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COO-PREMIER PHYSICIAN NETWORK

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Job Description

The Premier Physician Network is seeking a transformational Chief Operating Officer (COO) to lead one of the region's largest multi-specialty physician organizations and faculty practice plans. This executive will drive operational excellence, strategic growth, physician alignment, and innovation while advancing our mission of exceptional patient care, academic excellence, and long-term sustainability.

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Premier Physician Network

As a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, the COO serves as the senior operational leader responsible for the performance, growth, scalability, and sustainability of Premier Physician Network. Partnering closely with physician leaders, institute executives, health system leadership, and academic partners, the COO will translate strategy into action, delivering measurable results across clinical operations, ambulatory services, patient access, workforce effectiveness, quality, and financial performance.

This leader will oversee a complex physician enterprise that supports employed and affiliated physicians, advanced practice providers, faculty clinical practice operations, ambulatory sites, and multidisciplinary institutes. The COO will also play a critical role in aligning clinical operations with the education and research missions of the academic health system.

What You'll Do

  • Lead enterprise-wide operational strategy, growth initiatives, and transformation efforts that strengthen market position, consumer access, operational efficiency, and financial performance.
  • Oversee physician practice and ambulatory operations, ensuring consistent execution of organizational priorities and achievement of quality, access, patient experience, workforce, and productivity goals.
  • Partner with physician, academic, and health system leaders to advance integrated clinical, educational, and research objectives.
  • Drive operational integration across institutes, physician practices, ambulatory services, hospitals, and shared-service functions.
  • Champion innovation through digital transformation, analytics, workflow optimization, and new care delivery models.
  • Provide stewardship of operational and financial performance, including budgeting, resource allocation, productivity improvement, and strategic investments.
  • Build and develop high-performing leadership teams while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, and inclusion.

What We're Looking For

The ideal candidate is a visionary and collaborative healthcare executive with a demonstrated record of leading complex physician enterprises, driving transformational change, and achieving sustainable operational and financial results. Success in this role requires exceptional strategic thinking, relationship-building, physician partnership, and leadership development capabilities.

Why Join Us

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of an integrated physician enterprise at the intersection of clinical care, academic medicine, and innovation. The COO will play a pivotal role in advancing growth, improving access and patient outcomes, developing future healthcare leaders, and creating lasting impact across the communities we serve.

Qualifications

  • Education
  • Required
  • Master's degree in healthcare administration, Business Administration, Public Health, or related field.
  • MBA, MHA, MPH, or equivalent advanced degree.

Preferred

  • Fellowship, membership, or active participation in professional healthcare leadership organizations such as the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).

Experience

Required

  • Minimum of 10 years of progressive executive leadership experience in healthcare operations, with demonstrated responsibility for large, complex physician enterprises, multi-site ambulatory operations, or integrated healthcare delivery systems.
  • Proven success leading operational strategy, organizational growth, performance improvement, physician alignment, workforce optimization, and large-scale transformational initiatives.
  • Experience partnering with physicians, senior executives, and multidisciplinary leadership teams to achieve clinical, operational, financial, and strategic objectives.

Preferred

  • Executive leadership experience within an academic health system, faculty practice plan, or physician enterprise that integrates clinical care, medical education, and research.
  • Demonstrated expertise in strategic planning, healthcare operations, financial management, change leadership, and organizational transformation.
  • Track record of driving improvements in access, quality, patient experience, provider engagement, operational efficiency, and financial performance.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Comprehensive understanding of physician practice operations, ambulatory care delivery, and healthcare business management.
  • Knowledge of faculty practice plan structures, academic affiliation agreements, and the operational and financial implications of clinical, teaching, research, and administrative responsibilities.
  • Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, productivity management, resource allocation, and performance analytics.
  • Exceptional leadership, relationship-building, communication, and influence skills, with the ability to align diverse stakeholders around strategic priorities.
  • Demonstrated ability to leverage data, analytics, and performance metrics to inform decision-making and drive measurable results.
  • Skilled in leading complex organizations through growth, innovation, and change while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

If you are an accomplished healthcare executive who thrives in complex environments and is passionate about operational excellence, physician partnership, and transforming healthcare delivery, we invite you to apply.

Key Responsibilities

The COO will lead enterprise-wide operational strategy, growth initiatives, and transformation efforts to ensure the performance and sustainability of the physician network. They will partner with physician and academic leaders to integrate clinical, educational, and research objectives while overseeing ambulatory services and patient access.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
10+ years of experience

Administration — Physician Career Context

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is down 4.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Ohio is 92.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.3% of Ohio clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Physician by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPhysician median $283k (middle half $185k–$340k)38 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingOhio index 92.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physician listings in Ohio652 active22,586 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedOhio Physician listings: 24% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 8% offer loan repayment652 active listings, Nov 2026
Physician pay trend−4.1% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
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Living in Dayton

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$147k
Typical market rent
$1,241/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
State income tax
Up to 4%
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