Vice President of Clinical Laboratory Services

Vice President of Clinical Laboratory Services

Work where every moment matters. Every day, more than 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: pride in what they do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut's most comprehensive healthcare network. Hartford HealthCare is transforming healthcare across Connecticut and beyond—enhancing access, affordability, health equity, and excellence. Spanning 500 locations across 185 towns and cities, our comprehensive care-delivery system is built to serve every community, every day. From world-class hospitals—including two tertiary-level teaching hospitals, an acute-care community teaching hospital, an acute-care hospital and trauma center, and three community hospitals—to an expansive network of behavioral health services, multispecialty physician groups, urgent and virtual care, surgery centers, home care, senior care, rehabilitation, and mobile neighborhood health programs, Hartford HealthCare is there when and where it matters most. We touch the lives of nearly 28,000 people every single day, delivering unparalleled care through our unique Institute Model—bringing together leading experts in neuroscience, cancer, digestive health, heart and vascular care, orthopedics, and urology & kidney health to provide a unified, high standard of care at the most affordable cost.

Position Summary: The Vice President, Clinical Laboratory Services is a strategic, system-level leader responsible for the vision, operational excellence, financial performance, and clinical quality of all laboratory services across Hartford HealthCare. The Vice President oversees an integrated network of hospital-based, ambulatory, outreach and reference laboratories, ensuring service line alignment, regulatory compliance, and the delivery of high reliability, patient centered care. The Vice President will drive innovation, standardization, and growth, positioning Hartford HealthCare's clinical labs as a regional leader in advanced diagnostics, automation, and value-based care.

Key Accountabilities:

• Provide executive oversight of systemwide laboratory operations while standardizing workflows, optimizing LIS, ensuring reliability, and driving major improvement initiatives
• Develop and execute a system wide laboratory strategy aligned with Hartford HealthCare's mission, quality goals, and growth priorities by advancing diagnostic capabilities in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology including molecular, genomic, and digital pathology and partnering with executive leadership, physicians, and clinical service lines to support enterprise-wide clinical initiatives
• Ensure full regulatory compliance while fostering a culture of safety, monitoring key quality metrics, and driving continuous improvement
• Lead budgeting, cost management, revenue optimization, and strategic growth initiatives, including capital planning and new service development
• Advance diagnostic innovation through AI, automation, digital pathology, and data integration while leading LIS/EHR optimization and digital transformation
• Guide a diverse laboratory workforce, advancing recruitment, retention, development, workforce pipeline and engagement strategies
• Participate in training of Pathology residents and fellows, post-doctoral fellows and medical students
• Provide lectures and develop independent research activities and publication thereof in scientifically qualified peer-reviewed journals

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences or related area
• Ten plus years of progressive leadership experience in clinical laboratory operations within a complex health system
• Proven experience managing multi-site laboratories, large teams, and high-volume operations
• Demonstrated success with regulatory survey readiness, quality improvement, and financial performance
• Experience in leading automation, standardization, or major transformation initiatives
• Strategic thinking with ability to balance clinical quality and business performance
• Executive presence and strong communication skills
• Collaborative leadership style with ability to influence across a matrixed health system
• Commitment to high-reliability principles and patient centric service
• Innovation mindset with ability to lead change at scale
• If applicable, eligible for licensure in Connecticut (PhD/MD)

We take great care of careers. With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment.