Market President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Conemaugh Health System, Duke LifePoint Healthcare; Johnstown (Cambria County); On-site; USD 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k

flexible PTO

medical

dental

vision

tuition reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Lifepoint Health seeks a Market Chief Executive Officer/Market President to lead Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown, PA and steer Conemaugh Health System’s regional strategy. The role oversees financial, operational, clinical, and cultural performance across multiple facilities with a focus on growth, quality, patient experience, and physician alignment.

The ideal candidate has 5–7 years of senior healthcare leadership, prior CEO experience preferred, and a master’s degree in

Qualifications

• Requires 5–7 years of senior healthcare leadership experience.
• Prior CEO experience in a comparable environment is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership for overall market performance, including financial results, operations, clinical quality, patient safety, and patient experience.
• Lead hospital CEOs and market leaders to achieve goals and sustain a high-performing culture.
• Develop and execute market strategy aligned with enterprise priorities, including service line development and community needs.
• Oversee multi-site operations to improve performance and standardize best practices.
• Ensure compliance with accreditation, licensure, regulatory, and payer requirements.

Skills

Executive leadership

Strategic planning

Financial acumen

Education

Master's degree in Hospital/Healthcare Administration

Job description

Lifepoint Health has an opportunity for a Market President and Chief Executive Officer. This position will serve as Chief Executive Officer for Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and Market President for Conemaugh Health System. Conemaugh Health System, part of Duke LifePoint Healthcare, is the largest healthcare provider in west central Pennsylvania, serving more than half a million patients annually. Through Conemaugh Physician Group, its medical staff, hospitals, specialty clinics, and patient-focused programs, the health system delivers a broad continuum of care to communities across the region. Conemaugh Health System employs approximately 3,200 clinical and non-clinical team members, including more than 450 physicians dedicated to delivering an exceptional patient experience.

Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, the flagship hospital of Conemaugh Health System, is a tertiary care regional referral center recognized for clinical excellence and nationally recognized patient outcomes. As the most technologically advanced hospital between Pittsburgh and Hershey, Pennsylvania, Conemaugh Memorial provides a comprehensive range of specialized services, including a regional Level I Trauma Center, a Level III Regional Intensive Care Nursery, and high-risk obstetrical care.

Learn More About Conemaugh Health System Here

The Market Chief Executive Officer/Market President

serves as the senior executive leader for an assigned healthcare market and is accountable for the strategic, operational, financial, clinical, and cultural performance of multiple facilities and related service areas. This role provides enterprise‑aligned leadership across a multi‑site healthcare environment to ensure each facility delivers high‑quality, safe, patient‑centered care while advancing market growth, operational excellence, physician alignment, employee engagement, and community partnership. The Market Chief Executive Officer leads and supports hospital chief executive officers and other assigned market leaders, partners closely with division and enterprise leadership, and establishes a consistent leadership framework that drives accountability, collaboration, performance improvement, and sustainable results across the market.

Essential responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Essential Functions

• Provide executive leadership and accountability for the overall performance of the assigned market, including financial results, operational effectiveness, clinical quality, patient safety, patient experience, employee engagement, strategic growth, and regulatory readiness across multiple facilities.
• Lead, coach, develop, and hold hospital chief executive officers and assigned market leaders accountable for achieving market and facility goals, strengthening leadership capability, and sustaining a high‑performing, collaborative culture.
• Establish, communicate, and execute a market strategy aligned with enterprise and division priorities, including service line development, access, growth, quality improvement, physician alignment, workforce stability, and community needs.
• Oversee multi‑site operations to ensure efficient, effective, compliant, and patient‑focused delivery of care and services while identifying opportunities to improve performance, standardize best practices, optimize resources, and strengthen outcomes across the market.
• Maintain responsibility for market financial performance, including budget oversight, financial reporting, capital planning, resource allocation, major expenditures, managed care considerations, and other decisions that materially impact market and facility results.
• Champion quality, safety, patient experience, and clinical excellence by ensuring appropriate systems, leadership focus, governance, and accountability are in place across all assigned facilities.
• Promote a positive and consistent employee culture across the market by providing visible leadership, effective communication, and support that strengthens engagement, retention, accountability, and leadership alignment.
• Ensure compliance with applicable accreditation, licensure, regulatory, payer, and enterprise requirements, including The Joint Commission, Medicare, Medicaid, state licensure standards, and other governing agencies across assigned facilities.
• Represent the market effectively with physicians, boards, employees, community stakeholders, division leadership, and enterprise partners while advancing the organization’s reputation, partnerships, and strategic priorities.

Education

A master’s degree in Hospital Administration, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Management, or a related field is required.

Experience

• A minimum of five to seven years of senior healthcare executive leadership experience is required, including accountability demonstrated for multi‑site hospital or market‑level operations. Prior Chief Executive Officer experience in a comparable acute care hospital environment is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success leading complex healthcare operations across multiple facilities, including financial performance, quality outcomes, patient experience, physician engagement, employee engagement, service line growth, and strategic execution.

Benefits

At Lifepoint, our Mission of Making Communities Healthier extends to our employees. We offer an excellent total compensation package, including a competitive salary and benefits.

• 401k
• flexible PTO
• medical
• dental
• vision
• tuition reimbursement
• an Employee Assistance Program

We believe that happy, healthy people have a passionate engagement with life and work and have designed our package to enhance your wellbeing.

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community‑based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post‑acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.