Chief Executive - Western Montana Service Area

Description

Calling Visionary Healthcare Leaders

Are you a mission driven healthcare executive with a passion for integrated care, community impact, and transformational leadership? Do you thrive in complex, multi-site environments where strategy, operations, and stewardship come together to improve access, quality, and outcomes? If so, we invite you to explore this pivotal leadership opportunity with Providence in Montana.

The Role

The Chief Executive, Montana Service Area provides overall strategic, operational, and financial leadership for Providence's integrated healthcare delivery system across Western Montana. This role is responsible for ensuring the delivery of high quality, cost effective, and mission aligned care consistent with Providence's values, goals, and strategic priorities.

The Montana Service Area includes Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula and Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Polson, and partners closely with Providence Medical Group Montana to deliver a coordinated continuum of care. The $500M delivery system serves a primary service area of approximately 170,000 residents across Missoula, Lake, and Ravalli Counties and functions as the regional referral center for Western Montana.

This role partners with the Washington-Montana Executive Council and System leaders to advance integrated care delivery, strengthen performance, and improve the health and well-being of the communities served.

What You'll Do

• Executive Leadership & Strategy
• Provide visionary, decisive leadership in advancing Service Area strategy within an evolving healthcare environment and competitive landscape.
• Lead strategic and annual planning processes, ensuring alignment with Providence system and regional priorities.
• Serve as a transformation leader, guiding the organization through change while maintaining focus on quality, access, and sustainability.
• Operational & Financial Stewardship
• Oversee Service Area operations, financial performance, and capital management in alignment with regional and system processes.
• Partner with core leaders and Shared Services to reduce costs, enhance revenues, and maximize operational efficiencies.
• Establish organizational structures and management systems that support administrative and clinical integration across hospitals and services.
• Integrated Care Delivery
• Advance an integrated vision for the Service Area by strengthening coordination across hospitals, medical groups, and affiliated services.
• Organize the care network to provide a responsive continuum of services that meets individual and community needs.
• Partner with regional and system business line leaders to support growth, innovation, and access.
• Collaboration & Relationship Building
• Foster strong collaboration across departments, programs, medical staff, and affiliated services to ensure a unified approach to care.
• Develop and maintain relationships with community leaders, employers, health plans, providers, and academic partners to improve community health.
• Serve as Providence's senior representative with local, state, and federal elected officials in partnership with Government Affairs.
• Governance, Mission & Community Engagement
• Manage and support the Service Area Community Mission Board, ensuring fulfillment of delegated accountabilities.
• Represent the Service Area at community events, legislative forums, and regulatory bodies.
• Ensure Providence's mission and values are fully integrated into all programs, services, and leadership practices.
• People & Culture Leadership
• Build, lead, and sustain diverse, high performing leadership teams.
• Foster a culture of trust, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrate integrity, credibility, and compassion in all interactions, inspiring confidence across the organization.

What You'll Bring

• Education & Experience
• Master's Degree in Healthcare Administration, Hospital Administration, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum of six (6) years of senior leadership experience within a healthcare delivery organization with multiple sites of care and significant revenue responsibility.
• Broad knowledge of healthcare trends, integrated delivery systems, and managed care models, including capitation and contracting.
• Leadership Capabilities
• Demonstrated strategic, operational, and financial acumen with the ability to make thoughtful, well supported decisions.
• Proven ability to lead transformation and manage complexity in highly matrixed environments.
• Strong consensus building, facilitation, and change management skills.
• Professional & Interpersonal Strengths
• Excellent communication and listening skills with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders.
• A collaborative, problem solving approach that balances inclusive decision making with timely execution.
• Ability to educate and lead teams through change while maintaining focus on mission and performance.
• Mission Alignment
• Personal values aligned with Providence's mission and comfort leading within a Catholic sponsored healthcare organization.
• Commitment to advancing community health, health equity, and compassionate care.

Why Join Us?

• Lead at scale: Shape the future of healthcare delivery across Western Montana.
• Make a meaningful impact: Improve access, quality, and outcomes for diverse regional and rural communities.
• Drive integration and innovation: Lead an established system through transformation and growth.
• Serve a mission that matters: Join an organization grounded in compassion, dignity, and service.
• Live and lead in Montana: Experience a strong sense of community alongside unmatched natural beauty.

Ready to Lead with Purpose?

If you are a strategic, mission driven healthcare executive ready to lead integrated care, inspire teams, and make a lasting community impact, we invite you to explore this opportunity and help shape the future of healthcare in Montana.

The full pay range is listed in accordance with applicable law. Final compensation will be determined based on qualifications, experience, organizational compensation alignment, and the approved hiring department budget for the position. This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation and benefits.

At Providence we believe in the importance of human connection and the impact of in-person collaboration towards team cohesion and caregiver engagement. Further, we want our leaders to live in or near the communities we serve. Therefore, leaders applying for this role will be required to work a hybrid schedule, which consists of three days onsite, two days remote and live within a reasonable commuting distance to the ministry or service area they support and lead.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of "Know me, care for me, ease my way." Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we'll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.

Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Requsition ID: 424334

Company: Providence Jobs

Job Category: Strategy & Planning

Job Function: Administration

Job Schedule: Full time

Job Shift: Day

Career Track: Leadership

Department: 4015 SS OPS MGMT WAMT 2

Address: MT Missoula 500 W Broadway

Work Location: St Patrick Hospital-Broadway Bldg-Missoula MT

Workplace Type: On-site

Pay Range: $350k - $425k

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.