spanning clinical quality/operations as well as strategic, business-facing work (payer relations, partnerships, or growth initiatives).
- Minimum 3–5 years of hands-on telehealth experience, with familiarity in digital health or health IT platforms and comfort partnering closely with product and technology teams.
- Proven experience leading and managing other physicians, with a strong track record of building and leading clinical teams and excellent communication and executive presence.
- Experience operating in a fast-growing or entrepreneurial healthcare environment preferred.
- Comfortable working in a fully remote, distributed organization, with willingness to travel periodically.
What QC Healthcare Offers
- A senior executive seat at a growing healthcare organization with the opportunity to shape clinical and business strategy.
- Fully remote flexibility with a collaborative, mission-driven leadership team.
- Salary commensurate with experience, plus performance incentives and equity/benefits (details shared during the interview process).
QC Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.