Chief Clinical Officer

About the role

The Chief Clinical Officer (CCO) will serve as Covera’s senior clinical leader, positioned at the intersection of clinical practice, payer and employer quality programs, and AI product validation. The CCO will ensure the integrity, consistency, and impact of Covera’s flagship initiatives, including Guide and Match, the Radiology Centers of Excellence program, and Protect AI, the company’s AI oversight and quality assurance platform. This leader will oversee clinical standards and validation of AI findings, guide radiologist partners who review and provide feedback on diagnostic quality, and ensure that Covera’s programs deliver measurable value across patients, providers, health plans, employers, and government payers. The CCO will also represent Covera’s clinical leadership externally, reinforcing the company’s position as the trusted partner in advancing diagnostic quality through AI-enabled innovation.

In this role, you will be expected to:

Clinical Quality & Standards Oversight

• Ensure that AI-identified errors and omissions are validated through rigorous clinical review by radiologists engaged with Covera.
• Oversee onboarding, training, and monitoring of radiologist partners who validate findings and provide structured feedback to participating practices.
• Implement systems for peer review, interpretive consistency, and ongoing case-based and aggregate feedback.
• Maintain a limited level of personal reads/validations to reinforce credibility and hands-on expertise.

AI Validation & Clinical Integration

• Lead clinical validation of new AI tools, ensuring they meet standards for diagnostic accuracy, reliability, and patient impact.
• Partner with product, AI, and data science teams to integrate validated tools into Protect AI and payer/employer-facing programs.
• Maintain clinical oversight of AI performance in production workflows, ensuring feedback loops to radiologists, practices, and product teams.

Clinical Program Leadership (Guide and Match & Protect AI)

• Provide clinical governance for Guide and Match, ensuring participating practices consistently deliver high-quality diagnostic care.
• Lead clinical oversight for Protect AI, ensuring AI tools and workflows operate under rigorous quality and safety standards.
• Develop and oversee reporting frameworks that measure and communicate quality outcomes at both the practice level and across networks.