Executive CAO, Faculty Practice & Operations

University of Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 200,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Chicago seeks a Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for Faculty Practice to lead the administrative and operational execution of the physician enterprise across UCFP in partnership with UCM. The role focuses on governance, strategy, and cross-functional leadership to safeguard academic mission and financial stewardship.

Reporting to senior academic finance leadership, the CAO directs clinical operations, workforce management, and policy development while aligning physician

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior administrative leader of the UCFP and the BSD/UCFP administrative partner to the CCO.
• Represent the faculty practice in enterprise governance; prepare and lead UCFP Board and Committee agendas, materials, and discussions.
• Lead through influence across functions owned by Finance, the Health System, and BSD central - convening stakeholders, aligning priorities, and holding the enterprise to shared goals and metrics.
• Own the faculty-practice governance structure, committees, and decision rights, in partnership with the UCFP President, Vice-President and faculty leadership.
• Direct, through the ED, Clinical Operations & Physician Compensation, the administrative operation of the practice, provider capacity and utilization, physician compensation plan design and administration, and clinical effort allocation.
• Engage physicians, departmental leaders, and system partners to design and implement modernized practice models, elevating the physician voice in operational decisions.
• Ensure, through the ED, Clinical Operations & Physician Compensation and its Program Administration function, that provider recruitment management aligns planned expansions with UCM strategy and operations (clinic and operating-room deployment).
• Provide executive leadership for the Allied Health and APP workforce through the dual management of the Chief of Advanced Practice including work force expansion, establishing role expectations, compensation and incenti

Job description

The University of Chicago seeks a Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for Faculty Practice to lead the administrative and operational execution of the physician enterprise across UCFP in partnership with UCM. The role focuses on governance, strategy, and cross-functional leadership to safeguard academic mission and financial stewardship.

Reporting to senior academic finance leadership, the CAO directs clinical operations, workforce management, and policy development while aligning physician