Sr. Vice President, Chief Medical Officer
Position Description
Position Summary:
The Sr. Vice President, Chief Medical Officer (SVP, CMO) serves as CAQH’s senior clinical leader and primary clinical advisor to the CEO and executive leadership team. This role brings deep provider and healthcare system expertise to inform product strategy, data innovation, and external engagement, ensuring CAQH’s solutions reflect the real-world needs and priorities of the provider community.
Operating as a senior executive leader rather than a corporate officer, the SVP, CMO partners closely with Product, Data, Commercial, and Executive leadership to shape provider facing capabilities, data insights, and market opportunities. The role emphasizes influence, credibility, and cross functional leadership rather than operational ownership.
The SVP, CMO represents CAQH externally as a trusted clinical voice, strengthening relationships with providers, health systems, and industry partners, and reinforcing CAQH’s position as a credible, provider informed organization.
The SVP, CMO is a full-time, remote, exempt position and reports to the CEO.
Base Salary Range: $325,000 - $350,000 annually.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Lead and chair CAQH’s Provider Advisory Council, ensuring strong engagement, diverse representation, and actionable insights that inform product strategy and roadmap decisions.
- Serve as a senior strategic partner to the Chief Product Officer to identify, evaluate, and validate provider facing and provider supporting product opportunities.
- Act as a clinical and provider operations advisor to internal teams, translating clinical workflows, regulatory realities, and provider pain points into practical, scalable insights.
- Represent CAQH externally as a senior clinical leader and brand ambassador across national provider, clinical, and healthcare industry forums.
- Commit at least 25% of time to direct market engagement with priority providers, health systems, and commercial stakeholders, applying clinical expertise to inform sales strategy, strengthen product adoption and positioning, and support successful execution of CAQH solutions.
- Collaborate with Data and Analytics leadership to shape provider data insights capabilities, ensuring clinical relevance, usability, and market value.
- Support commercial strategy by providing clinical credibility and subject matter expertise for product positioning, partnerships, and strategic discussions with external stakeholders.
- Monitor emerging clinical, regulatory, and industry trends impacting providers and advise executive leadership on implications and opportunities.
- Contribute to CAQH’s long term strategy by strengthening trust, credibility, and adoption within the national provider community.
- Author and contribute to external thought leadership, including articles, presentations, and publications aligned with CAQH’s products and strategic focus.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- This role may provide oversight to clinical advisors, consultants, or project based workstreams as needed.
- Provides senior level clinical guidance and mentorship across Product, Data, and Commercial teams, primarily through influence rather than direct people management.
Skills:
- Deep understanding of provider operations, clinical workflows, and healthcare delivery systems.
- Ability to translate clinical insight into strategic product, data, and market direction.
- Executive level communication and presentation skills with credibility across clinical and non-clinical audiences.
- Strong partnership orientation and comfort operating within a matrixed organization.
- Proven ability to influence senior leaders and cross functional teams without direct authority.
Experience:
- 15 or more years of clinical practice and leadership experience within healthcare delivery, health systems, or provider focused organizations.
- Demonstrated experience advising or partnering with product, data, or technology teams.
- Experience engaging national provider audiences, advisory councils, or industry organizations strongly preferred.
Education:
- MD or DO required.
- Active or prior clinical practice experience required.
Who We Are
CAQH is the trusted data connector at the core of healthcare. For more than 25 years, we have powered the industry with the largest and most complete healthcare data foundation in the U.S., including more than 4.8 million provider data records sourced directly from providers and member data representing 75% of covered lives supplied by health plans. By improving how essential information flows across the system, CAQH helps healthcare operate more efficiently, accurately, and with greater confidence.
What You Get
At CAQH, you will do meaningful work at the intersection of healthcare, data, and technology, alongside experienced professionals who care about getting things right. We are a fully remote organization with employees across the U.S.
CAQH provides competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) with employer contribution, paid parental leave, tuition assistance, and paid time off. We are committed to investing in our people and supporting professional growth and development over time.
Equal Opportunity Employer
CAQH is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a workplace where all individuals are valued, respected, and empowered. Employment decisions at CAQH are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin or ancestry, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status, family responsibilities, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Applicants have rights under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), and the Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA). If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position, please contact CAQH Human Resources at hr@caqh.org.