Operating Partner, Healthcare

About The Brydon Group

The Brydon Group is a talent-first private equity firm based in Washington, DC. We partner with exceptional mid-career executives to acquire and build B2B, B2G, and healthcare software and tech-enabled services businesses.

Brydon combines deep investing experience with a hands‑on approach to value creation. We work closely with portfolio company leadership teams to translate investment theses into practical operating plans, build durable growth systems, and prepare businesses for successful exits. Brydon is currently investing out of its $300 million Fund III and has completed more than 40 acquisitions.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Healthcare Operating Partner to serve as the primary value creation partner and Board Chair to a defined group of Brydon healthcare portfolio companies, typically four to five businesses spanning healthcare SaaS, health technology, healthcare services, and multi‑site healthcare platforms.

The Operating Partner will serve as Board Chair and as Brydon’s day‑to‑day operating partner to each assigned company. This person will work closely with CEOs and leadership teams to drive execution against the investment thesis, operating plan, budget, and value creation agenda. The role combines governance, coaching, and hands‑on execution support, with a particular focus on profitable growth, go‑to‑market effectiveness within healthcare verticals, pricing and packaging, product strategy, AI enablement, and add‑on M&A.

Beyond direct portfolio company work, the Operating Partner will help institutionalize repeatable excellence across the healthcare portfolio by codifying and scaling best practices across our management teams.

This role is ideal for a seasoned healthcare executive who has spent meaningful time in both advisory or consulting environments and operating roles — someone who thrives in fast‑moving, ambiguous environments and has repeatedly helped leadership teams deliver measurable change and results in healthcare software, health technology, healthcare services, or multi‑site healthcare businesses.

Key Responsibilities

Board Leadership & Governance

• Serve as Board Chair for each assigned healthcare portfolio company
• Partner closely with CEOs to set board agendas, lead effective board discussions, and maintain strong alignment between management teams and Brydon
• Synthesize company performance, emerging risks, and key decisions for the investment team on a regular cadence

Value Creation & Performance Management

• Serve as the primary accountability partner to CEOs and senior leadership teams across four to five healthcare portfolio companies
• Partner with management teams to develop and execute each company’s value creation plan, with particular emphasis on profitable top‑line growth
• Help companies improve go‑to‑market effectiveness across healthcare buyer segments — including health systems, payers, life sciences companies, and provider groups — as well as pricing and packaging, commercial infrastructure, product strategy, and AI enablement
• Monitor financial performance, KPIs, and overall operating health; proactively identify risks and opportunities and drive management action
• Support inorganic growth initiatives, including add‑on opportunity evaluation, integration planning, and post‑close execution, with a focus on healthcare platform build‑outs and tuck‑in acquisitions
• Maintain a strong external orientation within relevant healthcare subsectors, including competitive dynamics, regulatory trends, reimbursement shifts, and key market developments

CEO & Leadership Coaching

• Build trusted, candid relationships with portfolio company CEOs and provide practical operating support, pattern recognition, and real‑time counsel
• Coach leadership teams on organizational effectiveness, execution discipline, and scaling through growth
• Help identify, recruit, and onboard key executives where leadership gaps exist; bring in talent from across your healthcare‑focused network
• Act as a steadying presence during leadership transitions, periods of underperformance, or major inflection points

CEO-in-Residence Partnership

• Support one to two healthcare‑focused CEOs‑in‑Residence (CIR) as they…