Senior Vice President Chief Administrative Officer

St. Joseph's Health•Paterson, NJ

2d•$236 - $419•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) serves as the principal integrating executive across administrative, operational, and organizational functions, ensuring enterprise-wide alignment and execution of strategic priorities. The CAO provides direct executive leadership (solid-line: full accountability for strategy and outcomes) to Government Relations, Marketing and Communications, and General Counsel, achieving results through functional leaders by setting direction, strengthening leadership, and driving performance against enterprise objectives. The CAO also serves as the enterprise leader for organizational project oversight, establishing frameworks that ensure major initiatives are prioritized, well-governed, and effectively executed. The CAO works across all functions to connect efforts, manage dependencies, and drive disciplined execution of strategic initiatives without assuming day-to-day operational ownership. As a senior advisor to the CEO and key member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), the CAO acts as a central coordinating leader, bringing together clinical, operational, and administrative perspectives to advance institutional priorities. On selected projects and initiatives, the CEO may extend review, oversight, or decision-making authority to the CAO as organizational needs evolve. The role requires a highly collaborative executive who operates through experienced leaders, builds organizational capability, and translates strategy into coordinated action with measurable results.

Requirements

Serves as the principal integrating executive across administrative, operational, and organizational functions.
Ensures enterprise-wide alignment and execution of strategic priorities.
Achieves results through functional leaders by setting direction, strengthening leadership, and driving performance against enterprise objectives.
Works across all functions to connect efforts, manage dependencies, and drive disciplined execution of strategic initiatives without assuming day-to-day operational ownership.
Acts as a senior advisor to the CEO and key member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT).
Highly collaborative executive who operates through experienced leaders.
Builds organizational capability.

Responsibilities

Provides direct executive leadership to Government Relations, Marketing and Communications, and General Counsel.
Serves as the enterprise leader for organizational project oversight, establishing frameworks for prioritization, governance, and execution of major initiatives.
Acts as a central coordinating leader, bringing together clinical, operational, and administrative perspectives to advance institutional priorities.
Translates strategy into coordinated action with measurable results.