SVP, Service Line Operations

Requisition Title

SVP, Service Line Operations
Requisition ID

2026-38315
Category

Business Professional
Job Locations

US-KY-Lexington
Community

Leadership & Human Resources
Posted Date

5/26/2026
Position Type

Regular Full-Time
Department

Senior Leadership
Shift

Day Shift
Facility/Process Level : Location

US-KY-Lexington
Requisition Post Information* : External Company Name

Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc.
Requisition Post Information* : External Company URL

www.arh.org
Facility/Process Level : Postal Code

40505
Facility/Process Level : Address

2260 Executive Drive

Qualifications:

Education
• Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or related field required.
• Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Health, or related field preferred.

Minimum Work Experience
• Minimum seven (7) years progressive experience in healthcare leadership required
• Experience leading hospital operations, service line operations, physician integration, or clinical growth initiatives required
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale operational improvement or organizational growth initiatives across multiple facilities preferred.

 

Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
• Strong knowledge of healthcare operations, physician integration, and service line development.
• Strong operational, financial, and analytical leadership skills.
• Ability to lead complex organizational initiatives across multiple hospitals and departments in a complex Union environment.
• Experience building operational structures, governance models, and scalable clinical programs.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and relationship management skills.
• Ability to work effectively with physicians, executive leadership, operational leaders, and external stakeholders.
• Experience driving operational improvement, growth initiatives, and performance accountability.
• Knowledge of regulatory and accreditation requirements impacting hospital operations and clinical services.

Responsibilities:

· Provides executive leadership for the operational development, integration, and growth of clinical service lines across the ARH system.

· Leads the operational implementation of service line initiatives designed to improve volumes, patient access, physician alignment, market growth, and operational performance.

· Oversees the development and operational structure of assigned service lines including, but not limited to, Orthopedics, Women’s Services, Cardiology, and additional strategic clinical programs.

· Builds scalable operational leadership structures and governance models to support long-term service line growth and organizational sustainability.

· Partners with executive leadership, physicians, nursing leadership, and hospital operations teams to support coordinated, integrated service delivery across the system.

· Collaborates with physician leadership and medical staff to support physician engagement, program development, recruitment initiatives, and operational alignment efforts.

· Supports the establishment of service line leadership infrastructure including operational leadership roles, dyad leadership models, physician partnerships, and program oversight structures.

· Identifies opportunities to improve operational efficiency, throughput, coordination of care, patient experience, and overall service line performance across multiple facilities.

· Partners with Finance, Operations, Marketing, Physician Services, and Business Development teams to support operational growth initiatives and service expansion opportunities.

· Oversees service line operational performance through the development and monitoring of key performance indicators, operational benchmarks, productivity measures, and quality outcomes.

· Supports operational planning associated with capital investments, technology implementation, program expansion, workforce planning, and facility growth initiatives.

· Drives operational standardization and process improvement efforts to reduce variation and improve consistency across clinical programs and facilities.

· Ensures assigned service line operations maintain compliance with all applicable regulatory, accreditation, and organizational standards.

· Promotes a culture aligned with ARH values focused on collaboration, innovation, accountability, service excellence, operational performance, and organizational growth.

· Participates in executive leadership initiatives, strategic operational planning activities, organizational committees, and special projects as assigned.

· Performs other duties as assigned in support of ARH operational and strategic objectives.