Chief Impact Officer

Job Description

Job Description

The Chief Impact Officer is a key member of the executive leadership team, responsible for defining and advancing Essential Access Health’s programmatic vision and ensuring the organization delivers meaningful, measurable impact. This role brings together healthcare transformation, learning and evaluation, and research into a unified approach that strengthens program effectiveness, informs strategy, and positions the organization to deepen its impact over time.

 

In close partnership with the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Impact Officer shapes organizational direction by connecting implementation, learning, and evidence. This role ensures that the organization is clear about what it is achieving, how well it is performing, and where it must adapt or deepen its work to meet the needs of providers and communities.

 

KEY DUTIES + RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Set and lead the organization’s programmatic vision, ensuring alignment with mission, strategy, and evolving field needs
• Establish and lead a cohesive, organization-wide approach to measuring impact and performance
• Oversee research strategy and ensure alignment with organizational priorities and practical application
• Partner with the CEO to shape and advance organizational strategy, including identifying opportunities to deepen and expand impact
• Work across functions to connect community insight with programmatic work, measurement, and external positioning
• Represent the organization in external spaces related to programmatic work, research, and learning
• Lead and support Vice Presidents across Healthcare Transformation, Learning + Evaluation, and Research

QUALIFICATIONS:

 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to perform this job.

 

• 15+ years of senior leadership experience in public health, healthcare, research, or related fields
• Demonstrated experience leading complex programs and driving measurable impact
• Strong background in learning and evaluation, including defining metrics and using data to inform strategy
• Experience overseeing or integrating research into programmatic work
• Proven ability to lead senior leaders and align multiple functions at an enterprise level
• Experience building and managing cross-sector partnerships
• Other duties as assigned

Company Description

Mission: Essential Access Health champions and promotes quality sexual + reproductive health care for all
At Essential Access Health (Essential Access), our values are our compass. We believe bodily autonomy is a human right, and that everyone deserves to make decisions about their lives, families, and futures with dignity and respect. Today’s reproductive health landscape is marked by escalating attacks on access, deepening inequities, and state-sanctioned violence against people who can get pregnant. Yet this moment—while challenging—has also become a catalyst for change. It has demanded clarity, courage, and creativity. It has pushed us to reimagine and redesign our work, to ask who is better off because of it, and to expand our sense of what is possible and necessary. This strategic plan sets our direction for the next three years: to lead with our values, transform systems rather than defend the status quo, and shape a future in which sexual and reproductive health care is just, equitable, and centered on people.

Commitment to Equity, Diversity, Justice + Inclusion
Since our founding in 1968, Essential Access has been guided by a foundational belief: every person has the right to access the health services and information they need—with dignity and respect. That belief is as urgent today as it has ever been.

We know that access is not enough on its own. Systemic barriers—rooted in race, identity, ability, and circumstance—continue to determine who receives care and who is left behind. Addressing those barriers is not peripheral to our work; it is central to it. We are committed to embedding a health equity lens across our policies, programs, and services, and to taking meaningful action to ensure that sexual and reproductive health outcomes are just and equitable for everyone we serve, including LGBTQ+ individuals and people with disabilities.
This thread runs through five decades of work, and it shapes how we show up—for our communities, our partners, and one another.

Join Us
With our home office in Southern California and employees throughout the West Coast and Hawaiʻi, our team includes leading experts in sexual and reproductive health—researchers, trainers, clinicians, advocates, and operational leaders who bring both expertise and purpose to their work every day.

We are a mission-driven organization, and that extends to how we show up for our staff. We are committed to building a workplace where people feel seen, supported, and valued—where the same dignity and respect we champion for our patients and communities is reflected in the employee experience. We invest in professional growth, foster a culture of collaboration and psychological safety, and work continuously to ensure Essential Access is a place where talented, passionate people can do the best work of their careers.

Company Description

Mission: Essential Access Health champions and promotes quality sexual + reproductive health care for all\r\nAt Essential Access Health (Essential Access), our values are our compass. We believe bodily autonomy is a human right, and that everyone deserves to make decisions about their lives, families, and futures with dignity and respect. Today’s reproductive health landscape is marked by escalating attacks on access, deepening inequities, and state-sanctioned violence against people who can get pregnant. Yet this moment—while challenging—has also become a catalyst for change. It has demanded clarity, courage, and creativity. It has pushed us to reimagine and redesign our work, to ask who is better off because of it, and to expand our sense of what is possible and necessary. This strategic plan sets our direction for the next three years: to lead with our values, transform systems rather than defend the status quo, and shape a future in which sexual and reproductive health care is just, equitable, and centered on people. \r\n\r\nCommitment to Equity, Diversity, Justice + Inclusion\r\nSince our founding in 1968, Essential Access has been guided by a foundational belief: every person has the right to access the health services and information they need—with dignity and respect. That belief is as urgent today as it has ever been.\r\n\r\nWe know that access is not enough on its own. Systemic barriers—rooted in race, identity, ability, and circumstance—continue to determine who receives care and who is left behind. Addressing those barriers is not peripheral to our work; it is central to it. We are committed to embedding a health equity lens across our policies, programs, and services, and to taking meaningful action to ensure that sexual and reproductive health outcomes are just and equitable for everyone we serve, including LGBTQ+ individuals and people with disabilities. \r\nThis thread runs through five decades of work, and it shapes how we show up—for our communities, our partners, and one another.\r\n\r\nJoin Us\r\nWith our home office in Southern California and employees throughout the West Coast and Hawaiʻi, our team includes leading experts in sexual and reproductive health—researchers, trainers, clinicians, advocates, and operational leaders who bring both expertise and purpose to their work every day.\r\n\r\nWe are a mission-driven organization, and that extends to how we show up for our staff. We are committed to building a workplace where people feel seen, supported, and valued—where the same dignity and respect we champion for our patients and communities is reflected in the employee experience. We invest in professional growth, foster a culture of collaboration and psychological safety, and work continuously to ensure Essential Access is a place where talented, passionate people can do the best work of their careers.