Director, Clinical Quality Measures

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The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Director Clinical Quality Measures supporting our National Center office located in Dallas TX. This role can be home-based.

This is a full-time benefits-eligible grant-funded opportunity. Current funding will expire 08/30/2027 with the possibility of extension.

The Director Clinical Quality Measures will provide strategic leadership for the development implementation maintenance and dissemination of clinical quality measures that advance cardiovascular and brain health outcomes. This role will oversee a portfolio of measure development initiatives performance improvement programs and industry-sponsored quality projects designed to improve care delivery support value-based care and drive measurable improvements in patient outcomes.

This position serves as a key leader across Clinical Research Quality Outcomes Research & Analytics (QORA) National Corporate Relations Advocacy and Scientific Affairs to translate evidence-based guidelines into scalable quality measurement solutions. The Director will work closely with healthcare systems clinicians payers professional societies government agencies and industry partners to advance innovative quality measurement strategies and implementation efforts.

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This position serves as a key leader across Clinical Research Quality Outcomes Research & Analytics (QORA) National Corporate Relations Advocacy and Scientific Affairs to translate evidence-based guidelines into scalable quality measurement solutions. The Director will work closely with healthcare systems clinicians payers professional societies government agencies and industry partners to advance innovative quality measurement strategies and implementation efforts.

• Lead the strategic development execution and maintenance of the American Heart Associations portfolio of clinical quality measures across cardiovascular stroke and related therapeutic areas.
• Direct measure development activities including environmental scans literature reviews technical expert panel engagement specification development testing validation and implementation planning.
• Oversee measure stewardship activities and ensure compliance with applicable standards and reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with clinical experts scientific volunteers healthcare organizations and external stakeholders to identify priority areas for quality measurement and performance improvement.
• Lead industry-sponsored quality measurement and evidence-generation initiatives focused on improving healthcare quality outcomes and guideline adherence.
• Translate clinical practice guidelines into actionable quality measures that support value-based care accreditation certification and quality improvement programs.
• Collaborate with Quality Improvement QORA and Data Science teams to evaluate measure performance and identify opportunities for innovation using registry EHR claims and other real-world data sources.
• Develop and manage relationships with healthcare systems payers federal agencies professional societies and industry partners.
• Serve as senior project lead for complex quality measurement initiatives ensuring scientific rigor operational excellence budget management and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Support business development efforts by contributing to proposals scopes of work budgets and presentations for prospective partners and sponsors.
• Monitor national trends in quality measurement digital quality measures (dQMs) electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) interoperability and value-based care models.
• Present findings methodologies and strategic recommendations to executive leadership sponsors advisory groups and external audiences.
• Mentor and support cross-functional teams involved in measure development implementation science and quality improvement activities.
• Perform other duties as requested and special projects at the request of executive leadership.

• Masters Degree in Public Health (MPH) Health Services Research Healthcare Administration Nursing Clinical Informatics Epidemiology or related field preferred.
• 3 years of relevant experience in healthcare quality measurement clinical research healthcare analytics population health or quality improvement.
• 3 years of leadership experience.
• Experience leading clinical quality measure development implementation stewardship or evaluation initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare quality measurement methodologies including eCQMs dQMs outcome measures process measures and patient-reported outcome measures.
• Experience working with clinical data sources including EHRs registries claims data and other real-world data assets.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives with executive visibility and external stakeholder engagement.
• Strong understanding of healthcare quality reporting programs accreditation certification and value-based care models.
• Excellent project management skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously.
• Strong verbal written and executive presentation skills.
• Ability to translate clinical scientific and technical concepts into actionable business and operational strategies.
• Superior attention to detail; outstanding organization and prioritization skills.
• Working knowledge of MS Office Suite applications (Word Excel PowerPoint Project).
• Ability to travel up to 20% annually.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with CMS quality programs measure endorsement processes and federal quality reporting initiatives.
• Experience developing or implementing electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) digital quality measures (dQMs) or FHIR-based quality measures.
• Experience working with cardiovascular stroke heart failure arrhythmia lipid management or other chronic disease quality initiatives.
• Experience with clinical registries healthcare analytics platforms or large-scale quality improvement collaboratives.

The expected pay range will be$120000 to $140000. Pay is commensurate with experience; geographic differentials to the pay range may apply. The American Heart Association reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range. The American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of total rewards package. Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.

• Compensation Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary. Thats why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments as needed.
  
  
• Performance and Recognition You are rewarded for achieving success through annual salary planning and incentive programs; eligibilityfor an incentive program is based on the type of position.
  
• Benefits We offer a wide array of benefits including medical dental vision disability and life insurance along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution. As a mark of our commitment to employee well-being we also offer an employee assistance program employee wellness program and telemedicine and medical consultation.
  
  
• Professional Development You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program. Heart U is the Associations national online university with more than 100000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.
  
  
• Work-Life Harmonization The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees. The number of days will increase based on seniority level. You will also have a total of 12 paid holidays off each year which includes several days off at the end of the year.
  
  
• Tuition Assistance - We support the career development of all employees. This program provides financial assistance to employees who wish to further their education and career in relation to their current duties and responsibilities or for potential future positions in the organization.

The American Heart Associations 2028 Goal: Building on over 100 years of trusted leadership in cardiovascular and brain health by 2028 the Association will drive breakthroughs and implement proven solutions in science policy and care for healthier people and communities. The greatest discoveries in health must reach everyone where they are.

At American Heart Association American Stroke Association our mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer healthier lives regardless of race ethnicity gender gender identity religion age language sexual orientation national origin and physical or cognitive abilities.

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