• Advocating for physicians and patients
• Advancing medical knowledge
• Elevating the medical profession
• Promoting physician well-being
• Advancing health equity
• Promoting patient safety and quality health care

• Foster a strong partnership with the BOT and MMS membership to help lead strategic, proactive advocacy to protect patient access to high-quality, equitable care and safeguard physicians’ ability to practice effectively. The position will coordinate the development and execution of policy strategy, build influential relationships, mobilize stakeholders, and align organizational resources to ensure timely, impactful responses to emerging health care challenges.
• Lead the effort to reinvigorate the AMR side of the organization, including building a financial roadmap that will allow AMR to become more self-sustaining, redefining and reminding physicians of the MMS’ value proposition, inspiring internal and external constituents, determining what will make the MMS indispensable to both employed and independent physicians, and developing and executing a plan to recruit, engage, and retain members at every stage of the physician career lifecycle.

• Provides executive leadership for a 24,000+ physician membership association and medical publishing/education business.
• Integrates the vision and strategy for the Society and NEJM Group, and connects that to the broader mission of the organization.
• Provides executive oversight for three subsidiary and affiliate organizations: a non-profit organization that addresses issues of physician health, a for-profit insurance agency that offers medical malpractice and other insurance for physicians, and a charitable foundation.
• Engages and collaborates with the BOT to set strategic goals, establish policy, and manage financial resources to ensure the continued relevance and sustainability of the organization. Oversees the development and implementation of strategic priorities, aligned with the strategic plan.
• Translates strategic priorities into operational plans, aligning communication, accountabilities, and operations to ensure that strategic priorities yield measurable and sustainable results.
• Works closely with the MMS senior management team, the Committee on Administration and Management, and the Committee on Finance to monitor the organization’s operations and finances. Sets management and administrative objectives, working with the senior team.
• Works in partnership with the MMS President to optimize governance effectiveness and engagement. Supports the facilitation of productive board meetings and informed decision-making.
• Collaborates with the elected Officers to update and review current issues and activities, update status of ongoing projects, committees, and task forces, and plan for outside meetings and testimony.
• Works with the Officers to develop and foster relationships with stakeholders – including, but not limited to, physicians, physician groups, health care organizations, public officials, health care leaders, and other constituencies to enhance the Society’s image and effectiveness in serving the physician community and advancing the goals and mission of the Society.
• With the Officers, meets with community leaders, legislators, and regulatory bodies to represent the Society and its members’ perspective and advocate on their behalf. In collaboration with the President, may also meet with members of the media to discuss the Society’s position on various health care matters.
• Advises the BOT and the MMS House of Delegates about legislative, administrative, health care, and other policy positions based on input provided by members, appropriate staff, and others.
• Works with the BOT, Committees, and other Society stakeholders to support and advise on the implementation of House of Delegates directives.
• Actively participates with the Massachusetts delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA), the New England delegation to the AMA, and the American Association of Medical Society Executives.
• Serves as liaison with internal and external constituencies, including committees, district societies, external committees and task forces, the Boston Medical Library, and others as needed.
• Provides executive-level oversight for membership activities, including member relations, engagement, and services. Outlines the membership value proposition and helps with member recruitment and business development efforts.
• Understands the needs of the changing health care marketplace and continually assesses and enhances the value of Society membership and services.
• Works with the NEJM Group senior management team to oversee direction and strategic plans for NEJM group to maintain its position as the authoritative source of clinical research and insights in advancing medical knowledge.
• Oversees the Editor-in-Chief, NEJM and NEJM Group, in all administrative matters.
• Works with each subsidiary and affiliate to ensure that appropriate strategic and financial improvement plans are in place.
• Oversees the MMS senior management team and manages direct reports, including leading, facilitating, and monitoring strategic planning activities; developing individual performance objectives and managing performance; and oversight of business strategy, performance, and margins.
• Additional responsibilities as needed by the BOT.

• Ten to fifteen years of innovative senior leadership experience in association management, health care, public health, or medical education setting are required. Expertise in the health care space and experience working within a physician-centric organization is highly advantageous.
• An advanced degree is strongly preferred, along with a solid track record of successful business, financial, and operations management in a position of organizational leadership with a demonstrated ability to foster collaboration and achieve results across a complex organization.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in building coalitions and developing appropriate action plans to address the critical issues confronting today’s physicians and the health of the public. Ability to serve as a highly credible ambassador, public speaker, and advocate for the mission of the Society.
• Ability to work effectively with a board of trustees (board experience a plus), corporate officers, state and federal legislators, local and national health care organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Possess strategic vision, strong financial acumen, superior communication skills, and a proven ability to build trust and credibility across a variety of key stakeholders and staff.
• Ability to effectively manage resources and grow a business in dollars and/or members, as well as experience successfully marketing an organization’s value proposition, holding people accountable, problem-solving, and managing competing demands and priorities.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Serve as a strong physician/patient advocate and a champion for physicians and the practice of medicine; understands the importance of NEJM as a trusted resource for physicians and its role in advancing the mission of the Society, science, and the practice of medicine.
• Familiar with health care policy and advocacy, and the issues currently facing the medical profession, including health equity and access to care.
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of physicians’ core values and respect for the value of their work. An in-depth understanding of organized medicine at both the state and national levels is important.
• Be a mission-oriented and values-driven leader who prioritizes health equity and access to care for all; must find the MMS’ mission personally meaningful and central to their work.
• Balance respect and appreciation for the MMS’ history with a forward-looking vision and urgency needed to shape its future.

• Ability to inspire and lead through direct and indirect influence and serve as a strong and engaged people leader with a servant-leader mentality and a willingness to roll up their sleeves.
• Possess high EQ and the ability to seek input, listen, and value collaboration over top-down direction; encourage inclusive, democratic decision-making.
• Ability to lead organizational change by aligning stakeholders, guiding teams through transitions with empathy and clarity.
• Solve problems with elevated reasoning skills and a proactive, rather than reactive, mindset.