Job Description

Market Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Houston

Executive Leadership Across Three Specialized Hospitals

About the Houston Market

The Opportunity

• Strong hospital operations and clinical performance
• Market growth and program development
• Financial performance and P&L accountability
• Patient safety, quality, and regulatory excellence
• Leadership development and workforce engagement
• Integration and standardization across all three hospitals
• Strong physician, payor, referral, and community relationships

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and execute the Houston Market strategic plan in alignment with Nexus Health Systems' organizational goals.
• Identify and lead opportunities for market growth, service-line expansion, new program development, and strategic partnerships.
• Translate system-level objectives into measurable market and hospital initiatives.
• Drive greater operational integration and consistency across the three Houston-area hospitals.
• Partner with executive leadership to advance patient experience, innovation, clinical excellence, and organizational culture.
• Evaluate market trends and emerging opportunities that may influence future growth and service delivery.

Hospital & Market Operations

• Provide executive oversight of hospital operations across Houston, Shenandoah, and The Woodlands
• Establish clear performance expectations and accountability for market and hospital leadership.
• Ensure each campus achieves established operational, clinical, quality, and patient-care objectives.
• Develop and monitor market-level KPIs and operating metrics to identify trends, opportunities, and areas requiring corrective action.
• Drive continuous improvement, operational efficiency, and standardization across facilities.
• Ensure appropriate infrastructure and resources are in place to support safe, effective, and sustainable operations.

Financial Leadership & P&L Management

• Maintain executive accountability for the financial performance of the Houston Market.
• Lead the development and management of operating and capital budgets across all three hospitals.
• Monitor revenue, expenses, labor, productivity, census, profitability, and other key financial indicators.
• Implement corrective strategies when performance falls below established targets.
• Partner with finance and revenue cycle leadership to optimize financial performance, reimbursement, resource allocation, and cost management.
• Evaluate the financial and operational impact of new programs, contracts, capital investments, and strategic partnerships.
• Balance financial stewardship with the delivery of high-quality patient care.

Quality, Safety & Regulatory Excellence

• Ensure all hospitals maintain compliance with applicable regulatory, accreditation, licensing, and patient-safety requirements.
• Partner with clinical and quality leadership to strengthen patient outcomes and organizational performance.
• Promote a culture in which patient safety, clinical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement are shared priorities.
• Ensure market leadership remains prepared for regulatory surveys, accreditation reviews, and other external assessments.

Executive Leadership & Culture

• Lead, mentor, develop, and hold accountable hospital and market-level leaders.
• Build a high-performing leadership team capable of executing the market's strategic and operational priorities.
• Foster collaboration between hospital operations, nursing, medical staff, behavioral health, therapy, admissions, finance, quality, and corporate leadership.
• Champion employee engagement, retention, succession planning, and leadership development.
• Maintain strong communication and visibility throughout all three campuses.
• Promote a mission-driven culture consistent with Nexus Health Systems' values and standards.

Growth & Community Partnerships

• Serve as a senior representative of Nexus Health Systems throughout the Greater Houston healthcare community.
• Develop strong relationships with physicians, health systems, payors, referral partners, educational institutions, community organizations, and other key stakeholders.
• Identify strategic partnerships that expand access, strengthen referral relationships, and support market growth.
• Support patient and family engagement through executive visibility, communication, and advocacy.
• Strengthen Nexus Health Systems' position as a leader in specialized medical and behavioral healthcare.

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Health, or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive healthcare leadership experience
• At least 5 years of executive leadership or multi-site management experience
• Demonstrated success leading complex hospital or health-system operations
• Significant experience with hospital financial management and P&L accountability
• Proven ability to lead senior-level teams and drive performance across multiple departments, facilities, or service lines.
• Strong understanding of healthcare operations, quality, regulatory compliance, financial management, and strategic planning.
• Exceptional executive communication, decision-making, relationship-building, and problem-solving capabilities.

The Ideal Candidate

• Hospital growth and service-line development
• P&L and operational performance
• Census and revenue growth
• Labor and productivity management
• Quality and patient safety
• Leadership development and employee retention
• Regulatory and accreditation performance
• Physician and referral-partner engagement
• Organizational change and operational transformation

Why Nexus Health Systems?