Job Description Summary
The Opportunity
The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Hollings Cancer Center—South Carolina’s only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer center—seeks a highly collaborative and operationally skilled leader to serve as its inaugural Executive Director, Cancer System Integration. This newly established, enterprise-wide role will serve as the connective tissue between strategy and execution—driving alignment, accountability, and operational integration across all cancer care delivery sites within the MUSC Health system.
Reporting to the System Administrative Officer of the Cancer ICCE, the Executive Director will work exclusively through influence and cross-functional leadership—without formal direct reports—leveraging relationships, governance, and strategic clarity to deliver a consistent and high-performing cancer care experience across academic and community settings.
The Executive Director will play a pivotal role in advancing MUSC’s systemwide cancer strategy, aligning regional operations, academic operations, ensuring adherence to enterprise Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and embedding the “One MUSC Hollings Cancer Experience” across the health system. This is a rare and career-defining opportunity to shape a fully integrated cancer ICCE (service line) across a leading academic health system, with statewide reach and national ambition.
About MUSC Hollings Cancer Center
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center is South Carolina’s only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer center and serves as the clinical, academic, and research nucleus of a rapidly expanding statewide cancer program. Anchored in Charleston, Hollings is driving a bold vision to transform cancer care delivery across the state—through deep integration of academic excellence, regional access, and operational consistency across the MUSC Health system.
The cancer enterprise is experiencing unprecedented growth. New multidisciplinary cancer centers are opening in Florence, Nexton, and Indian Land, with additional community-based cancer services expanding in Bluffton and Clements Ferry. These investments are designed to bring subspecialty oncology services closer to home for patients while maintaining the high standards of academic-quality care. In Charleston, plans are well underway for a new, state-of-the-art, one-stop-shop cancer hospital that will open in April 2030—consolidating inpatient, outpatient, imaging, procedural, and support services into a single, purpose-built environment to deliver fully coordinated care.
Hollings is home to more than 120 cancer-focused physicians and researchers and offers more than 200 active clinical trials, including cooperative group, investigator-initiated, and industry-sponsored studies. As MUSC accelerates toward its goal of achieving NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center designation by 2028, Hollings is investing in systems-level integration, tumor site–specific growth strategies, and the expansion of regional access across its network of academic and community sites.
With a clear strategic plan, strong institutional commitment, and statewide footprint, MUSC Hollings Cancer Center is poised to deliver on its promise of advancing health and eliminating cancer disparities across South Carolina and beyond.
Entity
Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Cost Center
CC002261 CHS - Cancer ICCE Administration
Pay Rate Type
Salary
Pay Grade
Health-38
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Work Shift
Job Description
Position Summary
The Executive Director, Cancer System Integration is responsible for aligning, operationalizing, and monitoring the execution of cancer-related initiatives and ICCE goals across the MUSC Health system. This role will ensure consistency in policy, process, workflows, and care delivery across all sites and settings, from high-acuity academic centers to community-based oncology clinics.
While the role does not have direct reports, the Executive Director, Cancer System Integration is expected to lead with credibility, executive presence, and systems-thinking—working across clinical departments, site leaders, ICCEs (Pharmacy, Pathology, Radiology), ambulatory operations, and executive sponsors to ensure delivery of a high-quality, integrated cancer experience. The Executive Director will also oversee execution of SLAs, participate in operational governance, and facilitate shared accountability across sites.
Key Responsibilities
Systemwide Cancer Operations & Integration (40%)
- Serve as the primary operational integrator for the MUSC Cancer ICCE across inpatient, outpatient, and ambulatory care settings.
- Serve as the administrative champion and primary operational integrator in the delivery of cancer care across the MUSC Regional Health Network, Affiliations, and Joint Venture sites, partnering with MUSC Health Cancer Center providers, community providers, system leadership, divisional leadership, divisional and partner cancer center leadership and care teams, the Cancer ICCE Chief, System Administrative Officer, and Cancer ICCE leadership, and other MUSC Health stakeholders.
- Interact pro-actively with other directors, executive leaders, physicians, nurses and other members of the health care delivery team to achieve desired outcomes. The Executive Director provides leadership around organization-wide initiatives to improve patient care, clinical effectiveness, and patient access and to optimize patient experience and quality.
- Ensure consistent implementation of clinical policies, workflows, and service standards systemwide.
- Drive the execution of Cancer ICCE goals across academic and community settings, using influence and structured governance forums.
- Collaborate closely with local site and operations leaders to identify challenges, troubleshoot barriers, and implement scalable solutions.
- Champion a seamless, systemwide “One MUSC Hollings Cancer Experience” that prioritizes access, timeliness, communication, connectivity, and compassion.
- Support initiatives for same-day/next-day access, centralized scheduling, and integrated navigation services across sites.
- Monitor patient experience feedback and escalate systemic issues for resolution and standardization.
Strategic Execution and Service Level Agreement Oversight (20%)
- Translate the strategic priorities of Hollings and the Cancer ICCE into operational initiatives that align across all regions.
- Oversee implementation of Service Level Agreements with site operations, procedural areas, and ICCEs.
- Develop dashboards and performance tracking mechanisms to monitor delivery against agreed metrics.
- Facilitate recurring operational review cycles to ensure accountability and continuous improvement.
Influence and Relationship Leadership (15%)
- Cultivate trusted relationships across the enterprise, including divisional executive and oncology leadership teams, medical and administrative leaders in academic departments, ambulatory leadership, regional sites, and ICCEs.
- Serve as a key facilitator across tumor site programs, nursing, collaborative ICCEs (pharmacy, radiology, pathology, etc.), and ambulatory operations to drive cross-cutting initiatives.
- Use formal governance structures and informal leadership channels to ensure collaboration and alignment without direct reporting authority.
- Model transparent, consistent, and responsive leadership behaviors that build credibility and momentum.
Academic and Community Oncology Integration (15%)
- Understand the operational nuances of both academic cancer centers and community oncology practices—and harmonize operations across both.
- Ensure that community cancer sites are supported with standardized tools, templates, pathways, and reporting structures.
- Foster bidirectional communication to ensure that best practices and insights flow between central and regional teams.
Collaboration with Integrated Clinical Centers of Excellence (ICCEs) (10%)
- Work closely with ICCEs such as Pharmacy, Pathology, and Radiology to ensure alignment of services, shared metrics, and operational coordination.
- Support clinical integration initiatives such as streamlined diagnostics, infusion center expansion, and procedural throughput improvement
Additional Job Description
Professional Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Health Administration, Public Health, Business, or a related field is required.
- At least 10 years of progressive leadership experience in healthcare operations, with direct exposure to oncology service lines in academic and/or community settings.
- Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale initiatives across complex, matrixed organizations.
- Experience driving accountability and alignment without formal reporting relationships.
- Operational fluency in cancer care delivery across ambulatory, procedural, and inpatient settings.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience within or in collaboration with an NCI-designated or Comprehensive Cancer Center.
- Knowledge of cancer care operations in both academic and community-based environments.
- Familiarity with EHR systems (e.g., Epic), care coordination tools, and enterprise performance dashboards.
- Exposure to clinical trial integration, multidisciplinary care, or value-based oncology models.
Leadership Attributes
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Operational Leader: Brings deep executional discipline, attention to detail, and focus on measurable outcomes.
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Influential Collaborator: Able to build trust, facilitate difficult conversations, and lead without authority.
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Systems Thinker: Navigates complexity and sees connections across teams, functions, and geographies.
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Mission-Driven Integrator: Unites diverse stakeholders around a shared vision for excellence in cancer care.
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Change Agent: Brings energy, credibility, and structure to transform legacy workflows and fragmented systems.
If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us!
The Medical University of South Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MUSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, age, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, family or parental status, or any other status protected by state laws and/or federal regulations. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment based upon applicable qualifications, merit and business need.
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