THE OPPORTUNITY

• 10+ years of senior leadership experience in progressive leadership roles within a hospital, health system, or similar sized membership organization. The ideal candidate will have a track record of strong governance experience and/or board engagement.
• Undergraduate degree required; advanced degree strongly preferred.

• Key Stakeholder Management Experience: A track record of success in establishing trusted relationships and building consensus among a diverse range of stakeholders, including team members, peer organizations, policymakers, and regulators, around common goals and issues. Intimate knowledge of how the various components and interests of the healthcare industry work together will be critical for success.
• Industry Knowledge: In-depth understanding of the complexities of the changing health delivery and financing environments is essential. An understanding of Maine, including its political and regulatory climate, would also be considered an asset but not a requirement.
• Builds Collaborative Relationships: A track record of success in positively influencing public policy in a bi-partisan manner at the state level with relevant policymakers and regulators. Builds trusted relationships among the Board and members to align consensus for a common vision by demonstrating excellent listening skills coupled with outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

• Strategic Planning: Creates and deploys an innovative and forward-looking strategy and leads the MHA staff to successfully accomplish the stated goals and objectives through a culture of accountability and alignment with member expectations.
• Innovation: Fosters and facilitates the sharing of best practices and educational programs focused upon clinical quality, patient safety, workforce development and solutions to help all providers improve patient outcomes across the state of Maine. Seeks creative solutions.
• Forward-thinking: Leverages new opportunities and adapts the strategy in a changing healthcare environment to be agile and responsive.

• Enterprise Leadership: Inspires and guides others in the organization to respond to the needs of its members; builds new capabilities to achieve long-term success and viability while optimizing impact for members as the healthcare landscape continuously changes in the coming months and years. The CEO and leadership team of MHA will work to identify member needs and build key partnerships and coalitions.
• Team and Culture Builder: The CEO understands that talent is a key differentiator and works hard to retain, motivate, recruit, and develop a diverse, high-performing team by fostering a culture of inclusion, innovation, transparency, and motivation to align with the organizational mission and vision.
• Organizational Alignment: Calibrates and reviews the impact of existing programs, identifies new opportunities to engage and broaden the membership, and targets resources to achieve the specific strategic agenda approved by the Board.