Executive Director - Boston Children's Affiliate, Florida
About The Position
The Executive Director at Boston Children's Affiliate in West Palm Beach, Florida, is the senior business and administrative leader responsible for establishing and growing the affiliate’s presence in the Florida market. The role provides leadership and accountability for market entry, financial performance, operational readiness, and long-term growth, while building infrastructure to support clinical strategy and sustainable expansion. In partnership with the Senior Physician Leader, the Executive Director plans, launches, and grows specialty physician services in West Palm Beach, translating enterprise strategy into an actionable market plan. The role establishes and scales operational capabilities using local resources and enterprise shared services. The Executive Director supports physician recruitment, develops referral networks and strategic partnerships, and aligns clinical and business priorities. As a visible representative of the specialty practice in Florida, the leader cultivates relationships with health systems, physician groups, payers, community leaders, and other partners to strengthen the organization’s presence and drive growth.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Finance, Public Health, or a related field required.
- Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible healthcare leadership experience in operations, strategy, business development, or market growth.
- Experience leading complex healthcare operations within a large health system, academic medical center, physician organization, or comparable healthcare environment.
- Demonstrated success executing growth strategies, launching new programs or locations, or entering new healthcare markets.
- Strong financial management experience, including budgeting, forecasting, business planning, and performance oversight.
- Experience partnering with senior physician leaders and navigating physician-administrative leadership models.
- Demonstrated ability to build relationships and influence senior executives, physicians, and external stakeholders.
- Strong strategic leadership, business acumen, executive communication, and organizational change management skills.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree or advanced executive education.
- Experience expanding specialty or ambulatory services into new markets, developing strategic partnerships, and working within matrixed, multi-site healthcare organizations.
Responsibilities
- Lead market entry, launch, and growth, establishing measurable financial, operational, and patient access goals.
- Build scalable operations across finance, human resources, technology, revenue cycle, facilities, patient access, and other administrative functions.
- Oversee financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, expense management, capital planning, and business cases for new services and investments.
- Partner with the Senior Physician Leader on market strategy, physician recruitment, referral development, and service expansion.
- Establish relationships with health systems, physician groups, payers, community leaders, and other stakeholders.
- Identify and evaluate strategic partnerships, affiliations, joint ventures, and opportunities for market growth.
- Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing local administrative team, fostering collaboration, accountability, and service excellence.
- Work across a matrixed organization to align local operations with enterprise priorities and resources.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
