Vice President-Operations, West Lafayette

Indiana University Health System • Lafayette, LA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Our leaders shape strategic initiatives, develop passionate teams, and work to improve health outcomes. They advance our mission and exemplify excellence, compassion, teamwork and purpose in all that they do. Indiana University Health is seeking individuals who embody these values to join our IU Health’s leadership team in the role of Vice President, West Lafayette. The Vice President, Operations partners with executive, regional, and facility leaders to advance strategic and operational priorities across assigned hospitals and care delivery sites, supporting growth, access, and high-quality patient care. This leader provides operational oversight for assigned facilities, service lines, and ancillary functions, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, operational excellence, financial performance, regulatory compliance, and value-based care principles. In partnership with clinical and operational stakeholders, the Vice President drives continuous improvement, standardizes processes, enhances service delivery, and supports innovation in care models and service line development. Serving as a key link between system strategy and local execution, the Vice President collaborates closely with facility leaders, physicians, and community stakeholders to meet evolving patient and community needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree is required.
• Requires 10 plus years of relevant experience and 8 years of people leader experience.
• Demonstrates the ability to work effectively in a highly matrixed and relationship-driven culture.
• Demonstrated leadership experience is required with a particular focus on operations, financial, quantitative, and analytical management.
• Must have the ability to exhibit precise and detail orientated skills so that complicated and/or multifaceted assignments can be completed with a high degree of exactness.
• Requires interpersonal; negotiation, including problem solving and analytical skills, and presentation skills; with the ability to lead groups and programs.
• Requires an understanding of Joint Commission, state, and federal guidelines, regulations and standards.

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partners with executive, regional, and facility leaders to advance strategic and operational priorities across assigned hospitals and care delivery sites, supporting growth, access, and high-quality patient care.
• Provides operational oversight for assigned facilities, service lines, and ancillary functions, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, operational excellence, financial performance, regulatory compliance, and value-based care principles.
• Drives continuous improvement, standardizes processes, enhances service delivery, and supports innovation in care models and service line development.
• Collaborates closely with facility leaders, physicians, and community stakeholders to meet evolving patient and community needs.

Benefits

• IU Health is dedicated to a fair hiring process and is committed to equal opportunity and nondiscrimination for all individuals, regardless of age, color, disability, ethnicity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, gender identity, expression, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive