Job Description

The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) is currently seeking a Deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to join its Strategic Alliances team. The Strategic Alliances department facilitates continuous dialogue with medical specialty societies and other external partners as a key part of ABIM’s collaboration and co-creation efforts. In this newly created role, the Deputy CMO will support the Chief Medical Officer and the Strategic Alliances department in advancing ABIM’s mission to improve healthcare quality through excellence in physician certification. The Deputy CMO will act as a trusted advisor to the CMO, assist in leading departmental operations, operationalizing strategic initiatives, and represent ABIM in selected external engagements.

Reporting to ABIM’s Chief Medical Officer, the Deputy CMO is responsible for the following:

Physician Leadership

• Serve as executive physician sponsor for specialty boards, as assigned.
• Provide the physician voice on and bring the external stakeholder perspective to various internal committees and workstreams.

Stakeholder Engagement Support

• Support the execution of ABIM’s vision to expand the circle of stakeholders through strategic relationship building and maintenance.
• Act as a physician liaison to medical societies, health systems, and other external stakeholders, including the public, as assigned.

Regulatory & Compliance Oversight

• Assist with American Board of Medical Specialties engagement and compliance with standards.
• Propose organizational responses to changes in healthcare policy and regulatory developments.

Communication & Outreach

• In conjunction with the Communications team, draft and review communications for physicians and the public (newsletters, FAQs, presentations).
• Represent ABIM at selected conferences and forums when delegated by the CMO .

Team Leadership & Development

• Supervise departmental staff and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Mentor team members and foster a collaborative, positive, mission-driven culture.

The ideal candidate is a certified ABIM diplomate participating in MOC and who has at least 8 years of clinical or management leadership in internal medicine or its subspecialties, including leadership roles in clinical practice, medical education, or healthcare administration.

The successful incumbent is a trusted partner with a strong understanding of the healthcare system, a focus on supporting physicians to deliver high quality of care, and the ability to engage in strategic decision making to advance ABIM’s mission and objectives. A person with demonstrated ability to recruit, lead and inspire a multidisciplinary team and collaborate with diverse stakeholders will flourish in this role.

ABIM offices are located in the historic section of Philadelphia, 510 Walnut Street, Suite 1700. Our technology and workplace operations teams provide for and support a seamless hybrid work environment for all ABIM employees.

***

At ABIM, our team of unique and talented professionals, and the inspiring work they do, are essential to meeting the needs and expectations of ABIM's diverse community of physicians.

ABIM is like no other workplace, and we are proud of it. We are committed to recognizing the importance of our people by investing in their lives through ongoing learning opportunities and exceptional total compensation & benefit offerings.

We look forward to learning more about your interest in joining our team. EOE

Job Tags

Similar Jobs