Medical Director, Population Health & Clinical Governance

Sharecare•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

Sharecare is a digital healthcare company that delivers software and tech-enabled services to stakeholders across the healthcare ecosystem to help improve care quality, drive better outcomes, and lower costs. Through its data-driven AI insights, evidence-based resources, and comprehensive platform – including benefits navigation, care management, home care resources, health information management, and more – Sharecare helps people easily and efficiently manage their healthcare and improve their well-being. Across its three business channels, Sharecare enables health plan sponsors, health systems and physician practices, and leading pharmaceutical brands to drive personalized and value-based care at scale. To learn more, visit www.sharecare.com . Job Summary: The Medical Director of Population Health and Clinical Governance is a physician leader responsible for clinical integrity, quality oversight, accreditation alignment, and evidence-based standards across Sharecare’s population health and care management programs. Reporting to the SVP Clinical Outcomes, this role ensures that clinical programs, coaching models, decision support tools, and member facing clinical content are clinically sound, compliant with national standards, and aligned with accreditation requirements. The Medical Director serves as the designated senior clinical reviewer for processes and protocols where physician oversight is required, and partners closely with Quality, Informatics, Product, Operations, and Client teams to embed clinical rigor across program design and execution. This is a hands-on physician leadership role focused on clinical governance and population health program oversight, not enterprise-wide medical strategy or direct patient panel care.

Requirements

MD or DO degree from an accredited institution
Board certification in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or Geriatrics
Active, unrestricted U.S. medical license
Minimum 5 years of post residency clinical experience
2–4 years of experience in population health, care management, health plan, ACO, CIN, or value based care environment
Strong understanding of population health, preventive care, and value based care models
Comfortable working in cross functional, data driven environments
Collaborative and practical physician leader with strong communication skills
High emotional intelligence and ability to balance clinical rigor with operational realities

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting NCQA aligned programs or quality performance initiatives preferred
Experience working with interdisciplinary care management or coaching teams preferred
Exposure to clinical informatics or digital health tools preferred
Experience with Medicare Advantage or Medicaid populations preferred

Responsibilities

Clinical Governance & Accreditation Oversight Serve as physician leader responsible for clinical review and approval of population health program processes where senior clinical sign off is required
Support organizational readiness for NCQA and other accreditation standards by ensuring clinical workflows, protocols, and documentation meet requirements
Participate in audits, quality reviews, and corrective action planning as needed
Support integration of health equity and quality performance standards into care models
Population Health Program Integrity Provide clinical oversight for chronic condition management, preventive care, and high risk population programs
Ensure clinical standards and documentation practices are consistently applied across programs
Support clinical integrity of diabetes prevention, weight management, and other evidence based population health initiatives
Evidence Based Clinical Content Provide physician review and guidance for clinical content used by nurses, coaches, and care teams
Ensure member facing and clinician facing materials align with current national guidelines and preventive care recommendations
Support standardization of clinical approaches to reduce variability and strengthen fidelity to best practices
Clinical Informatics & Decision Support Partner with Clinical and Pharmacy Informatics teams to ensure clinical appropriateness of code sets, rules logic, and decision support tools
Provide physician input into clinical data elements, documentation standards, and reporting logic
Cross Functional Clinical Leadership Serve as the physician voice in collaboration with Product, Data Science, Quality, and Operations teams
Ensure clinical input is incorporated early in program design, product enhancements, and member communication strategies
Help reduce compliance risk and downstream rework by embedding clinical oversight upstream
Client & Market Support Participate in selected client discussions where physician oversight or credibility is required
Support RFPs and proposals with clinical input as needed