Market Chief Executive Officer - Houston

Market Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Houston

Nexus Health Systems | Houston Market
Houston
• Shenandoah
• The Woodlands, Texas

Executive Leadership Across Three Specialized Hospitals

Nexus Health Systems is seeking an accomplished healthcare executive to serve as Market Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for our Houston Market
, providing strategic, operational, clinical, and financial leadership across three specialized hospitals serving the Greater Houston area.

The Market CEO is the senior executive responsible for the overall performance of Nexus Children’s Hospital – Houston, Nexus Children’s Hospital – Shenandoah, and Nexus Children’s Hospital – The Woodlands
. This leader will oversee market strategy, hospital operations, financial performance, quality, growth, leadership development, and organizational culture while ensuring each campus delivers exceptional patient care.

This is a highly visible executive role for a proven hospital leader who can successfully manage a complex, multi-site healthcare market while building strong leadership teams and driving sustainable growth.

Nexus Health Systems’ Houston Market consists of three specialized hospitals providing care to children, adolescents, and adults with complex medical, behavioral, neurodevelopmental, and rehabilitation needs.

Our interdisciplinary model bridges medical and behavioral healthcare
, providing specialized programs designed to promote recovery, independence, and long‑term quality of life.

At Nexus, our mission is simple but critical:
bridge medical and behavioral care so no person falls through the cracks.

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer of Nexus Health Systems, the Market CEO will have executive accountability for the performance and strategic direction of the Houston Market.

You will partner with hospital administrators, market leadership, physicians, clinical leaders, and corporate executives to drive:

• Strong hospital operations and clinical performance
• Market growth and program development
• Financial performance and P&L accountability
• Patient safety, quality, and regulatory excellence
• Leadership development and workforce engagement
• Integration and standardization across all three hospitals
• Strong physician, payor, referral, and community relationships

• Develop and execute the Houston Market strategic plan in alignment with Nexus Health Systems' organizational goals.
• Identify and lead opportunities for market growth, service-line expansion, new program development, and strategic partnerships.
• Translate system-level objectives into measurable market and hospital initiatives.
• Drive greater operational integration and consistency across the three Houston-area hospitals.
• Partner with executive leadership to advance patient experience, innovation, clinical excellence, and organizational culture.
• Evaluate market trends and emerging opportunities that may influence future growth and service delivery.

• Provide executive oversight of hospital operations across Houston, Shenandoah, and The Woodlands
  .
• Establish clear performance expectations and accountability for market and hospital leadership.
• Ensure each campus achieves established operational, clinical, quality, and patient-care objectives.
• Develop and monitor market-level KPIs and operating metrics to identify trends, opportunities, and areas requiring corrective action.
• Drive continuous improvement, operational efficiency, and standardization across facilities.
• Ensure appropriate infrastructure and resources are in place to support safe, effective, and sustainable operations.

• Maintain executive accountability for the financial performance of the Houston Market.
• Lead the development and management of operating and capital budgets across all three hospitals.
• Monitor revenue, expenses, labor, productivity, census, profitability, and other key financial indicators.
• Implement corrective strategies when performance falls below established targets.
• Partner with finance and revenue cycle leadership to optimize financial performance, reimbursement, resource…