Chief Operations Officer [Apply Now]

Company: SummitStone Health Partners
Location: Rapid City
Posted on: July 3, 2025

Job Description:

Chief Operations Officer - Salary Range: $178,000 - $202,000 annually, based on relevant years of experience - Location: Larimer county, Colorado - Status: Full time, 40 hours per week Role Overview: SummitStone Health Partners is seeking a dynamic and mission-driven Chief Operating Officer (COO) to lead and strengthen the agency’s non-clinical operations in support of high-quality, integrated behavioral health care across Northern Colorado. As a key member of the executive leadership team, the COO will provide strategic oversight to ensure organizational systems, infrastructure, and processes effectively support service delivery, regulatory excellence, and long-term sustainability. This role is ideal for a collaborative and visionary leader who thrives in a fast-paced, value-driven environment and is passionate about improving community health. The COO will play a critical role in advancing SummitStone’s impact by fostering operational innovation, building cross-functional partnerships, and promoting a culture of accountability, equity, and continuous improvement. Essential Duties: - Provide strategic leadership across core business and operational areas including facilities, information technology, information systems, licensing, compliance, quality assurance, business intelligence, and administrative systems to ensure organizational efficiency and scalability. - Collaborate with the CEO and executive leadership to develop and implement strategic initiatives that support the organization’s growth, sustainability, and mission aligned objectives. - Direct and maintain organizational compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations (e.g., CARF, CCBHC, ADA, OSHA), to ensure operational policies and infrastructure support regulatory excellence. - Identify and implement systems and process improvements that promote cross-departmental efficiency, streamline internal operations, and reduce administrative burden across programs. - Partner with Finance, HR, and program leadership to align operational planning with budget development, workforce needs, and organizational capacity, ensuring resource optimization and financial stability. - Collaborate with clinical and program leaders to build and maintain the operational infrastructure necessary to support integrated models of behavioral health, substance use treatment, and primary care. - Lead efforts to track, analyze, and act on key performance indicators related to service efficiency, resource utilization, administrative productivity, and operational effectiveness. - Oversee the creation, maintenance, and delivery of organizational policies and operational procedures that support compliance, consistency, and a high standard of support services. - Deliver high-impact presentations and strategic insights to the Board of Directors, leadership teams, and stakeholders while modeling a collaborative, values-based, and inclusive leadership style. - Represent SummitStone in operational matters with community partners, government agencies, vendors, and funders to support strategic initiatives and reinforce organizational credibility. Required: - Master's degree in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Public Administration, or related field required - More than 10 years of senior leadership experience in behavioral health, healthcare, or a complex nonprofit environment required - Demonstrated experience overseeing multi-site operations and leading cross-functional teams - Proven success in strategic planning, compliance leadership, and organizational development. - A combination of education and experience may evaluated and considered Highly Desired: - Bilingual/bi-cultural preferred At SummitStone Health Partners, we strive to foster trust, empower recovery, and inspire hope to strengthen and enrich our Northern Colorado community. We need your help to make this vision a reality. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can be their authentic self. We actively seek team members with a variety of backgrounds, identities, and experiences, and we honor the whole self—embracing differences in race, ethnicity, ability, age, gender, sexual orientation, spiritual beliefs, socioeconomic status, language, and the many intersections of identity. We invite everyone to be part of our journey and proudly serve as an equal opportunity employer. Please visit summitstone.org for more information about who we are. Total Rewards At SummitStone Health Partners we are proud to offer a competitive and competitive benefit package to support the wellbeing of our teams. Visit our website for more information about Total Rewards . Reach Out SummitStone will provide persons with disabilities with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or selection process, please let your recruiter know. Questions? Please email us at hiring@summitstonehealth.org. This position will be open for a minimum of three days and/or until a top candidate is identified.

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