Chief Administrative Officer

Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) is at an exciting point in its 60-year history and seeks a Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for the next chapter. AAMI’s mission is to ensure the safe and effective use of healthcare technology, and our primary means of accomplishing that mission is the development, adoption, and application of voluntary consensus Standards and other consensus-based guidance;

and providing related education, training, certifications, events, and products.

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The CAO is a key member of AAMI’s senior Leadership Team (LT) and serves as an enterprise integrator across critical enabling functions that support mission delivery. As a core C-level executive, the CAO provides strategic leadership and operational oversight of Association-wide Finance & Accounting, Information Technology, Human Resources, and Operations, ensuring these functions are best aligned, coordinated, and executed in support of AAMI’s mission, values, and strategy.

The CAO directly supports the AAMI Board of Directors (currently as Secretary to the Board) and the AAMI Foundation Board.

This in-person executive leadership role is located in Arlington, VA, and requires regular weekly (and sometimes daily) on-site presence to foster collaboration, mentor staff, and support effective enterprise integration. Reporting to the President/CEO and partnering closely with the Chief Growth Officer (CGO), the CAO collaborates with fellow LT members, the AAMI Board of Directors, the AAMI Foundation, and external stakeholders to advance performance excellence (effectiveness and efficiency), to enhance Association and Staff activities (continuous improvement), and to help AAMI grow (in scope and scale).

• Serve as a senior enterprise integrator; align, optimize, and scale administrative and enabling functions to help advance AAMI’s mission, execute AAMI’s strategy, and achieve AAMI’s objectives
• Drive collaboration and consistency across all functional Departments including Finance & Accounting, Information Technology, Human Resources, and Operations
• Partner with the CEO, CGO, and the LT to translate AAMI priorities into actionable plans (3-year business plan, 1-year Annual Operating Plan) with goals, initiatives, and operating cadences
• Foster a collaborative culture and develop/mentor a high-performing team-of-teams, transparency, continuous improvement, and service to the mission through visible, engaged, in-person leadership
• Deliver incisive analysis and strategic recommendations that critically inform optimal resource allocation, strategic program expansion, and sustainable organizational growth
• Lead and/or champion organizational transformation initiatives, including enterprise-wide process improvements, technology adoption, and performance optimization across all functions
• Help develop, monitor, and manage key performance indicators (KPI) and metrics to assess AAMI effectiveness and efficiency, and progress to goals (strategic, 3-year, 1-year, quarterly, monthly)
• Act as a trusted advisor to AAMI senior leadership, the AAMI Board, and the Foundation Board—offering expert guidance on strategic financial, IT, HR, Operations, and other matters—to inform and shape long-term strategic planning, medium term business planning, and yearly AOP and resourcing

• Partner with and supervise the F&A Department Head to ensure systems align with organizational mission values, accountability, and generally accepted accounting principles and industry standards
• Provide strategic counsel on financial implications and risks related to key decisions and issues for AAMI and the AAMI Foundation
• Oversee budget and financial planning functions, evaluate and improve financial systems and processes to ensure timely integration of financial information into strategic decision-making
• Ensure timely and useful financial performance reporting, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow projections
• Oversee management of: the month-end,…