Executive Director

Dermatology Specialists is a premier private dermatology practice in the Twin Cities, providing comprehensive medical, surgical, cosmetic, and pediatric dermatologic care through a team of sixteen board-certified dermatologists, two aestheticians, and one hundred and fifteen employees. The practice is growth-minded, entrepreneurial, and committed to independent thought, professional autonomy, and team-based excellence.

Dermatology Specialists is seeking an experienced healthcare executive to partner with physician leadership in advancing the practice’s strategic vision, operational performance, and continued growth. This leader will bring disciplined execution, financial and operational rigor, and a collaborative leadership style that strengthens the organization while preserving its culture of caring, teamwork, and accountability.

Job purpose

· The Executive Director will partner closely with the Physician Board of Directors and physician leadership to translate strategic priorities into clear operating plans, resource decisions, and measurable execution.

· The Executive Director will be accountable for achieving organizational goals by establishing clear priorities, aligning leaders and managers, and maintaining disciplined communication and follow-through.

· The Executive Director will model and reinforce a culture of caring, teamwork, accountability, and high performance across the practice.

Duties and responsibilities

· Oversees the implementation of the strategic vision and goals of the organization through a focus on execution, follow-through, and alignment between the practical, day-to-day activities and broader objectives.

· Establishes an operating framework that prioritizes initiatives, sequences growth milestones, allocates resources effectively, and ensures competing organizational priorities are coordinated and achievable.

· Takes a team-oriented approach to accountability, ensuring that all parts of the organization are on track to accomplish objectives and providing regular communication regarding high-level performance, expectations, and connections to the broader organizational goals.

· Serves as the primary executive liaison among the Physician Board of Directors, physician owners, management team, and staff to support timely decisions, consistent communication, and enterprise-wide alignment.

· Directs recruitment, hiring, and onboarding of all personnel. Supervises and evaluates work activities of all non-physician staff. Ensures coaching, mentoring and training are provided to maintain employee engagement and build organizational capability.

· Oversees fiscal operations, including budgeting, accounting, expenditure authorization, financial reporting, and performance analysis to support sustainable growth and disciplined practice management.

· Develops a complete understanding of the business in order to oversee resources, looking for opportunities to better use current resources and identifying areas of need.

· Supports the broader leadership team to implement organizational policies and procedures for the practice and its operations.

· Partners with physician leadership and the management team to strengthen organizational structure, operating discipline, role clarity, and decision-making consistency.

Job requirements

Critical requirements include:

· Builds trusted partnerships with physicians, managers, and staff while balancing independent judgment with enterprise-wide collaboration.

· Demonstrates strong executive accountability by setting expectations, following through on commitments, and ensuring the organization delivers against agreed priorities.

· Displays a caring and considerate mindset for patients, peers, and other leaders in the organization.

· Drives results through operational discipline, service quality, financial stewardship, and thoughtful growth.

· Clearly and effectively communicates with a variety of internal and external partners.

Required executive competencies include:

· Executive leadership and physician partnership

· Strategic execution and change leadership

· Financial discipline and business acumen

· Operational scale, process improvement, and resource optimization

· Talent leadership, coaching, and organizational capability building

· Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.

· Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change and to considerable variety in the workplace.

· Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.

Preferred qualifications include:

· Bachelor’s degree

· Administrative skills

· Financial acumen

· Supervisory and management experience

Working conditions

We operate a positive and professional environment for patients and staff. Our physicians and staff at Dermatology Specialists take pride in our work as caring health professionals while keeping the patient’s best interest in mind.

40 hours a week is the norm, though there may be times that longer hours are necessary. Since the clinics operate extended hours, the Executive Director may be called at all hours to deal with issues.

Physical requirements

Office work.

Direct reports

• The Executive Director will direct and supervise all non-physician personnel and will maintain clear accountability for management structure, staff performance, and day-to-day operational leadership.