Vice President, Primary Care Transformation

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is seeking a dynamic and collaborative thought leader to advance its strategic vision for improving access to high-quality, evidence-based diabetes and cardiometabolic care. Reporting to the Chief Quality Officer, this Vice President will serve as a strategic, solution-driven partner across the organization, with a strong focus on creating, cultivating, and sustaining relationships with primary care organizations, health systems, provider networks, and other healthcare stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will bring a deep understanding of the primary care landscape and will work across sectors to identify opportunities for collaboration, strengthen clinical partnerships, and advance scalable solutions that improve diabetes prevention, treatment, and health outcomes. This leader will help position ADA as a trusted partner to primary care organizations nationwide, translating clinical standards, evidence, technology, and best practices into meaningful strategies that support healthcare professionals and the people they serve.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and thought leadership for initiatives within the Access and Quality Portfolio, with an emphasis on building and expanding partnerships with primary care organizations, health systems, provider networks, and healthcare professional associations.
• Develop and maintain strong, long-term relationships with primary care organizations and healthcare partners, identifying opportunities for collaboration that improve the prevention, early identification, treatment, and management of diabetes and cardiometabolic conditions.
• Serve as the organizational lead for diabetes technology and cardiometabolic health management within primary care, identifying opportunities to expand awareness, adoption, and integration of evidence-based approaches into routine clinical practice.
• Develop strategies to engage primary care clinicians and organizations in ADA programs, education, quality improvement initiatives, clinical resources, and other opportunities that strengthen diabetes care delivery.
• Identify opportunities to expand successful programs and partnerships across health systems, provider networks, and primary care settings at regional and national levels.
• Assist in the development, review, and implementation of grants and proposals, ensuring funded initiatives align with ADA's strategic priorities and support measurable improvements in access, quality, and clinical outcomes.
• Collaborate with the Partner Relations Team to engage corporate partners, healthcare organizations, healthcare professionals, and other stakeholders in developing resources and programs that strengthen diabetes and cardiometabolic care within primary care settings.
• Monitor trends, challenges, and emerging needs within primary care to inform the development of future programs, partnerships, clinical initiatives, and advocacy priorities.
• Partner with the Metrics and Evaluations Team to establish meaningful metrics, data sources, and analytics that measure partnership effectiveness, program reach, healthcare professional engagement, and improvements in health access and quality.
• Partner with the Science and Health Care Team to ensure ADA research, clinical standards, educational resources, and scientific expertise are effectively connected to primary care organizations and healthcare professionals.
• Establish and cultivate relationships with national and regional primary care associations, medical societies, health systems, clinically integrated networks, provider groups, and other healthcare organizations to expand ADA's reach and strengthen its role as a trusted partner in diabetes and cardiometabolic care.
• Represent ADA with key internal and external stakeholders, including healthcare leaders, professional volunteers, donors, sponsors, corporate partners, and healthcare professionals.
• Serve as the primary liaison for 1 to 2 national board committees, providing leadership and support while ensuring alignment with ADA's strategic priorities.
• Represent ADA at relevant healthcare conferences, professional meetings, industry forums, and partner events to strengthen relationships, increase visibility, and identify new opportunities for collaboration within primary care.
• Travel: 20 – 25%

Qualifications

• Advanced degrees such as an MPH, MHA, MBA, MSN, or other relevant graduate degree required. Clinical degree like PharmD, NP, PA, DO, MD equivalent preferred
• Minimum 10 years of progressive leadership experience in primary care, public health, chronic isease management, healthcare quality, or a related field, including experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Proven success leading geographically dispersed teams in a fully remote environment.
• Demonstrated success developing national and regional partnerships with primary care organizations, health systems, provider networks, medical societies, and other healthcare organizations, with a track record of moving relationships from initial engagement to sustained, measurable collaboration.
• Strong understanding of the primary care landscape, including the opportunities and challenges associated with diabetes prevention, diagnosis, treatment, technology adoption, cardiometabolic health, and chronic disease management.
• Experience developing partnerships that translate organizational priorities into scalable programs, clinical initiatives, education, quality improvement efforts, or healthcare professional engagement strategies.
• Knowledge of healthcare quality improvement and care delivery models, with an understanding of how clinical guidelines, evidence-based practices, and healthcare technology are implemented within primary care settings.
• Experience working with physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, pharmacists, diabetes care and education specialists, health system executives, and other healthcare stakeholders.
• Experience developing, implementing, and evaluating grant-funded programs, strategic initiatives, or healthcare partnerships, including the ability to establish meaningful performance measures and demonstrate impact.

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with corporate partners, healthcare organizations, professional societies, nonprofit organizations, and other external stakeholders.
• Strong executive presence and communication skills, with the ability to represent the organization credibly with healthcare executives, clinical leaders, national partners, donors, sponsors, board members, and professional volunteers.
• Proven ability to lead through influence and work effectively across functions in a complex, matrixed organization.
• Strong strategic thinking, relationship management, negotiation, presentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to translate clinical, scientific, and healthcare information into practical strategies and partnership opportunities for diverse audiences.
• Ability and willingness to travel nationally for partner meetings, conferences, healthcare events, and other organizational priorities.
• Knowledge of diabetes technology and emerging approaches to diabetes and cardiometabolic care strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to identify areas of shared interest among organizations and develop mutually beneficial partnerships that produce measurable outcomes and long-term engagement.

Why Work Here
The American Diabetes Association ® (ADA) offers a rewarding career working for one of the premier voluntary health organizations in the world supporting people living with diabetes and/or obesity. Our employees consistently say that our mission, culture, work-life balance, and total rewards package are what they like most about working at the ADA. benefits and our culture:

• Industry competitive base pay. Base offers are determined by several factors including but not limited to your relevant work experience, education, certifications, location, internal pay equity, etc.
• A culture of recognition including new hire welcome announcements, service anniversary awards, referral bonuses, monthly All Employee Assembly, appreciation awards
• Generous Paid Time Off, including holidays, vacation days, personal days and sick days
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), disability & life insurance, pet insurance, and retirement savings
• Guided by our mission, we provide full diabetes supply coverage through our medical benefits program
• A company focus on offering mental health programs and work/life balance with most of our employees working remote
• Joining our dedicated team affords the gratification of knowing beyond a doubt that you will impact the lives and well-being of millions

About the Organization
The American Diabetes Association ® (ADA) is the nation’s leading voluntary health organization fighting to end diabetes and helping people living with diabetes thrive. Since 1940, we have driven discovery and research to prevent, manage, treat, and ultimately cure diabetes. We advocate for policy changes and improved access to quality care for all people living with diabetes and/or obesity. Through the Obesity Association, a division of the ADA, we are also working to reduce the prevalence of obesity—a leading risk factor for type 2 diabetes.