EVP and CEO of the KP Medical Foundation

Basic Qualifications:

Education/Licenses/Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Health Administration, or related field required.


• MD or DO with experience in a health care business leadership role required. Completion of approved residency program required.


• Actively licensed physician in a US state.


• Board Certified.

Additional Requirements:

• A leader who anticipates future needs and ensures the organization has the leadership, workforce, and capabilities it needs.


• The ability to persevere in the face of challenges and exhibit a steadfast resolve and relentless commitment to higher standards, which commands respect from others.


• A leader who is self-reflective and aware of her/his own limitations; leads by example and drives the organizations performance with an attitude of continuous improvement by being open to feedback and self-improvement.


• A leader who establishes personal and organizational learning as a priority.


• A leader who creates a culture of performance and accountability for individuals, teams, and the organization.


• Connects and builds strong relationships naturally with others, demonstrating strong emotional intelligence and an ability to communicate clearly and persuasively.


• Creates a sense of purpose/meaning for the team that generates followership and engages others to focus on the greater good and what’s best for the organization and communities served.


• Uses business and functional expertise, knowledge of the health care industry, other critical external factors, and a focus on the organization’s mission to meet the needs of patients, members, customers, and communities by developing strategies (in partnership with other leaders) that respond to a dynamic and complex environment.


• Influences and engages key internal and external stakeholders to receive input, understand perspectives and then effectively bring diverse points of view together.


• Creates an environment that encourages and enables people to work, learn and develop solutions together. 


• Proficiency with KP integrated model, operations, and markets is required.


• Experience with multispecialty medical groups is required.


• The inclination to seek and analyze data from a variety of sources to support decisions and to align others with the organizations strategy.


• A creative approach to developing new, innovative ideas that will stretch the organization and push the boundaries within the industry.


• The ability to effectively balance the desire/need for broad change with an understanding of how much change the organization is capable of handling, to create realistic goals and implementation plans that are achievable and successful.


• The ability to use organizational strategy and priorities and internal and external benchmarks to set clear, high-performance goals and allocate resources to consistently achieve objectives.


• Comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty; the ability to adapt nimbly and lead others through complex situations.


• A leader who is viewed by others as having a high degree of integrity and forethought in her/his approach to making decisions; the ability to act in a transparent and consistent manner while always considering what is best for the organization.


• The ability to anticipate and address future opportunities and threats, effectively managing change and taking on tough decisions.


• The ability to attract and recruit top talent, motivate the team, delegate effectively, celebrate diversity within the team, and manage performance; widely viewed as a strong developer of others.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 15+ years of experience working for a large, integrated delivery system of comparable size and complexity with large multispecialty medical groups, ambulatory care networks, and acute care hospitals is strongly preferred.


• 10+ years of operational oversight experience, including running the administrative operations for clinicians and medical office buildings is strongly preferred.


• 7+ years of experience leading a medical foundation or related experience is strongly preferred.


• Experience developing performance metrics and maintaining accountability in key areas of member satisfaction, quality improvement, finance, and delivery system performance is strongly preferred.


• Ability to work in a matrixed environment and with large groups is preferred.


• Skills to ensure alignment of improved operations, including customer service, operational infrastructure, staffing, policies and procedures, standards, and best practices is preferred.


• Strategic planning implementation, programmatic expansion and operational plans experience is preferred.


• Organic growth (i.e., growth within existing geographies) and inorganic growth (i.e., growth in new geographies) experience is preferred.


• Experience working in an organized labor environment and handling union negotiations is preferred.


• Additional MBA, MHA, or MPH degree preferred but not required.