President - Beth Israel Deaconess Needham

President - Beth Israel Deaconess Needham Beth Israel Deaconess Needham (BID Needham) is a rapidly growing community hospital serving the southwest and metrowest suburbs of Boston. Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Needham has served residents in Needham, Newton, Dedham, Dover, Medfield, Sherborn, Wellesley, Westwood and other surrounding communities for more than 100 years. BID Needham is committed to achieving high quality and safe care for the patients we serve. At Beth Israel Deaconess Needham, we’re shaping the future of health care. BID Needham is a part of the larger Beth Israel Lahey Health Care System (BILH) and collaborates with other affiliates and shared system services on many healthcare initiatives, research, including a cancer center located in Needham licensed under BIDMC. Licensed 73-bed acute care community hospital More than 245,000 outpatients visits per year 5,300 annual inpatient discharges per year Points of Pride Nationally recognized by the American Heart Association's Get With the Guidelines program with two achievement awards – Stroke GOLD PLUS with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll. The awards recognize BID Needham for its commitment to the most up-to-date evidence-based treatment guidelines to improve patient care and outcomes. Boston Magazine recognized 59 BID Needham affiliated physicians and surgeons across 27 medical specialties in its most recent ‘Top Doctors’ guide. BID Needham was founded as Glover Hospital in 1912 and has served the community for more than 100 years. Key Strategic Priorities Building on our legacy as a leading-edge, comprehensive community hospital by expanding our hospital footprint, growing key services, and upgrading clinical spaces in alignment with community needs. Investing in the development of new solutions and technologies that drive growth, improve patient outcomes, and transform care delivery, including in cardiology and surgical services. Pursuing programs and strategies to invest in the next generation of talented healthcare workers, including recruitment and retention initiatives. BID Needham is part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, a health care system that brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, and more than 4,700 physicians and 39,000 employees in a shared mission to expand access to great care and advance the science and practice of medicine through groundbreaking research and education. Position Summary The President will ensure that BID Needham functions at the highest levels including delivering safe, high-quality coordinated care, efficient management of resources, smooth and efficient administrative services, and implementation of strategic and operational plans. The President will be responsible for the executive leadership, strategic growth, and fiscal health of BID Needham. They will recognize the inclusive and collaborative culture of the hospital that has made it a success in the community and among its patients and use that as a steppingstone to further integrate into the Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) system. The President will work collaboratively with system-wide leadership and other BILH hospital and business unit presidents to advance goals to strengthen its mission of becoming a fully integrated system of patient care, education, research, and community service. This individual will identify new strategic partnerships that extend into the community, ensuring a robust health system distinguished by offering outstanding patient care programs and strong financial performance. The President will be a strong operational leader with sound fiscal management experience who will continue BID Needham’s culture of quality and patient satisfaction. The President will be a visible and enthusiastic leader within the organization and community and a vital partner in increasing philanthropic support for the Hospital. Essential Duties & Responsibilities Champion BID Needham’s values and Service Excellence standards, ensuring every interaction with patients, families, clinicians, staff, and community partners reflects the highest level of compassion, professionalism, and respect. Provide visionary executive leadership in shaping, executing, and continuously refining BID Needham’s strategic plan and operational priorities, ensuring exceptional and consistent quality across all clinical services. Cultivate a culture defined by trust, collaboration, accountability, transparency, innovation, and organizational excellence. Advance BID Needham as a high reliability organization, driving operational excellence across all care settings, with particular focus on the operating room, emergency department, imaging, and ambulatory services. Deliver superior financial performance through disciplined financial planning, operational improvement, philanthropic growth, and strong relationships with legislators, payors, and external partners. Inspire a collaborative, community-centered care model that reflects the needs and voices of patients, families, employees, physicians, volunteers, and board members. Lead a robust philanthropic strategy that fuels institutional growth, innovation, and long-term sustainability. Build a resilient, agile, and transparent organization capable of adapting to the rapidly evolving healthcare landscape. Establish and champion a mentorship and succession planning framework for physician leaders and medical staff, strengthening a collegial environment and expanding leadership capacity across the enterprise. Engage system and local leaders to drive a cohesive clinical integration strategy, ensuring superior outcomes and cost-effective care for every patient. Provide system-wide leadership in advancing an integrated delivery network that enhances coordination, quality, and access. Build and sustain strategic relationships with community leaders, system executives, state officials, and key stakeholders. Serve as a compelling and