Sr. Director, Cardiology Clinical Operations

Responsibilities

• Provide executive operational leadership for the cardiovascular service line, including cardiology, electrophysiology, heart failure, cardiac imaging, invasive and non-invasive diagnostics, cardiac rehabilitation, and related cardiovascular programs.
• Partner with physician leaders, service line executives, hospital leadership, and ambulatory operations teams to develop and execute a comprehensive cardiovascular strategy aligned with organizational goals and market growth opportunities.
• Lead service line growth initiatives focused on increasing access, expanding programs and services, enhancing referral networks, and improving market share across the cardiovascular continuum.
• Oversee operational performance across multiple cardiovascular care settings, ensuring alignment of clinical quality, patient experience, productivity, access, capacity management, and financial outcomes.
• Collaborate with physicians and clinical leadership to establish standardized care pathways, evidence-based practices, and quality initiatives that improve cardiovascular outcomes and reduce variation in care delivery.
• Drive integration and coordination among cardiology subspecialties, including interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, heart failure, structural heart, cardiovascular surgery, vascular services, and ambulatory cardiovascular care.
• Develop and monitor key service line performance metrics, including patient access, procedural volumes, throughput, quality measures, readmissions, patient satisfaction, physician productivity, and financial performance.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, optimize capacity utilization, and enhance the patient journey across the continuum of cardiovascular care.
• Lead strategic planning and implementation efforts related to new cardiovascular programs, facility expansion, technology adoption, capital investments, and market development initiatives.
• Foster strong physician engagement and alignment through collaborative governance structures, operational partnerships, and shared accountability for service line performance.
• Oversee annual operating and capital budgets for cardiovascular services, ensuring fiscal stewardship, resource optimization, and achievement of financial targets.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory, accreditation, quality, and patient safety standards governing cardiovascular operations.
• Partner with workforce and clinical leaders to develop talent strategies that support recruitment, retention, succession planning, leadership development, and employee engagement across cardiovascular services.
• Represent the cardiovascular service line in executive leadership forums and facilitate collaboration among hospitals, ambulatory practices, and corporate departments to advance strategic priorities.

Requirements

Education/Experience:

• Masters Degree (required)
• 7 years of Healthcare Leadership (required)

Additional Preferred Experience:

• Demonstrated leadership experience within a large, integrated cardiovascular service line, academic medical center, or complex health system.
• Experience leading cardiology, electrophysiology, structural heart, heart failure, cardiovascular surgery, or related cardiovascular programs.
• Proven success driving physician alignment, service line growth, quality improvement, operational transformation, and financial performance.
• Knowledge of cardiovascular operations, procedural services, care continuum management, value-based care models, and population health strategies.

Benefits

• Caring For Your Family and Your Career
• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.