What are the responsibilities and job description for the Executive Director, SEPA Behavioral Health & Integrated Care position at Merakey?
The Executive Director, Southeast Pennsylvania Behavioral Health & Integrated Care provides executive leadership, operational oversight, and fiscal accountability for a diverse portfolio of behavioral health, integrated care, and health and human services across Southeast Pennsylvania.
Reporting to the Senior Executive Director, this role provides executive leadership and operational oversight for a complex, multidisciplinary portfolio of health services within the region. The Executive Director will partner with clinical, medical, financial, HR, quality, compliance, IT, payer, and executive leaders to strengthen services and advance an integrated approach to care.
This is a highly visible leadership role for a strategic, results-oriented executive who can translate vision into action, develop strong leaders, and drive measurable improvements across a complex service system. The Executive Director will identify opportunities to improve processes, systems, productivity, access, and financial performance while ensuring programs remain aligned with regulatory and quality standards.
The ideal leader brings a strong understanding of the behavioral health and healthcare landscape, with the ability to navigate payer, provider, regulatory, and community environments. This role will also help advance program growth, strategic partnerships, contract development, and system-wide improvement initiatives.
Success in this position requires exceptional communication, collaboration, negotiation, and change-management skills, along with the ability to build accountability and create alignment across teams and stakeholders.
This is an opportunity to lead meaningful behavioral health and integrated care services while shaping strategy, strengthening operations, developing leaders, and improving outcomes for the communities Merakey serves.
Benefits
Merakey offers generous benefits that promote well-being, financial security, and work-life balance, including:
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus access to healthcare advocacy support.
- Retirement plan -- both pre-tax and Roth (after-tax) options available for employee contributions.
- DailyPay -- access your pay when you need it!
- On the Goga well-being platform, featuring self-care tools and resources.
- Access Care.com for backup childcare, elder care, and household services.
- Confidential counseling, legal, and financial services through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Tuition reimbursement and educational partnerships.
- Employee discounts and savings programs on entertainment, travel, and lifestyle.
- Access to Pryor Online Learning for free online personal development classes.
Learn more about our full benefits package - https://www.merakey.org/careers/benefits
About Merakey
Merakey is a non-profit provider of developmental, behavioral health, and education services. More than 8,000 employees provide support to nearly 40,000 individuals and families throughout 12 states across the country each year. Click here to watch a video about Merakey. Merakey strictly follows a zero-tolerance policy for abuse.
Merakey is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer! We deeply value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ethnic background, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or disability status. Moreover, we are committed to creating teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. Merakey welcomes all Veterans to apply!
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in a health or human services field, or a related discipline, required.
- 5–10 years of supervisory or management experience.
- Demonstrated ability to develop, communicate, and implement strategic and project plans.
- Strong understanding of the payer, provider, and regulatory landscape.
- Experience building relationships with industry leaders, funders, and key stakeholders.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly communicate vision, goals, and expectations.
- Proven ability to collaborate across teams and disciplines to achieve shared goals.
- Strong negotiation skills, particularly related to contracts, partnerships, and program development.