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Company Description

More Than Just Care, It’s Community

Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where people vacation. That’s life at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties.

If you want a career in healthcare and a lifestyle most people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material. To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.

Invested in You

• Grow: Tuition reimbursement, in-person and online development, and access to our career hub to help you advance.

• Thrive: Full benefits, paid holidays, 29 days of PTO, management incentive program, employee discounts, and free individual retirement counseling.

• Be Well: Free wellness platform for you and your family, plus personalized support for personal or family challenges.

• Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings

Job Description

Your Leadership in Action

The Executive Director leads system-wide Behavioral Health Service Line performance, program development, and strategic growth.

This role oversees Behavioral Health operations within the Physician Network, partnering with the medical director and collaborating with leaders to ensure coordinated inpatient and outpatient care.

• Develops and executes multi-year strategic growth plans, including service line expansion and provider workforce planning.
• Partners with the service line medical director and leadership teams to achieve performance goals across quality, patient experience, engagement, and financial outcomes.
• Leads operational excellence through standardized workflows, efficient staffing models, and continuous performance, quality, and process improvement.
• Drives a patient-centered, integrated care model across the continuum, ensuring coordinated, high-quality care delivery and optimized patient flow.
• Establishes strong internal and external partnerships, supports provider recruitment, and ensures regulatory compliance and alignment with organizational mission and values.

Qualifications

What’s Required

• Master’s degree in healthcare administration or related field
• A minimum 7 years’ experience in a progressively complex leadership role
• Behavioral Health experience highly preferred
• Strong knowledge of medical practice and service line operations, including revenue cycle management and financial performance.
• Proven ability to lead large, cross-functional teams, manage change, and influence stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
• Demonstrated strategic and operational planning skills, including effective use of technology to optimize performance and service delivery.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, resolve complex issues, and build strong partnerships with physicians and key stakeholders.

Additional Information

Are you Munson Material? Apply today!

Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.