VP, Hospital Medicine Operations & Growth

Hospitalists Now, Inc.; Florida; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

The Vice President of Operations at HNI Healthcare oversees the operational and financial performance of Hospital Medicine programs across Florida and Mississippi, with travel to Austin as needed. This role requires strong leadership, strategic planning, and the ability to build durable client relationships.

Ideal candidate will reside in Florida or Mississippi and bring 10+ years in healthcare operations, including 5–7 years in supervisory roles, plus a track record of improving profitability

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or related field.
• 10+ years of healthcare operations in hospital medicine experience, incl. 5–7 years of supervisory leadership.
• Strong financial, operational, client-management, and strategic leadership capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational performance of Hospital Medicine programs and manage regional providers.
• Coordinate staffing, HR, revenue cycle, finance, and performance improvement across the region.
• Own regional P&L, budgets, labor costs, and financial variance management.
• Monitor KPIs and drive profitability, quality, utilization, and incentive performance.
• Represent HNI to hospital executives and clients, communicating value proposition.

Skills

Experience in hospital-based medicine

Client relationship management

Strategic leadership capabilities

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Job description

HNI Healthcare designs intelligent processes and technology to empower talented people to transform healthcare. Our people, processes and technology align physicians with our hospital partners, strengthening and integrating hospital medicine programs under a value-based care approach. Through a combination of innovative technology, professional services, and clinical resources, HNI helps its partners standardize care, reduce costs, improve patient outcomes, and align providers, patients, and hospitals around a shared commitment to clinical excellence.

Our hospital medicine software suite, VitalsMD®, holds numerous patents and is deeply valued by both physicians and our hospital partners as being a hospital medicine game-changer. VitalsMD® puts physicians in the driver's seat to make a direct impact on clinical, operational and financial outcomes.

About the Role

The Vice President of Operations is responsible for overseeing the operational and financial performance of Hospital Medicine programs, executing regional strategy, and building strong client relationships. This role will support facilities across Florida and Mississippi and will require regular travel throughout both states, as well as periodic travel to HNI Healthcare’s headquarters in Austin, Texas. Ideally, the selected candidate will reside in Florida, Mississippi, or a nearby state with convenient access to the market.

Responsibilities

Operations & People Leadership

• Lead the operational performance of Hospital Medicine programs, ensuring effective management of hospitalist providers
• Oversee day-to-day region operations and coordinate with clinical leadership and corporate teams, including recruiting, credentialing, HR, revenue cycle, finance, and performance improvement.
• Ensure effective staffing models, provider allocation, reporting systems, and action plans that support reliable program performance.
• Recruit, coach, develop, and evaluate operational leaders; strengthen clinical leadership in partnership with medical leaders; and build succession plans across the region.
• Promote consistent standards, regulatory compliance, quality initiatives, continuous improvement, and a strong connection between site teams and HNI.
• Translate organizational goals into regional and program-specific business plans, priorities, and measurable results.
• Own regional P&L performance, budgets, forecasting, labor and staffing costs, financial variance management, and improvement plans.
• Monitor operational, clinical, and financial KPIs and partner with key stakeholders to improve profitability, quality, utilization, and incentive performance.

Client Relationships & Growth

• Build trusted relationships with hospital executives and key client stakeholders; proactively address needs, expectations, performance concerns, and service changes.
• Lead operating reviews and support contract negotiations by maintaining a strong understanding of service levels, quality measures, and financial terms.
• Identify and pursue growth opportunities across services and care settings; lead due diligence, business-case development, proposals, negotiations, and new-program integration.
• Represent HNI in the market and communicate the organization's value proposition to clients, providers, and community partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or a related field required; master's degree preferred.
• At least 10 years of healthcare operations in hospital medicine experience, including at least 5-7 years of supervisory leadership experience.
• Strong financial, operational, client-management, and strategic leadership capabilities; experience within hospital-based medicine, large health systems, or healthcare growth initiatives preferred.

Required Skills

• Experience in hospital-based medicine
• Client relationship management
• Strategic leadership capabilities

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of large health systems
• Experience with healthcare growth initiatives

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are committed to diversity and inclusivity in our hiring practices and encourage applications from all qualified individuals.