Associate Director, Community Partnerships
About the role
The Associate Director serves as a strategic connector and catalyst for advancing the American Cancer Society’s mission through high-impact partnerships across the cancer care continuum. This specialized role engages with primary care systems, federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), community health centers, community-based organizations (CBOs), and volunteers to drive pillar metrics through collaborative relationships while influencing policies and strategies.
Responsibilities
Build and manage high-impact relationships with Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), community health centers, and community-based organizations to strengthen collaboration and advance organizational priorities across the cancer care continuum.
Lead development of medical neighborhoods and linkages of care within targeted communities, ensuring coordinated, patient-centered cancer care that improves access and outcomes.
Convene and engage health systems, community champions, and diverse stakeholders to implement evidence-based strategies, influence policy, and accelerate system-level improvements in cancer prevention and treatment.
Provide technical assistance and share resources to support the implementation of evidence-based interventions and best practices.
Cultivate and support health care and community champions to drive system-level policies and practices that increase access to care and improve outcomes.
Qualifications
Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor's Degree in public health, health administration, healthcare, nonprofit management or equivalent
Preferred Degree: Master's Degree
Years of experience: Minimum of five years of experience in health care-related and/or non-profit management, administration, account management, with a proven background in relationship development and volunteer recruitment and mobilization.
Experience/Qualifications
Extensive experience in cultivating relationships with health systems, community organizations, and volunteers to create urgency around cancer awareness, motivate action across the cancer continuum, and guide strategic initiatives.
Skilled in designing outcome-based interventions, educational processes, and conducting evaluations to ensure measurable impact.
Strong ability to represent the American Cancer Society effectively and professionally to health systems, cancer programs, administrative, agency, and community leaders, including working with disparate populations and diverse constituents.
Ability to use health center data, chronic disease trends, and interpret cancer statistics to inform strategic decisions.
Maintains current knowledge of scientific research and best practices through continuous learning, training participation, and engagement in enterprise and regional initiatives.
Skilled in applying knowledge of program development, outcome-based interventions, educational processes, and evaluations.
Demonstrates experience with state and community-based program planning and implementation.
Comprehensive knowledge of health care markets, insurance structures, managed care systems, primary care infrastructures, government policies including Medicaid, Medicare, and oncology payment models.
Pay
The starting rate is $80,000 to $85,000. The final candidate's relevant experience/skills will be considered before an offer is extended. Actual starting pay will vary based on non-discriminatory factors including, but not limited to, geographic location, experience, skills, specialty, and education.
Schedule
Travel, including evening and weekend work required.