Medical Director - Addiction Medicine (Telehealth)

About Boulder

Boulder Care is an award-winning digital clinic for addiction medicine, recognized for both innovation and high quality of patient care. Founded in 2017 by CEO Stephanie Strong, our mission is to improve the lives of people with substance use disorders through compassionate, evidence-based care.

We provide Boulder patients with a fully virtual, multidisciplinary care team—including medical providers and peer recovery specialists—who deliver personalized treatment, including medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and ongoing support. Our approach is grounded in clinical excellence, patient-centered care, and a commitment to reducing barriers to recovery. Boulder partners with leading health plans, employers, and community organizations to ensure that our services are accessible and covered for the people who need them most.

Named by Fortune as one of the Best Workplaces in Healthcare, we foster a culture of kindness, respect, and meaningful work that delivers outstanding patient outcomes and moves the addiction medicine industry forward.

About this role

The Medical Director serves as a physician leader within Boulder Care’s Medical Affairs organization, helping ensure the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based, and scalable substance use disorder treatment across a growing multi-state clinical platform.

This role combines deep addiction medicine expertise with systems thinking, quality leadership, and cross-functional partnership. The Medical Director will help shape Boulder’s clinical standards, quality strategy, service line evolution, and clinical governance structures while partnering closely with Clinical Services, Product, Operations, and executive leadership.

The ideal candidate is an experienced physician leader who has helped scale clinical programs, developed clinical leaders, and translated evidence-based care into operationally sustainable systems.

The Medical Director reports to the SVP & Head of Medical Affairs and works closely with the VP of Clinical Care and Clinical Services leadership.

Success in This Role

Within the first 12–18 months, the Medical Director will help strengthen Boulder’s clinical quality systems, advance clinical governance and protocol development, support leadership development across the clinical organization, contribute to service line expansion, and help build the infrastructure necessary to support Boulder’s continued growth as a national leader in substance use disorder care.

What you’ll do 

Clinical Quality & Governance

• Serve as a senior clinical leader and addiction medicine subject matter expert across the organization.
• Partner with Clinical Services leadership to strengthen clinical quality, consistency, and patient safety across Boulder’s care delivery model.
• Lead routine review and refinement of clinical protocols, formulary standards, and evidence-based practice guidelines.
• Support quality assurance activities, chart review processes, and clinical audits to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Provide consultation and guidance on complex clinical cases and emerging clinical issues.
• Ensure Boulder’s clinical standards remain aligned with current evidence, regulatory requirements, and payer expectations.

Clinical Leadership Development

• Partner with Clinical Services leadership to strengthen clinical leadership capabilities across the organization.
• Provide mentorship, coaching, and support to clinical leaders and clinicians navigating complex clinical and operational challenges.
• Help establish and reinforce standards of clinical excellence, professional growth, and evidence-based practice.
• Contribute physician leadership and oversight to cl