AVP Enterprise Care Management

MultiCare Health System; Tacoma (WA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 288,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Tuition assistance

Award-winning residencies

Fellowships and career development

Code Lavender programs

Job summary

MultiCare Health System seeks an Associate Vice President of Enterprise Care Management to lead the care management continuum across hospital and ambulatory settings. You will drive an enterprise operating model, standardize governance, and align strategies with quality, access, and financial goals.

The role requires a Master’s degree in a health-related field, RN or LICSW licensure, and at least 10 years of healthcare leadership with 5+ years in senior care management leadership.

Qualifications

• Master's degree required in a healthcare field.
• Active RN license or LICSW required; RN licensure preferred by scope.
• Minimum of 10 years progressive healthcare leadership experience.
• At least 5 years in senior leadership roles in care management or related areas.
• Proven experience leading enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership for enterprise care management across inpatient and ambulatory settings.
• Design and implement an integrated operating model for care management.
• Establish standards, governance, workflows, metrics, and accountability.
• Lead strategies to improve patient progression and reduce avoidable utilization.
• Partner with physician, nursing, finance, population health, and payers to align goals.
• Lead enterprise transformation to standardize care management practices.
• Oversee workforce planning and leadership development.
• Ensure budget accountability, productivity oversight, and business cases.
• Use data analytics and outcomes reporting to drive improvement.

Skills

Executive leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic planning

Data-driven decision making

Education

Master's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Health, or related healthcare field

Job description

Join a team that shares your calling

At MultiCare, you're more than just a job title - you're part of a team built on trust that cares for each other, our patients and our communities. Belonging here means living our mission and values every day. If your purpose and passions align with ours, you'll find a place to grow, do meaningful work and build a career you love in a community that feels like home.

FTE: 1.0, Shift: Day, Schedule: Business Hours

The pay scale is $199.804.80 to $287,539.20

Position Summary

The Associate Vice President, Enterprise Care Management provides executive leadership for MultiCare's integrated care management continuum, including acute care case management, ambulatory care management, patient progression, care coordination, and transitions of care. This role is accountable for designing and advancing an enterprise-wide operating model that connects inpatient, ambulatory, post-acute, and value-based care strategies to improve outcomes, reduce avoidable utilization, support appropriate length of stay, and strengthen financial and operational performance.

This position leads system-level transformation of care management services across the enterprise, establishing standardized models, governance structures, performance metrics, workflows, and accountability mechanisms. The AVP partners closely with physician leadership, nursing, operations, finance, population health, payers, and community partners to advance patient access, quality, experience, regulatory compliance, and total cost-of-care objectives. The role is responsible for strategic planning, care model innovation, budget and resource stewardship, workforce planning, leadership development, and implementation of evidence-based practices that create consistent, high-performing care management services across MultiCare.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership for the enterprise care management continuum, including acute case management, ambulatory care management, patient progression, transitions of care, and care coordination.
• Design and implement an integrated enterprise operating model for care management across inpatient, ambulatory, post-acute, and value-based care environments.
• Establish system-wide standards, governance structures, workflows, policies, performance metrics, and accountability mechanisms for care management services.
• Lead strategies to improve patient progression, reduce avoidable utilization, support appropriate length of stay, improve discharge effectiveness, and advance total cost-of-care performance.
• Partner with physician, nursing, operational, finance, population health, and payer leaders to align care management strategies with quality, access, patient experience, and financial objectives.
• Lead enterprise transformation initiatives that standardize care management practice, improve care coordination, and support scalable, evidence-based service delivery.
• Oversee workforce planning, leadership development, succession planning, and performance expectations for care management leaders and teams.
• Provide budget accountability, resource planning, productivity oversight, and business case development for care management programs and initiatives.
• Leverage data, analytics, regulatory requirements, and outcomes reporting to identify opportunities, monitor performance, and drive continuous improvement.
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with internal leaders and external stakeholders, including providers, payers, community partners, post-acute providers, and regulatory agencies.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Health, or related healthcare field required.
• Active RN license or LICSW required. RN licensure strongly preferred when required by operational scope.
• Ten years of progressive healthcare leadership experience required.
• Five years of senior leadership experience required in one or more of the following: care management, case management, utilization management, patient progression, population health, ambulatory operations, clinical operations, or value-based care.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-wide clinical, operational, or care continuum transformation initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to lead across matrixed environments with physician, nursing, operational, finance, and external stakeholder partners.
• Strong financial acumen, strategic planning capability, regulatory understanding, change leadership, and performance improvement expertise required.
• Demonstrated ability to use data and analytics to improve quality, utilization, patient progression, access, and financial outcomes.
• Exceptional communication, executive presence, stakeholder engagement, and leadership effectiveness required.

Why MultiCare?

Rooted in the local community

Partnering with patients, families and neighbors across the Pacific Northwest for more than 140 years.

Growth and education

Competitive tuition assistance, award-winning residencies, fellowships and career development to invest in you.

Well-being and support

Generous PTO, Code Lavender and Employee Assistance Programs to help you maintain balance and feel cared in your work and life.

Living our values

Respect, integrity, kindness and collaboration guide how we care for patients, communities and each other.

Belonging for all

Resource Groups and outreach programs help ensure every team member feels safe, seen, heard and valued.

Pacific Northwest lifestyle

Work and live where natural beauty, adventure and strong community connections are part of everyday life.

Pay and Benefit Expectations

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. Pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant's years of experience align.

Associated benefit information can be viewed here.