influential external representative of BID Needham at the state, regional, and national levels. Strengthen BID Needham’s platform for continuous improvement in quality, safety, patient experience, and engagement, leveraging technology and innovation to elevate care. Enhance operational efficiency and organizational effectiveness, driving ongoing improvements in financial performance. Lead the execution of BID Needham’s 10-year strategic plan, boldly defining future needs and opportunities to support growth, expansion, and long-term institutional success. Prioritize talent recruitment, development, and retention, ensuring BID Needham attracts and sustains exceptional providers and staff. Partner with system leaders to advance clinical integration across the organization. Collaborate with the Board and senior leadership to strengthen a culture of philanthropy that supports strategic priorities. Articulate and reinforce the importance of network affiliation across BILH, cultivating relationships with current and prospective partners. Build strong, collaborative relationships with the senior executive team, system leadership, and medical staff, fostering alignment, engagement, and shared purpose. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree, required. Advanced degree in related management disciplines, such as an MBA, MPH or MD desirable. Prior tenure as President of a community hospital, demonstrating significant executive leadership and strategic accountability within an integrated healthcare system, is strongly preferred. Track record of exemplary leadership experience resulting in a thorough and broad knowledge of healthcare issues, including value-based care models and health system reimbursement trends. Experience working in an integrated health system, ideally within a competitive marketplace. Proficient in exercise of personal influence, building consensus, providing leadership, with ability to navigate a diverse group of stakeholders, build a network of allies, and interface with state and local regulators, earning and maintaining stakeholder trust and respect. Proven ability to formulate an operational strategy, guide the development of operating plans, and drive performance to achieve or surpass goals. Manage large P&Ls in a complex health care environment with a record of strengthening financial, cost management, and efficiency performance. Track record of recruiting, developing and retaining an exceptional team of senior leaders and clinicians. Demonstrated experience of collaborating and working with advisory and fiduciary boards. Successful track record of establishing trust and cultivating relationships with board members and key stakeholders. Abilities & Skills Leading Change Articulates and leads next level of community care strategy. Identifies and enlists key influencers to act as change agents, involving them in designing and delivering change to deliver on the BILH long-range strategy and plan, Blueprint 2030. Communicates a compelling business case to the whole organization to gain buy-in for significant change and a consolidated community division approach. Takes important action to set new norms for the organization. Adapts change plans/influence strategies to the organization’s political realities and constraints. Leading People Gives ownership to the entire team to deliver on the newly defined strategic objectives. Cultivates and supports talent in order to create a feeling of team among community presidents, boards and direct reports. Passes leadership responsibilities down through the organization, ensuring alignment with the overall strategy and or direction. Sets up forums or practices to reinforce independent and open communication among team members. Gives the team broader visibility inside the organization including publicly recognizing its accomplishments. Offers team members to other parts of the organization where they can be most useful. Collaborating and Influencing Builds confidence and credibility among all the community presidents. Builds partnerships across the enterprise to address organization-wide challenges or opportunities. Creates an environment of shared values where collaboration is expected at all levels. Systematically builds support at multiple levels and across groups to achieve alignment, acknowledging differences in interests. Listens, collaborates and supports local teams to be effective. Personal Characteristics Visible and accessible leader who engages staff at all levels and where care is being delivered. Ethical and principled with impeccable integrity and values. Effective communicator whose key to understand and be understood. Open, fair, and transparent in interactions. Decisive with the ability to make choices in ambiguous or uncertain contexts to establish and lead a clear path forward. Aspiration and vision for excellence and the ability to motivate and empower others to the same. Team-oriented leadership style; able to inspire, delegate, cooperate, and hold and be held accountable. Passionate about quality and safety. Inspirational, courageous, genuine, optimistic and enthusiastic. Fully self-aware with a high degree of emotional intelligence. Pay Range $360,400.00 USD – $425,600.00 USD The pay range listed for this position is the annual base salary that the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. In addition to base compensation, this position may be eligible for additional compensation, which may include performance-based incentive bonuses. Beth Israel Lahey Health, including all of its employing entities, are a purpose-driven, values-based organization that unites our workforce of people who provide exceptional health care to everyone we serve. All of the employing entities of Beth Israel Lahey Health maintain policies of equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination in employment. Please see for more information about our purpose and values and for more information about our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy. #J-18808-Ljbffr