GVP​/Chief Health and Science Officer; Hybrid

GVP/Chief Health and Science Officer

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

The American Medical Association (AMA) is the nation's largest professional Association of physicians and a non‑profit organization. We are the unifying voice and powerful ally for America's physicians, the patients they care for, and the promise of a healthier nation. To be part of the AMA is to be part of our Mission to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.

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We have an opportunity at our corporate office in Chicago for a GVP/Chief Health and Science Officer (Hybrid) on our Health, Science, & Ethics team. This is a hybrid position reporting into our Chicago, IL office, requiring 3 days a week in the office.

The GVP/Chief Health and Science Officer is a mission‑critical intellectual leader of American Medical Association (AMA) initiatives at the interfaces of practice, science, evidence, policy, ethics and technology. A visible, authoritative ambassador for the AMA’s thought leadership to key external audiences and stakeholders in these areas. Marshalls guidance, vision, knowledge, and editorial expertise to AMA Senior Management, Board of Trustees, and House of Delegates on a spectrum from future strategies and plans to board reports.

Operational leadership and accountability for:
Science, Medicine and Public Health;
Ethics Standards; AMA’s USAN program; and Author Services and Publication Planning. Fosters a collaborative, engaging, and professionally supportive culture for AMA physicians on staff across units.

Intellectual Leadership/Subject Matter Expertise/Academic Profile/Editorial Output

• Proactive leadership role in surveillance of science, clinical, technology, and policy interfaces to identify emerging trends that will affect the science and practice of medicine; communicates these trends to AMA leadership to influence strategic thinking at early stages of these trends. Ensures that strategically critical subject matter expertise is staffed internally.
• Articulates, develops and implements AMA's strategy, presence, and leadership in emerging and rapidly evolving areas of science and medicine, including genomics and precision medicine and the use of artificial and augmented intelligence.
• Develops and pursues AMA's strategy for contributing to and being a significant presence in the public health arena; identifies select public health issues on which the AMA has a special contribution to make and coordinates efforts across the AMA to produce targeted impact on these issues; and utilizes staff across the AMA to act as spokespersons to the public health community and promote AMA positions.
• Ensures that the AMA establishes and maintains effective relationships with organizations and leaders in the medical, scientific, public health, patient safety, pharmaceutical, allied health, and education communities, as well as federal regulatory agencies, so that common objectives are pursued, problems are identified and resolved, and AMA policies are advanced.
• Representing the AMA in high profile, important national coalitions and initiatives, and liaison with key agencies, professional and other private and public organizations, activities which form the basis for being able to provide informed support for other parts of the AMA that rely on Health, Science, and Ethics
• Interacts collegially with peers in leadership positions across the spectrum of health systems (academia, government, non‑profit, for‑profit) to promote AMA services, products, and policies, while acquiring knowledge and attitudes to influence future AMA services, products, and policies.

Health, Science, and Ethics Operational Leadership and Oversight

• Interacts effectively…