Unified Administrator, Neurology

3000 Montefiore Medical Center; United States; On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Voluntary benefits

Insurance discounts

Job summary

Montefiore Medical Center seeks a strategic Unified Administrator for the Department of Neurology. The role reports to the Vice President of the Faculty Practice Group and partners with the neurology chair to lead faculty practice, inpatient operations, finance, and strategic initiatives across a complex academic enterprise.

The ideal candidate has a minimum of 10 years in healthcare administration, with strong leadership, financial acumen, and experience guiding academic medical centers or

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible healthcare administration experience.
• Leadership experience in an academic medical center, faculty practice organization, or integrated health system preferred.
• Neurology experience preferred; other academic specialties considered.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic business planning and growth with department Chair; drive program expansion and priorities.
• Provide executive-level oversight of clinical operations, faculty practice, and inpatient services.
• Direct budgeting, financial planning, and performance management across multiple sites.
• Partner with physicians, chairs, and senior leaders to align academic and clinical missions.
• Champion operational excellence, service quality, and organizational development.

Skills

Healthcare administration

Strategic planning

Finance management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Opportunity

Montefiore Medical Center is seeking a strategic, results-oriented healthcare leader to serve as Unified Administrator for the Department of Neurology. Reporting to the Vice President of the Faculty Practice Group and partnering closely with the Chair of Neurology, the Unified Administrator serves as the department's senior administrative leader. This executive will oversee faculty practice and acute and critical care inpatient operations, finance, administration, and strategic initiatives across a complex, multi-site academic enterprise, advancing the department's clinical, research, and educational missions.

About the Department

The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology at Montefiore Einstein is a nationally recognized academic neurology program dedicated to advancing patient care, research, and medical education. The department is home to leading clinical and research programs spanning stroke, epilepsy, neurodevelopmental disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, and other complex and interdisciplinary neurological conditions. Through close integration with Montefiore Health System and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the department brings together leading clinicians, researchers, and educators in a collaborative environment focused on improving outcomes for patients with neurological disease while advancing the next generation of discoveries and therapies.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Business Planning & Growth: Partner with the Chair to develop and execute strategic initiatives, business plans, faculty recruitment strategies, and program growth opportunities. Lead planning efforts that support departmental priorities and long-term sustainability.
• Clinical Operations & Faculty Practice: Provide strategic and operational leadership across the department’s complex clinical enterprise, especially on acute inpatient and critical care services supporting high-acuity and time-sensitive neurological conditions. Optimize clinical operations across the continuum of care, partnering with physician and operational leaders to strengthen coordination, access, quality, and patient experience. Support the growth and evolution of clinical programs through effective resource management, performance improvement, and operational innovation.
• Team Leadership & Development: Lead, mentor, and develop administrative and operational staff. Foster accountability, collaboration, and organizational growth while building leadership capacity across the department.
• Academic & Research Partnership: Collaborate with academic, research, and institutional leaders to support the Department's clinical, educational, and research missions. Facilitate alignment across departmental and enterprise priorities.
• Executive Partnership & Stakeholder Management: Serve as the primary administrative partner to the Chair of Neurology. Build strong relationships across faculty, operational, and executive leadership to advance departmental goals and resolve complex challenges.
• Additional Responsibilities: Oversee departmental budgeting, financial planning, and performance management. Ensure compliance with regulatory, accreditation, and organizational requirements. Promote a culture of operational excellence, service, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications and Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Health or related field preferred.
• Experience: Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible healthcare administration experience required. Prior leadership experience within an academic medical center, faculty practice organization, physician enterprise, or integrated health system strongly preferred. Experience overseeing complex clinical operations, financial management, strategic planning, and organizational development initiatives. Demonstrated success partnering with physicians, department chairs, or senior clinical leaders. Neurology experience preferred; experience within similarly complex academic specialties will also be considered.

Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies

• Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, and business planning.
• Exceptional operational leadership and project management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-site operations and competing priorities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Ability to influence and collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Proven ability to build, mentor, and develop high-performing teams.
• Strong organizational awareness, professionalism, and executive presence.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, highly collaborative, and evolving environment.
• Commitment to service excellence, operational rigor, and institutional success.

Why Work at Montefiore?

The Unified Administrator will join one of the nation's premier academic neurology programs at a pivotal time of growth and innovation. Working alongside an accomplished physician leadership team, this leader will have broad influence across strategy, operations, faculty practice, and organizational development in a highly complex and dynamic academic medical environment. The successful candidate will join a culture grounded in collaboration, institutional stewardship, and service. This is an opportunity to contribute to a mission-driven organization where operational excellence enables advances in patient care, education, research, and discovery.

Location: Bronx, New York Department: Office of Faculty Practice Work Days: Mon - Fri Scheduled Daily Hours: 8:30AM-5:00PM Salary: $200,000 - $250,000

Montefiore Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

An assortment of insurance products and discount programs through Voluntary Benefits.

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Since its inception in 1884, Montefiore’s mission has been to heal, to teach, to discover and advance the health of the communities we serve. Montefiore's state-of-the-art facilities include the internationally-recognized Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and our Notable Centers of Excellence - Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care, Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care, Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation. Combined with a growing number of locations for primary and specialty care throughout the Bronx and Westchester County, Montefiore is the ideal organization to apply and hone your expertise.