Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Remote - USA

Salary: $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

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