Department Executive Director TMC Cancer Center

About Tufts Medicine

Tufts Medicine is an innovative, mission-driven health system that unites the best of academic and community medicine to deliver exceptional, connected, and accessible care. Our system includes Tufts Medical Center, the principal teaching hospital of Tufts University and Tufts University School of Medicine, as well as Lowell General Hospital, Lowell General Hospital – Saints Campus, MelroseWakefield Hospital, Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford, Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital (opening Fall 2025), Tufts Medicine Care at Home, Tufts Medicine Integrated Network, and a network of 2,300 physicians across Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. We treat the most complex conditions, keep our communities healthy, and bring research breakthroughs to life.

Location Onsite Tufts Medical Canter Boston, MA

Job Overview 

Reporting to the VP of the Cancer Service Line for Tufts Medicine, the Executive Director is accountable for operations, financial performance, and strategic execution for the Cancer Center at a Tufts Medical Center. This position oversees the Department of Radiation Oncology, the Division of Hematology/Oncology, the Infusion Center, the Neely Cell Therapy and Collection Center, and the Division of Clinical Genetics. This oversight will include long-term business and capital planning in partnership with physician and departmental leadership to drive growth, optimize financial performance, ensure regulatory compliance, and deliver high-quality, patient-centered care. Additionally, the Executive Director will support specialized services including  CAR-T, Gamma Knife, Bone Marrow Transplant, and advanced Radiation Oncology procedures.  In this high visibility role, the Executive Director will collaborate with fellow cancer service line administrative and clinical leaders from across the Tufts Medicine system, in addition to marketing, research, and philanthropy colleagues.

As the Executive Director of the Cancer Center, this role will sustain, innovate, and grow the cancer services at TMC and for the Tufts Medicine system.

Job Description 

Minimum Qualifications: 

1. Master’s degree in Healthcare or Business Administration. 

2. Seven (7) years of progressive leadership growth in the healthcare industry.  

Preferred Qualifications: 

1. Ten (10) years of progressive leadership growth in the healthcare industry. 

2. Experience in administrative role within applicable department(s).

Duties and Responsibilities: The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list.  Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned. 

1. Plays a lead role in and collaborates with Medical Staff Leadership for the development of the annual business plan for the Service Line that will foster the achievement of established goals for market share, budget, revenue and patient visits.  

2. Serves as an effective liaison with Medical Staff Leadership and key management and staff throughout the Medical Center system, to foster collaborative efforts for the most efficient integration and utilization of resources for the achievement of the Service Line goals.  

3. Collaborates with department leadership to ensure efficient business operations at physician practice offices and the smooth integration with hospital business operations, to effectively support the achievement of the Service Line business plan. 

4. Develops, recommends, and administers physician’s financial incentive programs to foster continual improvements in meeting established goals. 

5. Maintains an accurate sense of the market, identifies under-served needs, and suggests, researches and recommends corresponding viable Service Line Services programs, expansion opportunities, etc.   

6. Collaborates with External Affairs to develop and carry out marketing and/or public relations programs to enhance the Medical Center’s image within relevant healthcare communities as a surgical services provider of choice. 

7. Working in collaboration with medical staff leadership, identifies and utilizes appropriate statistical measures, and ensures or produces meaningful reports that enable medical leadership to make clinical process decisions, and monitor and continually improve clinical processes.  

8. Develops and utilizes appropriate statistical and financial performance measures and produces meaningful reports that enable management to make good operational decisions and monitor and continually improve performance.  

9. Develops and administers programs to foster a high level of patient/customer satisfaction. 

10. Oversees the finances of th