Senior Vice President of Practice Management - Remote

If you are a driven, fun-loving, leader who enjoys physician practice operations, physician relationships, and building out capabilities and teams that will drive performance, this role is for you!

The SVP of Practice Operations is responsible for managing, overseeing, and growing SP-owned and managed physician practices. The SVP of Practice Operations reports directly to the company’s COO and serves as SP’s senior operations and relationship leader for the practice relationships, helping practices improve day-to-day performance, build and nurture key relationships, develop and implement practice best practices and playbooks, set practice strategy and priorities, run high-value strategic projects, and support practice-related M&A efforts. This role partners closely with local market leaders, facility leaders, and several corporate functions. Their top goal is to ensure SP’s practices operate effectively, maintain strong physician alignment, grow, and support associated ASCs and hospitals where relevant.

Key Role Outcomes

Primary outcome

Grow revenue & bottom-line performance across SP-owned physician practices

Supporting outcomes

• Maintain & strengthen key relationships with physicians and physician leaders across SP-owned practices
• Build and deploy clear practice management playbooks, processes, and operating expectations across practices
• Continue the evolution of the SP practice platform, focused on the implentation of an advanced operating model supporting both existing and potential practices
• Develop future-state practice strategy and identify top opportunities to improve practice performance and support associated facilities
• Run key improvement projects across practices (e.g., RCM optimization, access, schedule optimization) and support practice M&A assessment and prioritization

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Manage, oversee, and grow SP-owned physician practices

Help develop practice-level growth and performance goals (e.g., revenue, provider productivity, staffing, operational priorities) and track progress over time

Manage day-to-day performance across practices and help ensure practice leaders and administrators have clear priorities, expectations, and support

Identify top opportunities to improve practice growth, operational performance, and patient, physician, and staff satisfaction across the portfolio

Help ensure practices are able to support associated ASCs and hospitals where relevant (e.g., referral, scheduling, and operational coordination) Responsible for provider employment agreement review and approval

Develop and implement best practice processes and strategy

Build and roll out standard dashboards, practice processes, playbooks, tools, and materials across facilities where helpful

Set future-state strategy, goals, and operating model for Practice Operations

Help identify & prioritize the highest value strategic opportunities for practices via conversations & analysis; Collaborate with corporate functional teams on initiative planning and execution

Drive standardization across practices where helpful while preserving flexibility for local practice needs and physician dynamics

Collect & share practice performance insights, lessons learned, and best practices across practices and associated SP teams as helpful

Manage key practice relationships with physicians and practice leaders

Build and maintain strong relationships with physicians, practice leadership, and relevant practice administrators

Act as the senior point of contact for more complicated practice relationship issues and help resolve challenges in partnership with local leaders and other teams as needed

Run recurring conversations with key practice leaders and physicians as helpful to surface issues, opportunities, and relationship dynamics early As needed, serve on practice governing boards and other committees to drive performance and strategy

Coordinate with Division Presidents, Market CEOs, and facility leaders to ensure practice priorities and physician relationship efforts are aligned where helpful

Support practice M&A

Support M&A functions by helping assess and prioritize practice M&A opportunities based on strategic fit, physician relationships, and operational opportunity

Build relationships with top M&A targets with practices and help support smooth coordination with relevant corporate teams

Work with other SP leaders to translate strategic practice opportunities into actionable plans with clear owners, timelines, and follow-through Partner with Corporate Integration team to plan and execute practice integration activities with a focus on timeliness, accuracy, and customer experience

Manage, support, and develop Practice Management team and local practice leadership

Lead the Practice Management team and ensure it has clear priorities, tools, and accountability

Support local practice leaders and administrators build out core capabilities as helpful (e.g., management, executive leadership); Help build stronger management capabilities across practices so practice performance becomes more consistent and proactive over time

Education

Bachelors degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or a related field required; Master's degree preferred

Experience

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in healthcare practice management.
• At least 5 years of experience in a senior leadership role.

License(s)/Certification(s)

• Fellowship in the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) preferred.
• Certified Medical Practice Executive (CMPE) preferred.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Extensive knowledge of healthcare operations, financial management, regulatory compliance, and quality improvement.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to lead large teams and manage multiple priorities.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account with an employer contribution

Life Insurance

PTO

• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match
• And more!

Equal Employment Opportunity & Work Force Diversity

Our organization is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, creed, sex, religion, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, parental status, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic testing results or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws. This practice relates to all personnel matters such as compensation, benefits, training, promotions, transfers, layoffs, etc. Furthermore, our organization is committed to going beyond the legal requirements of equal employment opportunity to take positive actions which ensure diversity in the workplace and result in a multi-cultural organization.