Market Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

About the role

The Market Chief Executive Officer will oversee UP Health System, which includes UP Health System - Marquette and UP Health System - Bell. UP Health System - Marquette is a 222-bed specialty care hospital serving the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, providing care in 65 specialties and subspecialties. UP Health System - Bell is a Joint Commission Accredited Critical Access Hospital offering a range of health and wellness services.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

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

Qualifications

• Experience in overseeing multi-site hospital or market-level operations.
• Proven ability to lead and develop teams.
• Strong financial management skills.
• Experience in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to navigate regulatory and accreditation requirements.

Skills

• Strategic thinking and planning.
• Leadership and coaching skills.
• Financial analysis and management.
• Quality improvement and patient safety.
• Stakeholder engagement and negotiation.
• Compliance and regulatory knowledge.

Benefits

At Lifepoint, we offer an excellent total compensation package, including a competitive salary and benefits. Some of our benefits include:

• 401(k)
• Flexible PTO
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• 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.