Executive Vice President and President - Behavioral Health Division

UHS•King of Prussia, PA

5h•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is for the Executive Vice President, UHS and President, Behavioral Health Division, reporting to the President & Chief Executive Officer of UHS. The position has direct responsibility for driving the strategy, operations, and profitable growth for the $7.6 billion behavioral health services business. The President, Behavioral Health Division will manage a high-performance organization, maintain a culture of operational excellence, service, and clinical quality, and oversee a distributed team. This leader will provide credible and inspiring leadership by developing and articulating a compelling vision and demonstrating dedication to best practice business execution. The role requires a focus on all operational aspects of the business, including the integration of Talkspace, and driving other growth initiatives. Effective communication throughout the organization is essential, balancing business plan needs with long-term value creation. The President, Behavioral Health Division will recruit, develop, and retain a superior team of leaders, fostering a culture of support and teamwork. The successful candidate will have experience from best-of-class healthcare organizations and an exceptional reputation within the healthcare industry.

Requirements

Proven track record of leading and growing a $5 billion+ healthcare business.
Likely held the title of CEO, COO or Division President within a significant and successful for-profit company.
Bachelor’s degree.
Experience and understanding that comes from working in best-of class healthcare organizations.
Exceptional reputation, gained through proven success within the healthcare industry.
Inspirational, authentic leader who is inquisitive, hands-on, adaptable and future-focused.
Ability to be laser focused on operational metrics while also developing a behavioral health strategy that enables UHS to effectively scale and continually differentiates its offerings from competitors as the market leader in behavioral health services.
Thrive in an environment that is fast paced, non-hierarchical and performance driven.
Know what “great” looks like, with an understanding of best-in-class controls and operating processes.
Strong and proven track record driving organizational transformation in a highly dynamic and competitive market.
Establish a culture comfortable with challenging the status quo to achieve and exceed goals.
Focused on successful operational implementation, this hands-on leader will prioritize and execute consistently, across the network.
Track record of engaging and leading large teams of clinicians across a national platform.
Distinguished track record of growth, navigating complex M&A deals and joint ventures, organic growth, and staying ahead of market opportunities.
Driven organizations forward with a focus on top-line growth and cost reduction.
Combine broad conceptual thinking skills with pragmatic operations experience.
Demonstrated ability to get things done and deliver business results.
Operates with a sense of urgency.
Demonstrated ability to drive revenue, profitability and shareholder value.
Demonstrated successful leadership skills in driven, results-oriented cultures.
A bias for action and comfort with both making decisions and shouldering the responsibility for them.
Successful track record of growing business in a dynamic, highly competitive environment, likely requiring calculated risks.
Leads with intensity, purpose, and a strong commitment to achieving ambitious goals.
Holds oneself to the highest standards of accountability; has the ability to drive change while maintaining operating effectiveness; integrates and aligns efforts across business units and functions; monitors results; tackles problems directly and delegates effectively.
Develops perspective on the broader business, while maintaining an appropriate level of knowledge of the details of implementation.
Brings demonstrated track record driving clinical quality performance excellence.
Demonstrated track record of recruiting, developing, retaining and motivating a diverse leadership team comprised of high caliber talent.
Accurately appraises strengths and development areas of their team, provides constructive feedback and develops strong successors.
Mentorship. One who enjoys and has a track record of making an organization significantly more effective through personal role modeling combined with a disciplined performance management and development process.
A mature, self-confident executive with strong interpersonal skills who can lead by influence and support as much as by organizational reporting structures.
Provides feedback effectively and holds team members accountable for their performance. Makes tough decisions when necessary.
Excellent strategic thinker with demonstrated ability to develop strategies and strategic alternatives through an in-depth analytical approach.
Ability to apply intellectual rigor and analysis in decision-making and maintain confidence of key stakeholders.
Independent thinker who can manage ambiguity and devise solutions when a clear path otherwise does not exist.
Able to set and execute a roadmap for transformation and growth.
Demonstrates passion for the business and their role; espouses a collaborative approach; leads by example.
A keen influencer of others with a focus on achieving outcomes.
Excellent communicator in both the written and oral form; understands how to approach communication from an operating perspective; ability to create clear, Board-ready, and convincing presentations and communications.
Promotes ideas and new proposals persuasively; shapes stakeholder opinions; works through conflicts and difficult situations; negotiates for win/win solutions. Cultivates an active network of relationships at all levels. Respects and appreciates the confidentiality and sensitivity of specific information and situations.

Nice To Haves

Master’s level degree in business, healthcare administration, or a related field.
Experience presenting to a Board of Directors.

Responsibilities

P&L responsibility for the management, overall strategy, capital expenditures and oversight of the Behavioral Health business, including collaborating and interacting with all levels of management across UHS.
Ensure key results and strategic objectives are achieved in a consistent and predictable manner; implement robust processes to plan and execute key priorities and mitigate risks; delegate well and hold others accountable; drive things to closure and completion.
Successfully integrate Talkspace into the UHS Behavioral Health Division.
Set the future direction for the Behavioral Health Division and lead the company into the next phase of growth, capitalizing on UHS’ strong financial standing, scale and market positioning.
Drive a cultural of clinical and quality excellence across the Behavioral Health Division.
Provide operational and financial leadership through the development and implementation of short-term and long-term tactical and strategic plans to achieve business goals and objectives.
Develop and deliver on the execution of the operational business plan and budget. Oversee the development of KPIs and operational framework to allow the behavioral health business to continue to scale.
Drive growth strategy, taking into account market, regulatory and competitive dynamics. Identify and pursue acquisitions with the support of the development team.
Provide credible and inspiring leadership through the combination of a thoughtful and innovative approach with consistent and impactful business execution in the market.
Actively monitor and enhance the organizational structure and Behavioral Health Division leadership team to provide best-in-class performance.
Improve the capabilities at all levels of the organization through assessment and development of existing people and the recruitment of new talent. Proactively address succession planning.
Effectively leverage current infrastructure and develop a thoughtful plan for evolving infrastructure and organizational chart to ensure scalability.
Develop and foster strong relationships with physicians and clinical leadership. Create and sustain a culture that is highly appealing to clinicians.
Partner internally with Corporate Functions that provide core services to the Behavioral Health Division (Human Resources, Legal, Marketing, Supply Chain, Risk, among others).
Actively and effectively work with various constituent parties (e.g. payers, external partners, clinicians and consumers) to evangelize the company and support all business building activities.
Build strong and collaborative relationships with the CEO, Board, and senior leadership team.
Present to the UHS Board of Directors on the performance and strategy of the Behavioral Health Division.