Executive Director, Healthcare Facilities Operations

We are seeking an experienced Executive Director, Facilities Operations to provide strategic leadership for a large ambulatory healthcare facilities portfolio across Northeast Ohio. This executive role will oversee facilities management services supporting 300 outpatient and ambulatory care locations, ensuring operational excellence, regulatory compliance, financial performance, and exceptional service delivery.

The ideal candidate brings deep healthcare facilities leadership experience, enterprise-scale portfolio management expertise, and a proven ability to partner with executive stakeholders to support organizational growth and patient-centered care.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead facilities operations across a large multi-site healthcare network.
• Develop and execute scalable facilities management strategies for outpatient and ambulatory care locations.
• Oversee maintenance operations, engineering services, asset management, vendor management, and contracted services.
• Ensure compliance with healthcare regulatory, accreditation, environmental, and life-safety standards, including Joint Commission, CMS, and NFPA requirements.
• Drive operational standardization, continuous improvement, and service excellence across all locations.
• Manage large operating and capital budgets, forecasting, resource planning, and performance metrics.
• Oversee construction, renovation, and facility improvement initiatives.
• Lead large, multi-layered facilities teams and support workforce engagement, development, and retention.
• Partner with health system executives, physicians, administrators, and operational leaders to align facilities services with business and patient care objectives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 7 years of management experience with direct people leadership responsibility.
• Minimum 7 years of facilities management, engineering, or business operations services experience involving both hard and soft facilities services.
• Experience leading facilities operations within healthcare environments.
• Demonstrated success managing large multi-site facilities portfolios.
• Experience overseeing large teams, multiple management layers, and significant FTE populations.
• Strong financial management experience, including operating budgets, forecasting, and resource planning.
• Proven ability to partner with executive leadership and drive strategic initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting hospital systems, ambulatory care networks, academic medical centers, or regional healthcare systems.
• Experience managing enterprise-level facilities programs supporting 100 locations.
• Background in healthcare engineering, facilities compliance, construction management, or integrated facilities services.

Apply today to lead facilities operations for one of the region's most complex and impactful healthcare environments.