President Executive Officer

About the Role

Minnesota's largest Federally Qualified Health Center seeks a mission-driven President and Executive Officer to grow and scale the organization for long-term success. This entrepreneurial leader will lead across lines of difference, through partnerships, while staying true to the organization’s vision and personal values.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to fulfill the mission of strengthening the community by providing healthcare for all.
• Innovate, adapt, and drive emerging care models and services in the dynamic healthcare market and ecosystem.
• Build relationships and provide leadership to practice/solution leaders; offer ongoing coaching and feedback to ensure peak performance.
• Drive long-term strategy, revenue growth, and organizational sustainability to deliver high-quality, accessible, and financially responsible healthcare services aligned with the mission and goals of the federally qualified health center.
• Balance leadership responsibilities while remaining market-facing, spending 50%+ of time in community advocacy, policy reform, and social justice areas of influence.
• Regularly meet with community leaders, lawmakers, social justice networks, tribal leaders, community members, and system partners to facilitate cross-system collaboration and identify opportunities to meet health and wellness needs.
• Demonstrate servant leadership with proven skills in engaging, leading, and developing strong leaders.
• Exhibit creativity, humility, and a visionary spirit to challenge the status quo while creating scalable, standardized consultancy offerings.
• Recruit, retain, and develop a talented and diverse workforce with high employee engagement.
• Create a diverse, inclusive, and team-oriented work environment that encourages professional development and creative solutions.
• Serve in an advisory role to lawmakers, partners, and community organizations on business strategy, operational effectiveness, and healthcare best practices.
• Expand services and leverage personal network to identify new partnerships addressing total health and wellness needs of the diverse community.
• Demonstrate leadership in cultivating internal and external relationships.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration, Public Administration, or related field.
• 10+ years in an Executive Leadership role in nonprofit, government, or healthcare industry.
• Extensive experience in contracting, strategic planning, and development.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%.

Skills

• Mission & Values Alignment: Deep belief in Minnesota Community Care’s mission, racial and social justice, and the ability of individuals of color to excel and succeed.
• Organizational & Entrepreneurial Leadership: Inclusive leader with a track record of setting clear vision and direction to successfully scale organizations through growth and evolution. Experience growing an organization or program model. Demonstrated entrepreneurial mindset and ability to lead and learn courageously in the face of challenges. Proven ability to engage, align, and develop teams around a vision and expertly manage change.
• Relationship Building, Collaboration & Development: Ability to manage, coach, and develop a high-performing team while prioritizing sustainable, self-care practices. Proven ability to build authentic, deep, and abiding relationships across multiple networks and lines of difference. Track record of building relationships with donors, supporters, stakeholders, and Boards of Directors.
• Fundraising & Financial Management Abilities: Proven ability to build an enduring and evolving donor and supporter base. Capable of designing, implementing, and supporting financially sustainable programs, business models, and complex budgets.
• Leadership within the Healthcare Ecosystem: Understanding of and experience in a healthcare-related setting; specific knowledge of the history and current healthcare landscape, including professional networks in the Twin Cities metro and surrounding areas, highly preferred.

Work Environment

• Continuously required to perform computer-related work.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, bend, or reach above the shoulders.
• Moderate noise level in the work environment.

Physical Demands

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Close vision and ability to adjust focus are necessary.
• Occasionally lift up to 40 pounds (e.g., storage boxes).

About Us

As Minnesota's largest Federally Qualified Health Center, Minnesota Community Care ensures that the communities we serve have access to high-quality and affordable healthcare. Our patients predominantly identify as people of color (80%), low-wealth (61% at 200% FPL), and un/under-insured (40% uninsured, 45% publicly insured).