Clinical Director, BCBA
Listed compensation
$113K - $123K
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Job Description
- Role: Clinical Director and Board Certified Behavior Analyst/BCBA
- Location: You will split your time between two Apollo centers.
- North Alpharetta: 13000 Deerfield Parkway Suite #112, Milton, GA 30004
- South Alpharetta: 1000 Mansell Exchange West, Suite 360, Alpharetta, GA 30022
- Compensation: Target salary anywhere between $113,000-$123,000. Base salary - $100,000.00
- Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
About Apollo Behavior
Apollo Behavior is the premier provider of ABA therapy in metro Atlanta, and the largest ABA provider based in Georgia. We are focused on being the best, and have heavily incorporated relational frame theory into our clinical model. Our excellence is not anecdotal - we have a ~25% annual client graduation rate, and many of our clients enter mainstream educational settings.
We embrace a servant leadership model and work hard every day to empower our team to do their best work and be their best selves. We are dedicated to ensuring that our team enjoys a fun, collaborative, non-bureaucratic culture and maintains a healthy work-life balance. To learn more, please visit our website at: apollobehavior.com
Role: Clinical Director and Board Certified Behavior Analyst/ BCBA
Apollo Behavior is looking for a Clinical Director and Board Certified Behavior Analyst for our center-focused applied behavior analysis services in the Alpharetta, Georgia area.
This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to do great work with other excellent clinicians, be a part of a fun and collaborative culture, maintain work/life balance, and help implement the highest quality ABA available.
As a Clinical Director, you are responsible for overseeing the delivery of services and operations of a single location.
Your Typical Day Might Include
Serving as the leader of our center, overseeing several other BCBAs as they join the team, as well as the Operations Manager
Overseeing your BCBA team's implementation of treatment plans, ensuring they align with best practice standards and meet individual client needs.
- Completing a tour with a prospective client family
- Coaching other BCBAs on how to address a specific learning objective, or how to be a more effective leader
- Collaborating with parents or other caregivers to ensure client progress is sustained long-term
Developing and Leading Other Team Members
Learning about and overseeing our BCBA team's implementation of innovative ABA methods, such as RFT, with mentorship provided by our Clinical Excellence team
This Role Might Be for You If
- You are a leader who has passion and vision
- You value the opportunity to develop your clinical and managerial skills with mentorship provided by the leading minds within the ABA field
- You are an excellent clinician, a great manager, and a collaborator with client caretakers
- You love to see the results of your work improving the lives of your clients
- You love to lead and develop other clinicians so we can all ensure our clients achieve their full potential
- You can be an evangelist to employees, parents, referral sources, and the ABA community
- You have worked as a BCBA in-center for at least three years
Benefits
- 24 paid days off per year (includes 8 paid holidays)
- Health, life, vision, dental
- 401(k) with a company match
- $1,000 CEU and travel reimbursement, plus three additional paid CEU days
- Mentorship and leadership coaching provided by well-known leaders in the field of ABA
- Referral program
What You Need
A Board Certified Behavior Analyst credential and 3+ years working as a BCBA with some portion working in-center
- You must be an exceptional clinician, leader, and operator
- Strong competency in a range of skill acquisition and behavior reduction techniques
- Success leading and managing direct care clinical team members
Key Responsibilities
The Clinical Director oversees the daily operations and service delivery of a center, including managing a team of BCBAs and an Operations Manager. They are responsible for ensuring treatment plans align with best practices and providing mentorship to clinical staff.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) credential and possess at least three years of experience working as a BCBA in a center-based setting. Strong leadership, clinical, and operational skills are required to manage teams and implement innovative ABA methods.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical Director, BCBA at Apollo Behavior a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 10% in Applied Behavior Analysis — ranked against 2,513 active Applied Behavior Analysis listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Applied Behavior Analysis Career Context
Apollo Behavior holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 72/100, 5 active listings.
In Georgia, the Applied Behavior Analysis weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$100k (25 salary observations; 41 listings), vs ~$92k nationally (548 salary observations; 1,329 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-02-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Applied Behavior Analysis listings this role was benchmarked against, 74% are remote, 22% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$118k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $123k in an average-cost state. 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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