Chief Program Officer - Onsite Manhattan

Athena Psych is a New York State mental health-approved provider of community mental health services for children, adults, and families with behavioral and emotional challenges. We specialize in individual and group psychotherapy for clients with a focus on trauma-informed care. We are dedicated to improving the quality and accessibility of mental health care for all, especially individuals from underserved communities.

Here at Athena, we pride ourselves on hiring a diverse group of mental health clinicians and staff who are passionate and dedicated to improving our clients’ overall emotional well-being. We provide both in-person and telehealth services for our clients and offer a competitive compensation plan and amazing benefits to our staff.

We are seeking a Chief Program Officer to provide strategic and clinical leadership across our existing service lines while driving the thoughtful expansion of programs to address evolving community needs and increase access to high-quality behavioral healthcare.

The Chief Program Officer (CPO) is Athena's senior clinical and programmatic executive responsible for the quality, effectiveness, consistency, and continued development of the organization’s clinical programs and services across New York State. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, the CPO ensures Athena's continued growth is supported by strong clinical infrastructure, evidence-based practice, regulatory compliance, measurable outcomes, and exceptional patient care.

The CPO provides executive oversight of clinical leadership, program performance, quality improvement, workforce development, and new program implementation, working closely with the CEO, COO, CMO, and other organizational leaders.

• Provide executive oversight of Athena's clinical quality, clinical leaders, and standards of care across locations and service lines to support consistency in treatment outcomes
• Establish consistent, evidence-based, patient-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive clinical practices.
• Ensure appropriate systems for clinical supervision, high-risk case review, treatment planning, care coordination, and continuity of care.
• Develop and mentor clinical and program leaders while promoting accountability, collaboration, and professional excellence.
• Establish and monitor clinical quality, outcomes, access, engagement, retention, and program performance metrics.
• Use clinical data to proactively identify risks, trends, and opportunities for improvement.
• Ensure adherence to OMH and other applicable regulatory and clinical requirements.
• Lead clinical quality-improvement initiatives and support regulatory reviews, audits, and corrective action activities.
• Provide clinical leadership for the development, implementation, and stabilization of new programs, locations, and models of care.
• Evaluate opportunities for program expansion based on community need, outcomes, organizational strategy, and clinical feasibility.
• Lead the executive team in aligning clinical strategy with organizational growth, operations, workforce planning, and financial sustainability.
• Represent Athena's clinical programs and capabilities with regulators, health systems, payers, community organizations, and other external stakeholders.
• Patient access and timely engagement in care
• Clinical quality and patient outcomes
• Patient retention and continuity of care
• High-risk patient management and clinical safety
• Clinical documentation and regulatory compliance
• Clinician productivity, retention, and engagement
• Clinical supervision and leadership effectiveness
• Successful implementation and stabilization of new programs
• Patient and referral-partner experience
• Consistency of clinical standards across programs and locations
• Ensur…