Cardiac Services - AVP, Cardiology Services

Job Summary:The Sr. Director of Cardiology and Operations is a senior leader responsible for the strategic, operational, and financial performance of ArchWell Health’s cardiology service line across all markets. Job Summary: The Sr. Director of Cardiology and Operations is a senior leader responsible for the strategic, operational, and financial performance of ArchWell Health ’s cardiology service line across all markets. This leader serves as the operational partner to cardiology clinical leadership, supporting the development and scaling of a high-performing cardiology program through data-driven decision making, operational excellence, and cross-functional collaboration. The role is responsible for evaluating performance, utilization trends, access, quality outcomes, and care delivery effectiveness across markets to drive continuous improvement and support value-based care objectives. In addition to cardiology responsibilities, this leader may provide operational leadership for enterprise initiatives and organizational improvement efforts as assigned. This role also provides enterprise-wide oversight for workforce planning and program growth, partnering with market operators and executive leadership to ensure outstanding clinical outcomes, member satisfaction, and sustainable growth. Duties/Responsibilities: Develop and execute a multi-market cardiology strategy focused on growth, access, quality, member experience, and operational performance. Partner with cardiology physician leadership in a collaborative operating model to establish priorities, improve program performance, and execute strategic initiatives across markets. Analyze cardiology utilization patterns, referral trends, diagnostic testing volumes, and market performance data to identify opportunities for improved efficiency, quality outcomes, member experience, and total cost of care. Collaborate with market operational and clinical leaders to address performance variation, develop market-specific improvement plans, and drive consistent execution of enterprise cardiology priorities. Support enterprise value-based care objectives through the development and execution of strategies designed to improve clinical outcomes, optimize resource utilization, and reduce avoidable healthcare costs. Maintain accountability for service line financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, resource allocation, capital planning, and achievement of growth and operational KPIs. Standardize cardiology workflows, policies, protocols, and performance expectations across diagnostic, ambulatory, and monitoring services to improve quality, efficiency, and scalability. Oversee expansion of cardiology capabilities in new and existing markets, including launch planning, operational readiness, staffing models, equipment deployment, and provider integration. Direct leaders and teams supporting cardiology services, including hiring, coaching, performance management, succession planning, and team development. Drive continuous improvement in clinical quality, member safety, reporting accuracy, operational throughput, and member satisfaction through data-informed decision-making and performance reviews. Serve as the primary operational liaison among sonographers, clinical teams, administrative leaders, and vendors for cardiology services. Provide executive oversight of the echocardiography/echo sonography program across markets, including program design, capacity planning, access standards, quality benchmarks, and regulatory/accreditation readiness, ensuring consistent, high-quality service delivery in alignment with enterprise cardiology strategy. Oversee sonographer staffing, training, and competency validation, along with governance of echocardiography equipment, protocols, and reporting workflows, to ensure reliable operations and scalable program growth. Oversee ambulatory cardiac monitoring workflows and EMR/PACS integration to support reliable operations and end-user adoption ac