Vice President – Sutter Senior Care Clinics

Role Overview

• Lead the vision, strategy, and implementation for the Senior Care Clinics service line, focusing on quality, integration, access, and expansion across Sutter Health’s designated geography.
• Develop and execute multi-year strategic plans and business cases for care growth, strategies for serving dual eligibles, value-based care (VBC) initiatives, and population health management, including capacity planning, philanthropy, research, and physician recruitment.
• Identify opportunities for market growth, program development, and strategic partnerships that advance senior care and the overall senior-focused agenda.
• Position Sutter’s Senior Care Clinics as best-in-class with external stakeholders, including payers, leveraging clinical gap analyses, accreditation benchmarks, and innovative care delivery models.
• Maintain operational responsibility and oversight across assigned senior care clinic locations, ensuring harmonious relationships among departments, foundations, medical groups, hospital entities, and PACE centers with a focus on the integration of acute, ambulatory, and home-based care.
• Collaborate cross-functionally (medical, compliance, HR, finance, IT, analytics, operations) to integrate and operationalize VBC priorities, driving alignment with Sutter Health system-wide initiatives.
• Lead performance management, monitoring key indicators for clinical quality, patient and physician experience, patient access, and utilization, using data-driven dashboards to track progress across the service line.
• Standardize clinic policies, protocols, administrative agreements, and digital enablement to promote efficiency and high-quality senior care.
• Develop and oversee clinical pathways, care management models, and digital health innovation initiatives aligned with VBC principles.
• Implement operational processes and best practices to improve patient outcomes, lower unnecessary utilization, and prepare for value-based payment and risk contracting.
• Prepare and execute supply chain, vendor negotiation, and resource allocation plans to standardize clinic products, maximize cost savings, and enable technology adoption.
• Build and motivate high-performing clinic teams, promoting physician and staff engagement, leadership development, and retention.
• Serve as a senior administrative representative to committees, boards, and external bodies; communicate system, market, and clinical objectives to all key stakeholders.
• Facilitate problem-solving, consensus-building, and conflict resolution across the clinics and system.

Requirements

• A master’s degree or equivalent experience is required.
• 15+ years of recent and relevant experience leading senior-focused clinics and related strategies.
• Demonstrated clinical and operational proficiency in planning, delivering, and optimizing patient care for older adults consistent with VBC principles and regulatory standards.
• Advanced knowledge of healthcare laws, licensing/accreditation, and compliance frameworks.
• Strong business acumen, financial planning, and strategic goal-setting capabilities.
• Experience integrating multi-site clinical operations, driving process improvement (LEAN or similar), and deploying data analytics to inform decision-making.
• Credible executive leadership, effective communication, and the ability to drive change across diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Familiarity with emerging senior care trends, digital health platforms, and quality improvement methodologies.

Benefits

• Yes