Senior Director, Operations - Psychiatry (Healthcare)

Location: Remote, nationwide in the United States; corporate location listed as Sacramento, California.

Base salary: $153,380–$199,395 annually, exclusive of fringe benefits or potential bonuses; eligible for the annual corporate Success Sharing bonus program.

Company

hirify.global is a healthcare organization focused on transforming care across practices and programs nationwide.

What you will do

• Lead psychiatry and behavioral health operations across all practices and programs, managing performance metrics including patient volume, ALOS, quality, throughput, census, utilization, and readmissions.
• Develop operational playbooks, policies, procedures, launch and stabilization processes, and compliance practices for psychiatric programs.
• Set the specialty technology strategy across EHR and behavioral health documentation systems, telepsychiatry platforms, crisis tools, data integration, analytics, and AI adoption.
• Lead directors, AODs, operations managers, and program consultants; build succession plans, develop leaders, and partner with recruiting on the operations talent pipeline.
• Manage specialty P&L, budgets, vendor relationships, contracts, staffing costs, business cases, and financial and operational risk.
• Integrate new practices and programs, support growth proposals and proformas, and partner with analytics, contracts, compliance, clinical leadership, IT, and executive stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Healthcare Management, Public Health, or a related field.
• 8–10 years of progressive operations management experience, including leadership of multi-level teams.
• At least five years in psychiatry or behavioral health, or an equivalent combination of education and experience demonstrating the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Strong healthcare management knowledge, ideally including hospital-based and physician specialty management; working knowledge of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health models, crisis stabilization, consult-liaison, and telepsychiatry.
• Familiarity with involuntary hold and civil commitment processes and psychiatric-care regulations, including Joint Commission, CMS Conditions of Participation, and state behavioral health licensing requirements.
• Knowledge of payer contracting, utilization review, revenue cycle management, performance measures, medical-legal considerations, clinical standards, restraint/seclusion, and patient safety risks.
• Ability to assess needs quickly, deploy resources, deliver results, manage multiple priorities, and operate in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical, conceptual, collaborative, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills; ability to motivate and develop others.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and ability to work effectively with physician partners and practice service teams.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Management, Public Health, or a related field.
• Lean certification.
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Experience in healthcare, physician specialty management, multi-location operations, or hospital/inpatient behavioral health settings.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote nationwide role with flexible work hours and opportunities to participate in virtual community events, seminars, and team-building activities.
• Health, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, life, AD&D, and travel assistance benefits.
• 401(k) plan with a $1.20 match for every dollar up to 6%, plus discretionary profit-sharing contributions; eligibility begins in January following 18 months of service.
• Three to four weeks of annual paid time off, wellness programs, professional development, student loan refinancing discounts, and an employee assistance program.
• Purpose-driven culture focused on improving patient, community, and employee lives.

Hiring process

• Applications are for applicants only; agencies are not accepted.
• Final compensation is determined based on skills, education, experience, and internal equity; candidates should speak with a recruiter for further details.