Executive Director

Overview

Executive Director is the senior non-physician business leader accountable for the overall health, growth, and performance of WVCI. In dyad partnership with physician leadership, this role integrates strategy, operations, finance, people, technology, quality, safety, and stakeholder relationships so physicians can focus on exceptional cancer care. The Executive Director brings strong influence, credibility, business acumen, and culture-shaping leadership while building an inclusive environment grounded in trust, belonging, psychological safety, accountability, and an exceptional patient and employee experience.

The role serves as a key liaison to The US Oncology Network and supports the US Oncology Compliance Program, Code of Ethics, and Business Standards.

Employment Type:

Full Time
Benefits: M/D/V, Life Ins., 401(k)

Location:

Eugene, OR

• Co-create and communicate a multi-year vision with physician leadership that aligns clinical excellence, patient experience, financial sustainability, community needs, and Network strategy.
• Direct annual and long-range operating plans, budgets, capital priorities, staffing models, growth initiatives, and business cases for new sites, services, research, equipment, or technology.
• Own the practice P&L, forecasting, variance management, expense control, margin improvement, capital stewardship, and contract performance.
• Assess market, payer, reimbursement, regulatory, and competitive trends and develop scenarios and contingency plans.

• Translate strategy into measurable priorities across clinic, infusion, pharmacy, research, revenue cycle, and support functions.
• Use analytics and dashboards to improve access, scheduling, throughput, productivity, staffing, utilization, drug stewardship, denials, accounts receivable, quality, safety, and patient experience.
• Lead process improvement, standardization, and operational change without compromising care quality, safety, employee engagement, or the patient experience.
• Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, accreditation, payer, privacy, security, quality, safety, reporting, and ethical requirements.

• Build trusted physician relationships and effective communication rhythms that support transparent decisions, shared accountability, and alignment on practice priorities.
• Maintain productive relationships with hospitals, joint ventures, payers, vendors, community partners, and Network/PMO teams; negotiate effectively and resolve conflict constructively.
• Implement Network initiatives locally and share or adopt best practices, operating approaches, and talent across markets.

• Champion an inclusive, high-performing culture where employees and physicians feel respected, heard, connected, supported, and accountable.
• Build and develop a diverse, multi-level leadership team with clear roles, decision rights, operating rhythms, and accountability for results and leadership behaviors.
• Ensure workforce planning, talent acquisition, performance management, coaching, recognition, corrective action, retention, and succession practices are consistent, equitable, and transparent.
• Assess bench strength, coach rising leaders, expand access to development opportunities, and address barriers to belonging, engagement, well-being, and retention.
• Lead operational, technology, care-model, and organizational change with transparency, inclusion, structure, courage, and steadiness.

• INSPIRE: Sets direction, explains the why, models values, and speaks up when ethics, safety, respect, or culture are compromised.
• LEVERAGE: Uses an enterprise-first mindset to collaborate, influence, negotiate, and build durable physician and stakeholder partnerships.
• EXECUTE: Converts strategy into disciplined financial, operational, quality, safety, people, and patient results.
• ADVANCE: Anticipates change, acts courageously, innovates thoughtfully, and leads through ambiguity.
• DEVELOP: Creates belonging and psychological safety, coaches leaders, develops successors, and models continuous learning.

• Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, business administration, finance, accounting, or a related field required; MHA, MBA, or related master's degree preferred.
• Minimum seven years of progressive healthcare management and operations experience, including at least three years in a leadership or managerial…