Chief Medical Growth Officer

Description

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Summary:

The Chief Medical Growth Officer serves as the enterprise leader for medical growth strategy. In this capacity, the Chief Medical Growth Officer serves as UNC Health's enterprise leader for medical growth strategy, partnering with Regional Presidents, physician enterprise leadership, service line leaders, and other system executives to shape the future medical footprint of the health system. Through market insight, strategic planning, and business development expertise, the role identifies, prioritizes, and advances opportunities that expand access, strengthen UNC Health's competitive position, and support sustainable growth across North Carolina.

Responsibilities:
Medical Network Development: Develop current and new physician relationships, facilitating conversations between hospitals and medical provider groups. Motivate and encourage affiliates to adopt growth strategies which align with the overall organizational strategies. Manage and deploy resources, leveraging knowledge of competitive advantage and profit drivers. Lead outreach strategies for the market in order to cultivate relationships and build affiliations with non-UNC Health organizations. Develop and execute strategic initiatives for the affiliate hospitals which result in improved overall volumes, market share, operational efficiency, and earnings performance (i.e. revenue improvement, expense reduction, margin improvement). Collaborate with other corporate functions such as managed care, acquisitions and physician practice services to drive improved integration and performance. Identify emerging opportunities, competitive threats, and consumer trends that should inform future investment decisions. Advise executive leadership regarding evolving care delivery models and market opportunities. Ensure growth strategies support UNC Health's mission, long-term sustainability, and statewide growth objectives, aligning development with clinical priorities, physician workforce considerations, and regional growth strategies. Advance innovative partnership models that improve access, strengthen competitive position, and accelerate growth.
Medical Growth Platform Development: Evaluate opportunities for new site development, acquisitions, affiliations, partnerships, and joint ventures. Develop strategic recommendations for executive leadership and governing boards. Create enterprise frameworks for assessing investment opportunities and prioritizing growth initiatives. Establish growth goals, milestones, and key performance indicators for major medical growth initiatives. Monitor implementation progress and identify barriers requiring executive attention, providing strategic guidance and recommendations when warranted. Provide regular updates and recommendations to executive leadership and governing boards regarding growth opportunities, strategic priorities, and implementation progress.
Regional Growth Planning: Partner with Regional Presidents to develop growth plans tailored to the unique needs, competitive dynamics, and strategic priorities of each market. Provide market intelligence and strategic expertise to support regional planning and decision-making. Recommend growth opportunities that strengthen UNC Health's competitive position within each region. Support Regional Presidents in evaluating strategic, operational, and financial implications of growth opportunities. Facilitate the sharing of successful growth strategies and best practices across the system. Ensure regional growth plans align with enterprise priorities while preserving local flexibility and market responsiveness. Serve as a connector across regions, service lines, and support functions to accelerate execution of strategic growth initiatives.
Leading People:Leads people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Provides an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. Encourages workforce engagement by building a commitment to excellence and by promoting the organization's vision internally and externally. Delegates responsibility clarifies expectations and holds others accountable for achieving results related to their area of responsibility. Leads in a deliberate and predictable way and operates with transparency. Treats sensitive or confidential information appropriately. Develops the ability of others to perform and contribute to the organization by providing ongoing feedback and by providing opportunities to learn through formal and informal methods. Manages and resolves conflicts and disagreements in a constructive manner.
Leading Change:Acts as a catalyst for organizational change. Influences others to translate vision into action. Brings about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Establishes an organizational vision and implements it in a continuously changing environment. Is open to change and new information and rapidly adapts to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles. Deals effectively with pressure and remains optimistic and persistent, even under adversity. Recovers quickly from setbacks. Formulates objectives and priorities and implements plans consistent with the long-term interests of the organization. Capitalizes on opportunities and manages risks. Takes a long-term view and builds a shared vision with others.
Results Driven:Exceeds organizational goals and customer expectations. Makes decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Delivers high-quality services and is committed to continuous improvement. Fosters a culture of safe and compassionate patient care. Makes well-informed, timely decisions, even when data are limited, or solutions produce unfavorable results. Positions the organization for success by identifying new opportunities and builds the organization by developing and improving services.

Education Requirements:
* Requires MD or DO from an accredited school of medicine.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:
* Board certified physician in a clinical discipline.

Professional Experience Requirements:
* Requires a minimum of twelve (12) years of experience with at least ten (10) years of people management experience.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
* Knowledge of healthcare strategy, growth, business development, and/or service line development.
* Ability to identify and advance growth opportunities across diverse healthcare markets.
* Ability to develop and evaluate partnerships, acquisitions, affiliations, and joint ventures.
* Strong knowledge of health care trends, healthcare consumerism, competitive strategy, and emerging care delivery models.
* Ability to influence and lead through collaboration rather than direct operational authority.
* Skilled in building relationships with physicians, executives, boards, and community stakeholders.
* Ability to translate ideas into actionable growth plans.

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: Shared Services

Organization Unit: UNC HCS Administration

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.