Vice President, Operations - Remote - Remote Eligible

Vice President Operations For Idd

Are you ready to take the next step in your career and lead a team that makes a real impact every day? At Merakey, we put heart and soul into everything we do. We believe that people can and do recover from mental illness-and our mission is to support that recovery by addressing the whole person: mind, body, spirit, and community.

The Vice President Operations for IDD is a hands-on position that provides leadership and direction for all IDD service strategic initiatives as well as current programs and services to ensure that the division provides the highest quality care and services to the individuals we serve, in compliance with all client defined regulations and ethical standards for the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities industry.

Position details include:

• Ensuring day to day operations in IDD are managed efficiently and effectively through performance management, process design and continuous improvement; monitors and responds to the performance of current programs and service offerings.
• Actively participating in the strategic planning for the division and collaborating in the planning and development of division and organization policies and procedures.
• Managing the monthly and annual financial close/budgeting process and P&L (200 - 500 million) for IDD division ensuring response and follow-up from operational leaders.
• Responsible for upholding and demonstrating the Merakey values while maintaining quality, compliant and profitable business operations.
• Partnering with Senior Leadership to develop business goals, communicate goals and expectations across the division and hold leadership and sites accountable for their performance through reviews of operational data, performance reviews and corrective action where necessary.
• Being an active member of the IDD leadership team, responsible for providing business operation updates on a regular cadence.
• Supporting, monitoring and responding to licensing and regulatory compliance for the division.
• Staying up to date on all IDD service needs, service delivery trends, service program accreditation and delivery methods in the industry landscape and formulating strategies to establish performance standards for the division based on such.
• Revising/updating programs and service offerings to achieve alignment with market needs and expectations and industry programming trends.
• Working with regulatory and accreditation organizations to ensure programs and staff who provide IDD services meet and exceed the requirements for such providers.
• Actively demonstrating professionalism and ethics through leadership of their staff, division and partnerships with external vendors, clients/patients, and being a brand ambassador for Merakey.
• Assisting & making decisions in the development of new programs.
• Managing and supervising Senior Executive Directors and others as assigned within the division.
• Improving existing programs through assurance that divisional operation teams are participating in the PQI process.

Merakey offers generous benefits that promote well-being, financial security, and work-life balance, including comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, retirement plan options, daily pay access, on the go well-being platform, access care for backup childcare, elder care, and household services, confidential counseling, legal, and financial services through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), tuition reimbursement and educational partnerships, employee discounts and savings programs on entertainment, travel, and lifestyle, and access to Pryor Online Learning for free online personal development classes.

Merakey is a non-profit provider of developmental, behavioral health, and education services. More than 8,000 employees provide support to nearly 40,000 individuals and families throughout 12 states across the country each year. Merakey strictly follows a zero-tolerance policy for abuse. Merakey welcomes all Veterans to apply! Merakey is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer! We deeply value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ethnic background, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or disability status. Moreover, we are committed to creating teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.