Vice President, Clinical Strategy and Innovation Officer

Overview

At North Bay Health, the Chief Clinical Strategy & Innovation Officer (CCSIO) is a physician executive responsible for uniting clinical leadership, enterprise strategy, and innovation to transform healthcare delivery across the continuum of care (ambulatory, post-acute, acute and at home). This role ensures that all innovation — from care model redesign to the responsible integration and expansion of technology and digital tools — is clinically led, evidence-based, compliant with regulatory requirements, and operationally executable.

Beyond deploying digital tools, the CCSIO leads North Bay to expand and reimagine how technology, AI, and data-driven platforms are applied to care — improving workflows, advancing quality, and elevating the patient experience. The role collaborates with the CIO to evolve digital strategy into clinically guided, patient-centered innovation and vetting new technologies for pilot and potential integration and rollout in North Bay systems.

Position Purpose

The CCSIO leads and aligns clinical strategy, technology-enabled innovation, digital transformation, and system-wide change across primary, specialty, acute, virtual, and home-based care. Through physician-led leadership and healthcare business expertise, the CCSIO accelerates North Bay’s ability to deliver accessible, equitable, high-quality care while strengthening financial sustainability, regulatory compliance, and operational performance.

Clinical Strategy & Care Transformation

• Design and scale evidence-based care models across primary, specialty, acute, and post-acute settings to improve outcomes and reduce unnecessary utilization.
• Lead the redesign of care pathways to optimize throughput, improve length of stay, and strengthen care transitions.
• Expand innovative cardiac and specialty, surgical, ambulatory and maternal and women’s health models, including remote monitoring and coordinated care for high-risk populations.

Technology & Digital Innovation Leadership

• Establish and lead the North Bay Innovation Center, a physician-led hub for identifying, piloting, and scaling transformative technologies and care models.
• Expand and evolve existing digital tools and emerging technologies — including AI, predictive analytics, automation, and data platforms — to improve workflows, enhance clinical decision-making, and elevate patient care.
• Vet new technologies and strategies for clinical efficacy, operational readiness, compliance, and strategic alignment.
• Partner with clinical, operational, and IT leaders to ensure technology is not only deployed effectively but continuously innovated to meet evolving care needs.
• Build enterprise governance frameworks that guide the ethical, compliant, and clinically aligned adoption and expansion of technology and digital innovation.

Partnerships & Collaboration

• Forge strategic partnerships with technology vendors, startups, and academic institutions to drive innovation and co-development opportunities.
• Serve as a governance leader in enterprise and statewide committees, ensuring alignment between clinical priorities, compliance, and business risk.
• Collaborate with C-Suite leaders — including the CMO, CIO, COO, CFO, and CSO — to align innovation with financial, operational, and community health goals.

Compliance, Governance & Stewardship

• Oversee policy and compliance alignment for all strategic initiatives, including capital allocation, data governance, and approval authority.
• Ensure all programs meet legal, regulatory, and ethical standards while maintaining transparency and accountability in decision-making.
• Partner with Legal and Compliance to monitor regulatory developments and proactively address risk.

Perform other duties as assigned by the CEO or Board Chair.

• Education: Physician healthcare MBA (or equivalent).
• Licensure/ Certification: Medical degree (MD or DO) required; MBA or other advanced business degree preferred, combining deep clinical expertise with strategic, operational, and business leadership insight.
• Experience: Ten (10+) years of progressive clinical and leadership experience in complex healthcare organizations.
• Skills: Proven success…