Chief Clinical Officer (CCO)

Description

Autism Care Partners (ACP) is seeking a mission-driven, operationally rigorous Chief Clinical Officer (CCO) to lead clinical strategy, outcomes, and performance across a multi-state platform in the Northeast. This is an opportunity for a dynamic leader to shape the future of interdisciplinary autism care at scale during a critical transformation phase at the company.

The CCO will serve as the senior-most clinical leader, responsible not only for clinical excellence but also for scaling a high-performing, economically sustainable care delivery model across ~25 centers and growing. This includes advancing ACP’s focus on insurance-funded services in diverse treatment settings, while expanding interdisciplinary care across diagnostics, ABA, speech, and occupational therapy.

This role is central to ACP’s next phase of growth, requiring a leader who can integrate clinical quality with operational discipline, navigate a dynamic payer environment, and build a scalable, outcomes-driven model that differentiates ACP in the market.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Strategy, Outcomes & Model Management

• Build upon and execute a unified clinical vision aligned with ACP’s strategic focus on insurance-funded services
• Lead the evolution of care models to optimize clinical outcomes, access, and contribution margin
• Establish and track standardized outcome metrics, ensuring measurable, data-driven improvement across all service lines
• Design scalable clinical protocols, supervision models, and care pathways that balance quality, compliance, and efficiency
  
  

Clinical Performance & Economic Alignment

• Partner with Finance and Operations to align clinical delivery with productivity, utilization, and contribution margin targets with overall P & L responsibility
• Drive improvements in key performance indicators, including BCBA and BT utilization and supervision ratios
• Ensure clinical models are responsive to payer policies, reimbursement constraints, and regulatory changes
  
  

Multi-State Clinical Operations

• Provide clinical leadership across all markets and for all clinical disciplines, ensuring consistency in care delivery while adapting to local payer and regulatory environments
• Standardize best practices to enable replicable, scalable growth
• Partner closely with regional and operational leaders to drive both clinical and financial outcomes and operational performance
  
  

Interdisciplinary Care Expansion

• Advance ACP’s interdisciplinary model across diagnostics, ABA, Speech, and Occupational Therapy as a core strategic differentiator
• Develop integrated care pathways that improve patient outcomes, retention, and lifetime value
• Identify opportunities to expand interdisciplinary services in a manner that is both clinically meaningful and economically viable
  
  

Team Leadership & Clinical Workforce Strategy

• Build, develop, and retain a high-performing clinical leadership team across markets
• Lead workforce strategy to address:
• Clinician retention and engagement
• Career pathing and supervision models
• Burnout mitigation while maintaining accountability
• Implement scalable training and development programs aligned with ACP’s growth objectives
  

Payer, Policy & External Engagement

• Serve as a clinical leader in discussions with payers, regulators, and industry stakeholders
• Anticipate and respond to evolving policy changes (e.g., supervision requirements, billing constraints)
• Partner with executive leadership to shape ACP’s clinical positioning in advocacy and contracting discussions
  
  

Compliance, Risk & Quality Assurance

• Ensure full compliance with state, payer, and accreditation requirements
• Oversee documentation standards and risk mitigation strategies
• Maintain a high bar for ethical, evidence-based care across all markets
  
  

Qualifications

• Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) required; doctoral-level training preferred
• 10 years of progressive leadership experience in ABA or related behavioral health
• Proven experience leading multi-site, multi-state clinical operations with scale; Northeast location preferred
• Demonstrated ability to drive both clinical outcomes and operational/financial performance
• Experience navigating payer dynamics, reimbursement models, and regulatory environments
• Strong operator with the ability to translate strategy into execution across distributed teams
• Track record of building high-performing teams and scalable clinical infrastructure
  
  

Compensation for this role includes a competitive base salary ($175K - $200K), performance-based incentive compensation, and participation in long-term incentive programs. Total compensation is commensurate with experience, scope, and organizational impact.