Chief Executive Officer – CEO

About the role

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Remote – USA $300k – $400k + Bonus/Upside

Summary

A multi-state behavioral health organization is seeking a CEO to lead the business through its next stage of growth.

This is a true enterprise leadership role requiring someone who can set the strategic direction of the business, build and lead a strong executive team, and drive performance across a complex, multi-state organization. The right leader will operate comfortably at the board and ownership level while maintaining a strong command of the underlying operations, financial performance, market dynamics, and key issues affecting the business.

The ideal candidate will bring significant healthcare leadership experience and a track record of successfully leading and scaling organizations. Experience in a private equity-backed environment, or working with sophisticated investors through periods of growth, transformation, or a transaction, is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead the overall strategy, performance, and direction of the organization across multiple states

Own company-wide operational and financial performance, including growth, profitability, quality, and execution

Build, lead, develop, and hold accountable a strong senior leadership team across key functions

Maintain a strong command of operating performance across markets, including financial results, staffing, clinical performance, growth, and other key business drivers

Establish clear goals, KPIs, and accountability throughout the organization

Identify and execute opportunities to improve performance, efficiency, scalability, and consistency across the business

Drive organic growth, market expansion, service-line development, and other strategic initiatives

Ensure the organization has the leadership structure, systems, processes, and infrastructure required to support continued growth

Partner closely with ownership, investors, and the board on strategy, performance, and major business decisions

Engage directly on important operating issues, challenge assumptions, and ensure key initiatives and problems are driven through to resolution

Maintain a strong understanding of reimbursement, regulatory dynamics, labor, competitive trends, and other factors affecting the business

Balance long-term strategic thinking with strong execution and accountability across the organization

Posted via Protalent Solutions.

Requirements

• Significant executive leadership experience within healthcare
• Experience leading a healthcare organization, business unit, or platform with $25M+ in revenue, ideally across multiple locations or states
• Behavioral health experience strongly preferred
• Strong strategic, operational, and financial acumen
• Proven track record of successfully scaling an organization and improving performance
• Experience in a PE-backed healthcare business, working closely with investors, or leading through a transaction or exit strongly preferred
• Ability to operate at the enterprise level while maintaining a strong command of operating performance, financials, KPIs, and the key drivers of the business
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to build, develop, and hold a senior executive team accountable
• Willingness and ability to engage directly on important business issues when needed rather than managing solely from a high level
• Comfortable working with ownership, boards, and sophisticated financial stakeholders
• Decisive, commercially minded, highly accountable, and execution-oriented