Executive Director – Healthcare Facilities Management

We are seeking a seasoned Executive Director of Facilities Operations to lead enterprise facilities management across a large multi-site healthcare system supporting 300 ambulatory and outpatient care locations throughout Northeast Ohio.

This senior leadership role is responsible for driving operational excellence regulatory compliance financial performance and service delivery consistency across a complex healthcare facilities portfolio. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in healthcare facilities management multi-site operations and executive stakeholder leadership within large health systems or academic medical environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership for facilities operations across a large ambulatory healthcare network
• Develop and scale a standardized high-performing facilities management program across 300 outpatient sites
• Lead maintenance engineering asset management vendor management and contracted services (hard & soft services)
• Ensure full compliance with Joint Commission CMS NFPA OSHA and life-safety regulations
• Drive operational consistency cost optimization and continuous improvement across all facilities operations
• Manage capital planning budgeting forecasting and financial performance for large-scale facilities portfolios
• Partner with C-suite executives physicians and operational leaders to align facilities strategy with clinical and organizational goals
• Oversee multi-site teams multiple management layers and significant FTE populations
• Lead construction coordination and major facilities improvement projects as needed

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of management experience in facilities engineering or operations leadership
• Minimum 7 years of facilities/engineering experience across hard and soft services
• Proven leadership of large multi-site healthcare facilities portfolios (100 locations strongly preferred)
• Experience in health systems ambulatory networks or academic medical centers (REQUIRED preference)
• Strong background managing large teams and multi-layered organizational structures (FTE oversight required)
• Demonstrated success in budget ownership forecasting capital planning and performance management
• Experience partnering with executive leadership (C-suite clinical leadership hospital administration)
• Bachelors degree in Facilities Management Engineering Business or related field (or equivalent experience)

Preferred Experience

• Leadership within large health systems or academic medical environments
• Experience managing enterprise ambulatory facilities programs or regional multi-site portfolios
• Background overseeing both hard services (engineering maintenance construction) and soft services (security grounds logistics support services)
• Experience driving standardization operational transformation or large-scale facilities integration