Overview

Texas Oncology is looking for a Remote Director, Advanced Oncology Therapeutics to join our team! This is a full-time position requiring up to 70% travel for meetings and site visits in Texas.

What does the Director, Advanced Oncology Therapeutics do?

The Director, Advanced Oncology Therapeutics role will provide centralized oversight and coordination for all advanced therapy programs, ensuring:

• Standardized, safe clinical delivery
• Consistent patient and staff education
• Scalable workflows across regions
• Coordination with other clinical and operational leaders to ensure continuity of care across all sites and departments
• Alignment with hospital partners and vendors
• Financial and operational readiness for growth

This role bridges clinical operations, nursing, pharmacy, digital health, revenue cycle, and external partners. Supports and adheres to the US Oncology Compliance Program, to include the Code of Ethics and Business Standards.

Responsibilities

The essential duties and responsibilities (included but not limited to):

Core Responsibilities

1. Program Leadership & Strategy

• Serve as the owner for bispecific, CAR-T, and emerging advanced therapy programs
• Develop and maintain a multi-year roadmap for advanced therapy expansion
• Evaluate readiness for new therapies and indications prior to launch
• Partner with physician champions and executive sponsors
• Track operational, clinical, quality and financial performance metrics

1. Clinical & Operational Standardization

• Lead development and maintenance of standardized workflows, policies, and playbooks
• Ensure consistent implementation of monitoring, escalation, and after-hours coverage models
• Coordination with other senior and site-level leadership to ensure safe and consistent care delivery of advanced therapies
• Align regional practices to enterprise standards while supporting local needs
• Coordinate with Finance and Revenue Cycle on reimbursement and sustainability models
• Develop staffing models to support patient safety and program sustainability

1. Patient Safety & Quality

• Oversee toxicity monitoring models (e.g., CRS, ICANS), e-PROs and escalation pathways
• Ensure compliance with REMS, FACT, and regulatory requirements
• Partner with clinical teams to monitor outcomes and trends
• Oversee a practice-wide quality management program

1. Education & Change Management

• Coordinate provider, nursing, pharmacy, and staff education for advanced therapies
• Ensure consistent patient education materials and companion tools
• Lead change management for new therapy launches and workflow transitions

Key Outcomes & Value

1. Patient Safety & Experience

• Reduced variability in care delivery
• Clear escalation pathways and monitoring
• Consistent education and support

1. Operational Efficiency

• Elimination of duplicated effort across regions
• Faster, safer rollout of new therapies
• Improved staff confidence and readiness

1. Financial Stewardship

• Proactive planning for high-cost therapies
• Improved reimbursement readiness and denial avoidance
• Scalable models that support growth without reactive staffing

1. Strategic Readiness

• Positioned to lead in outpatient and hybrid advanced therapy delivery
• Ability to adopt future therapies with speed and confidence

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have the following background and experience:

• Bachelors Degree : Clinical background (RN (BSN), APP, PharmD, or equivalent clinical operations leader)
• Minimum seven (7) years direct clinical experience in an oncology practice or clinic setting
• Minimum five (5) years prior management experience with increasing levels of responsibility.
• Minimum of three (3) years experience in oncology
• Direct experience in oncology, transplant or cellular therapy operations
  • Preferred: familiarity with regulatory standards and requirements (e.g. FACT)
• Experience in Oncology/Hematology office clinical management.

Specialized Knowledge/Skills:

• Oncology certification preferred.
• Healthcare Quality Improvement certification (i.e. CPHQ, Six Sigma) a plus
• Proven success in complex program management and change leadership
• Strong cross functional- and external partnership skills
• Confidence navigating high-risk, highly complex therapies

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physical demands of this job typically require full range of body motion including manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination and the ability to read and note appropriate measurements. Requires sitting/standing for extensive periods of time. Occasionally lifts and carries items weighing up to 40 lbs. Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to direct contact with patients with potential for exposure to toxic substances, medicinal preparations, and chemotherapeutic agents.

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