Location: Greater Louisville, KY
Industry: Multi-Site Healthcare Services | PE-Backed Growth Platform
Our client is a private equity–backed healthcare organization is seeking a Director of Operations to lead a large division and play a critical role in scaling a specialty care platform across the eastern U.S. This is a high-visibility operational leadership role with meaningful responsibility for growth, integration, performance, and culture.
The incoming Director will oversee a ~$25M operating region and a team of 80+ clinical and administrative employees across multiple practices. The business has a strong foundation, is actively expanding, and expects to enter additional states in the near term. This leader will drive operational discipline while partnering closely with clinical leadership to enhance quality of care, experience, and financial outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead multi-site clinic operations across a high-growth healthcare region
- Standardize processes, improve workflows, and elevate performance metrics
- Integrate newly acquired practices and ensure smooth transitions post-acquisition
- Partner with physician and clinical leadership to align operations, culture, and care delivery
- Build future-state infrastructure to support continued market expansion
- Drive efficiency, team development, patient experience, and financial performance
- Serve as a strategic operator with both vision and day-to-day execution capability
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experience running or scaling multi-site healthcare operations
- A track record of building teams, systems, and operational rigor
- Ability to work closely with clinical leaders and frontline providers
- Comfort leading through growth, change, and integration environments
- Experience in fast-paced, investor-backed or rapidly scaling healthcare settings (preferred)
- A leadership style that is hands-on, collaborative, and execution-oriented
Why This Role is Compelling
- Senior operational seat with full ownership of regional performance
- Ability to shape and scale a platform entering its next phase of growth
- Mix of strategic leadership and hands-on operational impact
- Direct line to executive leadership and meaningful influence on expansion