Executive Vice President, Specialty Services

Title: Executive Vice President (EVP) for Specialty Services

Client: Southcentral Foundation

Location: Anchorage AK 100% onsite

Salary Range/Compensation:

-Hiring Range: $455684.44 - $637958.17

-Pay Range: $455684.44 - $729095.10

Company Overview

Alaska Native People Shaping Health Care

Southcentral Foundation (SCF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit health care organization owned and operated by Alaska Native people. SCF serves more than 70000 Alaska Native and American Indian customer-owners through an integrated system of medical behavioral dental and specialty services. They are known nationally and internationally for their unique approach to care.

Southcentral Foundations Nuka System of Care

Southcentral Foundations Nuka System of Care (Nuka) is a relationship-based customer-owned approach to transforming health care improving outcomes and reducing costs. Recognized as one of the worlds leading examples of health care redesign SCF offers healthcare organizations value-based solutions for data and information management integrated care behavioral health workforce development improvement innovation and more.

Please visit SCFs website for more information about its awards and recognition.

The Mission

Vision: A Native Community that enjoys physical mental emotional and spiritual wellness.

Mission: Working together with the Native Community to achieve wellness through health and related services.

Goals: Shared Responsibility Commitment to Quality Family Wellness Operational Excellence

SCF is internationally recognized for its relationship-based Nuka System of Care which emphasizes shared responsibility continuity and whole-person wellness.

Customer-owner: This term gives those receiving care to not only be customers but also owners of their own health and owners of the care system by providing feedback that will guide future improvement. It signifies a substantial change in the relationship between customer-owners and care providers. More than just diagnosing illnesses and prescribing treatment SCFs providers work in relationship with customer-owners to help them achieve whole person wellness.

Relationships: When providers build strong relationships with customer-owners it helps providers better understand the health issues social factors and family history that customer-owners are facing and gives them the opportunity to help them make healthier choices in their addition to these relationships SCF employees build strong relationships with each other and SCF maintains a strong relationship with the community.

Partnership and collaboration: SCF works together with the customer-owner as an active partner. We are all on this journey together. Every aspect of SCFs Nuka System of Care is driven by customer-owners from customer-ownership and health care delivery systems to facility design process and quality improvement and infrastructure.

Recommended Viewing: SCF leadership describe the mission.

About Anchorage AK

With a population of nearly 300K residents Anchorage is home to nearly 40% of Alaskas population and is the center of the states urban life. Anchorage combines city amenities and accessibility with the vivid and striking natural beauty that Alaska is famous for including downtown salmon runs miles of hiking trails and the opportunity to see the Northern Lights. Located in Southern Alaska in the Cook Inlet region Anchorage is also one of the warmest areas of the state with temperatures approaching 80 F in Summer. Anchorage also has a major airport making it a well-connected location with regular flights only an hour away from Seattle.

There are 224 federally recognized tribes and 20 Indigenous languages spoken in the State of Alaska. The Denaina a group of Athabascans are the original inhabitants of the Southcentral Alaska and Anchorage is inside the traditional Denaina 2024 the Anchorage School District estimated 112 different languages spoken by students or their families at home. The top five languages apart from English were Spanish Samoan Filipino Hmong and Yupik.

Check out Visit Anchorage Alaskas website for more highlights of the area.

Job Description

The Executive Vice President for Specialty Services reports directly to the President/CEO of Southcentral Foundation and plays a crucial role as a physician member of the executive team. The EVP Specialty Services is responsible for promoting SCFs vision mission and objectives directing the performance and operation of the corporation and ensuring SCFs financial sustainability. The EVP for Specialty Services works with the President/CEO the EVP team to develop and implement strategies to achieve SCFs short and long-term corporate goals and objectives. This position provides guidance to the Vice Presidents in the organization.

The EVP of Specialty Services works directly with the Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC) Hospital Administrator to oversee and manage the ANMC campus.

Areas of responsibility include but are not limited to the following: maternal child health services including inpatient pediatrics specialty pediatrics services child and family development services and inpatient OB-GYN emergency services departmentfast track optometry audiology and dental services.

The Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC) offers comprehensive medical services and acute specialty primary and behavioral health care to Alaska Native and American Indian people living in Alaska. The award-winning medical center includes a 182-bed hospital houses Alaskas first Level II Trauma Center and is also a Level II Pediatric Trauma Center. The hospital also works in close partnership with rural health facilities statewide to support a broad range of health care and related services.

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and Southcentral Foundation established a Joint Operating Board to ensure unified operation of health services provided at the Alaska Native Medical Center.

Visit Alaskas Native Medical Centers website for more information.

Experience and Education

SCF programs are established to serve a primary population comprised of Alaska Native people who are affiliated with Cook Inlet Region Inc. (CIRI) and Alaska Native and American Indian people within SCFs geographical service area. Employees should have a thorough understanding of the cultures and the needs of this population. Such knowledge is critical to ensure the achievement of SCFs vision of a Native Community that enjoys physical mental emotional and spiritual wellness and mission of working together with the Native Community to achieve wellness through health and related services.

The Ideal Candidate will possess the following experience skills and leadership attributes:

Experience as a high-level physician executive overseeing largescale and complex service lines and operations

Experience working in complex healthcare environments including community-based healthcare organizations accountable care organizations large health systems and/or hospitals.

Clinical and/or executive experience with the service lines reporting to the position (e.g. Family Practice OB-GYN Pediatrics Psychiatry Emergency Medicine or Internist)

A strong advocate of Southcentral Foundation and its mission

Collaborative leadership and the ability to work with internal and external stakeholders at various levels

A strategic innovative creative forward-thinking mindset to help push the organization forward

MD or DO degree with appropriate board certification and five (5) years of experience as a practicing physician.

At least (10) years of progressively more responsible experience in corporate management with at least five (5) years of this experience as a Vice President Chief Medical Officer Medical Director or other Director level position or any combination of training and experience that provides the required skills knowledge and abilities.

Compensation Benefits

Southcentral Foundation offers competitive compensation and benefits package which is inclusive of but not limited to the following:

Generous paid time off begins accruing upon hire at 5.2 weeks the first two years and moves to 6.5 weeks of PTO after two years of employment.

13 paid holidays with no waiting period

Employee wellness leave

Retirement program with a generous employer match of 4% and an additional discretionary contribution once yearly based on employees compensation.

Comprehensive coverage includes 22 federal health care plan options for medical and optional dental and vision coverage.

Flexible spending accounts health savings accounts and health reimbursement account options.

100% coverage of premiums for short-term disability long-term disability employee basic life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance.

Supplemental life and AD&D options for employees spouses and children. Supplemental long-term disability for highly compensated employees

For a complete list of benefits please view Southcentral Foundations benefits summary.

Important Note

Candidates are encouraged to express interest early in the process. This recruitment is considered open until filled. For first consideration submit your application by February 16 2026.

Alaska Native/American Indian Preference in Employment

Pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act as amended SCF pursues a policy of Alaska Native/American Indian preference in hiring contracting and training.

For additional information please contact:

Julia Morse VP Healthcare & Public Sector

-or-

Phong Trieu VP Fulfillment Strategies

Required Experience:

Senior Exec