Senior Director, Operations & Implementation (ruralMED)

Ovation Healthcare; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Ovation Healthcare seeks a Senior Director, Operations & Implementation (ruralMED) to translate business priorities into coordinated execution across Sales, Implementation, Client Success, and internal teams. This role strengthens alignment, ensures accountability, and drives results without direct authority.

The successful candidate will lead client networks and complex projects, manage risks, and foster scalable practices that improve services and workflows while supporting growth and client

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Healthcare Administration, Project Management, or related field required.
• Master's degree preferred.
• 8–10 years of progressive experience in healthcare operations, supply chain, consulting, client implementation, project management, or related field.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional projects or client implementations.
• Experience working with hospital or health system leaders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic and operational partner to the executive team supporting key business priorities and initiatives.
• Translate strategic priorities into actionable plans, timelines, ownership, and measurable outcomes while facilitating alignment across leadership and key internal & external partners.
• Identify emerging risks, issues, and dependencies and provide analyses, recommendations, and updates to support clients, networks, and leadership decision-making.
• Prepare analyses, updates, recommendations, and materials that support leadership discussions and decision-making.
• Lead complex projects for new and existing clients, including project plans, milestones, deliverables, risks, and accountabilities.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution and continuity from sales through implementation, stabilization, and transition to ongoing account management.
• Lead client network status meetings, progress updates, issue resolution, and escalation of significant implementation risks.
• Identify opportunities to improve services, tools, workflows, and handoffs and develop scalable practices that improve the current and future offerings.
• Support strategic initiatives and continuous improvement efforts within the business line, using implementation and performance data to identify risks and improvement opportunities.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Project management

Client relationship management

Executive communication

Influence without authority

Analytical problem solving

Multitasking in fast-paced env

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration/Healthcare Administration/Project Management

Master's degree preferred

Job description

At Ovation Healthcare, we’ve been making local healthcare better for more than 40 years. Our mission is to strengthen independent community healthcare. We provide independent hospitals and health systems with the support, guidance and tech-enabled shared services needed to remain strong and viable. With a strong sense of purpose and commitment to operating excellence, we help rural healthcare providers fulfill their missions.

The Ovation Healthcare difference is the extraordinary combination of operations experience and consulting guidance that fulfills our mission of creating a sustainable future for healthcare organizations. Ovation Healthcare’s vision is to be a dynamic, integrated professional services company delivering innovative and executable solutions through experience and thought leadership, while valuing trust, respect, and customer focused behavior.

We’re looking for talented, motivated professionals with a desire to help independent hospitals thrive. Working with Ovation Healthcare, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with highly skilled subject matter specialists and operations executives, in a collegial atmosphere of professionalism and teamwork.

Ovation Healthcare’s corporate headquarters is located in Brentwood, TN. For more information, visit www.ovationhc.com.

Summary:

The Senior Director, Operations & Implementation (ruralMED) serves as a strategic and operational executive team, translating business priorities into coordinated execution across the line of business. This role strengthens alignment across Sales, Implementation, Client Success, and internal operating teams while providing structure, accountability, and follow-through around key initiatives. The Senior Director supports growth and client success by leading and advising clients, networks, and operational teams. The role requires strong business acumen, executive presence, project leadership, client relationship management, and the ability to influence and drive results across multiple teams and stakeholders without direct authority.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serves as a strategic and operational partner to the executive team supporting key business priorities and initiatives.
• Translate strategic priorities into actionable plans, timelines, ownership, and measurable outcomes while facilitating alignment across leadership and key internal & external partners.
• Identify emerging risks, issues, and dependencies and provide analyses, recommendations, and updates to support clients, networks, and leadership decision-making.
• Prepare analyses, updates, recommendations, and materials that support leadership discussions and decision-making.
• Lead complex projects for new and existing clients, including project plans, milestones, deliverables, risks, and accountabilities.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution and continuity from sales through implementation, stabilization, and transition to ongoing account management.
• Lead client network status meetings, progress updates, issue resolution, and escalation of significant implementation risks.
• Identify opportunities to improve services, tools, workflows, and handoffs and develop scalable practices that improve the current and future offerings.
• Support strategic initiatives and continuous improvement efforts within the business line, using implementation and performance data to identify risks and improvement opportunities.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong strategic thinking and business acumen.
• Excellent project and program management skills.
• Strong client relationship and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Executive-level communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to influence and drive accountability across functions without direct authority.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and change management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple complex priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Work Experience, Education, and Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Healthcare Administration, Project Management, or related field required.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of 8–10 years of progressive experience in healthcare operations, supply chain, consulting, client implementation, project management, or related field.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional projects or client implementations.
• Experience working with hospital or health system leaders.