At VITAL WorkLife, they're more than just a workplace; they're a mission-driven organization dedicated to transforming clinician wellbeing and workplace culture. Here's why you'll love being part of the team:

Mission with Impact: Be part of an organization recognized as a national leader in mental health and well-being for healthcare professionals, delivering solutions that directly enhance career satisfaction, reduce burnout, and improve lives.

Innovative Culture: Join a company that fosters innovation with a thriving culture, high employee engagement, and a focus on modernizing processes to create frictionless client and employee experiences.

Collaborative Team: Work alongside passionate and talented colleagues inspired by their work and committed to a shared vision. Our teams enjoy what they do, like coming to work, and believe they are making a difference.

Growth Opportunities: We prioritize professional development, offering leadership training, career pathways, and opportunities to influence organizational strategy at a high level.

Proven Success: Benefit from our history of operational excellence, industry-leading retention rates, and measurable outcomes that demonstrate real value for clients.

Flexible Work Environment: Enjoy the flexibility of a fully remote role, enabling a better work-life balance while contributing to a transformative mission.

Impactful Leadership Role: Take on a critical executive leadership position where you'll help shape strategic growth, optimize operations, and contribute to the company's long-term success.

The President/COO will play a pivotal role in shaping VITAL WorkLife's strategic direction, operational excellence, and team engagement. Reporting to the CEO, this executive will oversee strategic planning, operational management, leadership development, and financial oversight, ensuring alignment with company goals and fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and collaboration.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership and Planning

• Lead the development and execution of strategic plans to drive organizational growth, align resources, and achieve long-term goals.
• Serve as the company's EOS Evangelist and Integrator by meeting company and department scorecard metrics, driving alignment across the organization, and taking the lead in goal and rock setting during quarterly and annual planning.
• Facilitate weekly Leadership L10 meetings to ensure effective communication, goal tracking, and team alignment.
• Lead the preparation and delivery of State of the Company meeting messages and updates.
• Collaborate with departments and teams to connect and align goals and rocks with the organization's vision.
• Strategically analyze and recommend how big ideas can be implemented within organizational priorities. Operational Excellence and Change Management
• Ensure adherence to the company's core processes while aligning departmental work with the organization's top priorities and 3-year vision.
• Lead the company's business intelligence meetings, ensuring that insights, recommendations, and action items are strategic and drive improved decision-making and planning.
• Establish and promote adherence to nimble project management practices, ensuring leaders and teams hold themselves accountable to these standards to reduce inefficiencies and improve workflows.
• Oversee implementation and adoption of KPIs and dashboards to monitor progress and improve.
• Act as an executive sponsor for key initiatives, ensuring resource engagement and accountability.
• Align and refine Leadership Team roles and accountability to optimize daily operations, enable strategic, forward-thinking planning and decision-making, and drive strategic hiring planning to support organizational growth and priorities.

Leadership and Team Development

• Collaborate with HR to develop and execute:
• Three-year People Development strategy to nurture and build a high-performing Leadership Team, focusing on retention, growth, and continuous improvement of foundational elements.
• Elevate existing practices by designing and implementing strategic hiring plans and talent evaluations to drive organizational growth.
• Oversee annual employee surveys and focus groups, addressing opportunities and challenges; presenting findings to the Leadership Team, People Leaders, and team members.
• Foster a growth mindset and a culture of innovation by empowering teams to align their work with the company's vision and create continuous improvement.
• Drive and oversee change management initiatives to ensure smooth transitions, foster employee engagement, and achieve organizational goals.

Financial Oversight and Growth

• Lead initiatives to enhance profitability and drive sustainable growth that aligns with long-term strategic goals.
• Oversee revenue forecasting, budget development, and financial management, implementing data-driven strategies to optimize financial performance and support the organization's vision of maximizing operational and market success.
• Leverage past experience to explore, evaluate and implement innovative pricing models and new growth opportunities.
• Provide guidance and support to the Finance and Administration Team, promoting professional growth and driving improved organizational performance.
• Lead the Marketing, Sales, and Account Management Department, prioritizing the achievement of 2025 new business targets, driving cross-selling opportunities, and ensuring renewal retention.
• Provide guidance and support for the Solution & Clinical Operations Department to deliver exceptional service experiences while driving the organization's cost efficiency.

Essential Skills:

• Proven experience in senior leadership roles focusing on operations, strategy, or finance.
• Strong track record of driving organizational growth and operational efficiency.
• Expertise in change management, team development, and fostering accountability.
• Exceptional communication skills with a collaborative and visionary approach to leadership.
• Financial acumen to manage budgets, forecast revenues, and evaluate growth opportunities.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business or a related field
• MBA a plus
• 15+ years of relevant leadership experience in a business setting, operations management, finance, and strategic planning

Versique: /ver-seek/ adj. being both versatile and unique; n. a high-performance recruiting firm specializing in executive leadership search, direct hire, and interim hiring solutions. 

Versique Executive, Professional & Interim Talent Solutions is a locally owned and operated search and consulting firm based in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. With specialized practices, Versique delivers tailored expertise to a wide range of industries.

Versique is proud to be award-winning, earning recognition on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies and the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal's Fast 50 list for 2023. We are also consistently recognized as a Star Tribune Top Workplace.

Versique is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. We consider all qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status, among other factors.

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