Operating Partner, Healthcare - The Brydon Group

The Brydon Group; Washington; On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

The Brydon Group, based in Washington, DC, seeks a Healthcare Operating Partner to serve as Board Chair and Brydon’s day-to-day operating partner for multiple healthcare portfolio companies. You will drive profitability, pricing and GTM strategy, AI enablement, and add-on M&A while coaching CEOs and aligning management with Brydon’s value creation playbook.

Ideal candidates bring 15+ years in healthcare leadership, with advisory or operating roles in PE-backed settings, and a track record of

Qualifications

• 15+ years of leadership experience in healthcare technology, services, or multi-site platforms.
• Senior consulting or advisory experience (Partner/MD) with P&L responsibility.
• Proven track record driving profitable growth in lower-middle-market healthcare businesses.

Responsibilities

• Lead as Board Chair for portfolio companies and govern with Brydon
• Drive value creation plans and oversee go-to-market, pricing, and product strategy
• Coach CEOs and leadership teams; orchestrate talent and executive placements as needed
• Support add-on acquisitions, diligence, and integration planning
• Represent Brydon with external healthcare ecosystem partners and potential buyers
• Codify playbooks and scale best practices across the healthcare portfolio

Skills

Leadership

Board governance

Healthcare domain

Private equity familiarity

Go-to-market strategy

Pricing & packaging

Product strategy

AI enablement

M&A experience

Job description

About The Brydon Group

The Brydon Group is a talent-first private equity firm based in Washington, DC. We partner with exceptional mid-career executives to acquire and build B2B, B2G, and healthcare software and tech-enabled services businesses.

Brydon combines deep investing experience with a hands‑on approach to value creation. We work closely with portfolio company leadership teams to translate investment theses into practical operating plans, build durable growth systems, and prepare businesses for successful exits. Brydon is currently investing out of its $300 million Fund III and has completed more than 40 acquisitions.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Healthcare Operating Partner to serve as the primary value creation partner and Board Chair to a defined group of Brydon healthcare portfolio companies, typically four to five businesses spanning healthcare SaaS, health technology, healthcare services, and multi‑site healthcare platforms.

The Operating Partner will serve as Board Chair and as Brydon’s day‑to‑day operating partner to each assigned company. This person will work closely with CEOs and leadership teams to drive execution against the investment thesis, operating plan, budget, and value creation agenda. The role combines governance, coaching, and hands‑on execution support, with a particular focus on profitable growth, go‑to‑market effectiveness within healthcare verticals, pricing and packaging, product strategy, AI enablement, and add‑on M&A.

Beyond direct portfolio company work, the Operating Partner will help institutionalize repeatable excellence across the healthcare portfolio by codifying and scaling best practices across our management teams.

This role is ideal for a seasoned healthcare executive who has spent meaningful time in both advisory or consulting environments and operating roles — someone who thrives in fast‑moving, ambiguous environments and has repeatedly helped leadership teams deliver measurable change and results in healthcare software, health technology, healthcare services, or multi‑site healthcare businesses.

Key Responsibilities

Board Leadership & Governance

• Serve as Board Chair for each assigned healthcare portfolio company
• Partner closely with CEOs to set board agendas, lead effective board discussions, and maintain strong alignment between management teams and Brydon
• Synthesize company performance, emerging risks, and key decisions for the investment team on a regular cadence

Value Creation & Performance Management

• Serve as the primary accountability partner to CEOs and senior leadership teams across four to five healthcare portfolio companies
• Partner with management teams to develop and execute each company’s value creation plan, with particular emphasis on profitable top‑line growth
• Help companies improve go‑to‑market effectiveness across healthcare buyer segments — including health systems, payers, life sciences companies, and provider groups — as well as pricing and packaging, commercial infrastructure, product strategy, and AI enablement
• Monitor financial performance, KPIs, and overall operating health; proactively identify risks and opportunities and drive management action
• Support inorganic growth initiatives, including add‑on opportunity evaluation, integration planning, and post‑close execution, with a focus on healthcare platform build‑outs and tuck‑in acquisitions
• Maintain a strong external orientation within relevant healthcare subsectors, including competitive dynamics, regulatory trends, reimbursement shifts, and key market developments

CEO & Leadership Coaching

• Build trusted, candid relationships with portfolio company CEOs and provide practical operating support, pattern recognition, and real‑time counsel
• Coach leadership teams on organizational effectiveness, execution discipline, and scaling through growth
• Help identify, recruit, and onboard key executives where leadership gaps exist; bring in talent from across your healthcare‑focused network
• Act as a steadying presence during leadership transitions, periods of underperformance, or major inflection points

CEO-in-Residence Partnership

• Support one to two healthcare‑focused CEOs‑in‑Residence (CIR) as they refine investment theses and evaluate acquisition opportunities in the sourcing phase
• Partner with CIRs and the investment team during diligence to test key hypotheses, assess clinical or operational fit, and shape the early value creation agenda
• Serve as a trusted thought partner through diligence, acquisition planning, and early transition

Market Presence & Exit Readiness

• Represent Brydon and its healthcare portfolio companies within the broader healthcare technology and services ecosystem
• Build and maintain relationships with strategic acquirers, larger private equity firms, and other potential buyers well in advance of any exit process
• Help portfolio companies remain consistently exit‑ready, including strong financial discipline, documented processes, management bench development, and a compelling growth narrative
• Support the investment team and portfolio company leadership in preparing for exit processes, including management presentations, positioning materials, and buyer diligence

Portfolio‑Wide Playbooks

• Codify repeatable healthcare‑specific playbooks, tools, dashboards, and templates across key value creation levers
• Create practical examples of what good looks like at different stages of company scale and maturity within healthcare businesses
• Partner with the Portfolio Operations team to continuously improve the Brydon Operating System and increase consistency across the healthcare portfolio
• Contribute insights to portfolio reviews and help drive follow‑through against priority opportunities

Qualifications

• 15+ years of leadership experience; 10+ years of senior consulting or advisory experience (Partner or Managing Director) and P&L leadership (President, CEO, COO, or GM) within healthcare technology, healthcare services, or multi‑site healthcare businesses
• Deep domain expertise in healthcare, with fluency across healthcare buyer segments (health systems, payers, provider groups, life sciences) and operating models (healthcare SaaS, revenue cycle management, clinical technology, multi‑site platform operations, healthcare services)
• Demonstrated track record of driving profitable growth in lower middle market businesses
• Experience working in or with private equity‑backed companies strongly preferred; board leadership experience is a plus
• Ability to support multiple companies simultaneously while maintaining strong judgment, responsiveness, and follow‑through
• Broad fluency across strategy, go‑to‑market, pricing, product, finance, talent, and execution
• Comfortable moving between board‑level discussion and hands‑on problem solving
• Strong executive presence and the ability to influence
• High emotional intelligence and credibility with both operators and investors
• Entrepreneurial, self‑directed, and comfortable in lean, high‑accountability environments
• Willingness to travel regularly to portfolio companies (20% to 35% travel)

• Compensation will be commensurate with experience and is expected to range between 250,000 and 400,000 OTE plus equity participation
• This role is located in person, on site - based out of our Washington, D.C. office

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