Vice President, Health Transformation

Care Quest Institute for Oral Health’s Health Transformation team supports the organization’s mission of improving oral health for all by supporting the adoption of evidence-based solutions designed to improve patient outcomes and close health disparities. The Vice-President, Health Transformation (VP) is a key internal and external leader for Care Quest Institute’s innovative efforts to bridge the gap between research and practice through quality improvement and implementation science and the execution of programs and services.

The VP will develop the strategy to pilot and support delivery models that measurably improve oral health outcomes, reduce costs, and enhance patient experience nationwide.

The VP will lead a team of seven multidisciplinary experts whose goal is to foster the improvement and adoption of oral health person-centered care models including disease management programs, inter-professional initiatives, and evidence-based clinical and public health practices, supported by effective evaluation, quality measurement, behavior change management, and value-based financing methodologies. Relevant initiatives and activities will include but are not limited to programs, services, and technical assistance designed to influence industry practices and advance national change efforts to meet Care Quest’s mission.

The VP will leverage the broad array of Care Quest’s capacities in research, data analytics, innovation, policy, and communications to enhance the Health Transformation team’s program and service impact. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, the VP will play a central role for the Health Improvement team’s enterprise-wide impact, including strengthening intra- and inter-team collaboration, routinely assessing and managing internal functions and capacities, and building clear accountability structures that support sustainable high-performance execution.

Health Transformation initiatives require the co-creation of externally facing strategies, and the VP will be responsible for developing and nurturing relationships with senior level policy makers, academic leaders, health system executives, and other national partners. In this role, the ability to work with and navigate situational awareness and presence across diverse stakeholders, including grassroots community members and other senior leaders, is critical to support initiative, program, and service delivery and execution.

This role requires a seasoned leader capable of navigating complexity, fostering alignment across diverse external stakeholders, leading and developing a team of high-performing health care experts, and driving internal change management efforts that support successful implementation of emerging organizational strategies across Care Quest and the broader oral health ecosystem.

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JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

External Partnership & Stakeholder Engagement

Develop and maintain external partnership structures that support shared accountability, joint implementation, and collective impact across the oral health eco-system.

Represent Care Quest at national conferences and community convenings, serving as mission-focused reputational ambassador and situationally flexible thought partner for oral health improvement and system transformation.

Position Care Quest as a trusted and reliable partner through effective, service-forward external relationship management and service delivery.

Health Transformation Program and Service Execution

Source partnerships and execute on strategies to design and pilot initiatives and implement oral health person-centered models of care, including disease management…