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Work where*every moment*matters. Every day, more than 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network. Hartford HealthCare Medical Group is one of the largest medical practices in New England with over 250 locations throughout Connecticut and Rhode Island and over 1000 physicians and advanced practitioners. Our physician led medical group enjoys an excellent reputation with patients and the medical community, offering primary care, urgent care and more than 30 different specialties. Position Summary: The Service Line Director, serving as a critical connector between region, medical group, and institute, is responsible for overseeing the operational, strategic, and financial performance of hospital-based and specialty practices in the Fairfield Region, ensuring alignment with institutional priorities and medical group goals. Working in a dyad partnership with the Regional Medical Director for Specialty Care, the Service Line Director plays a central role in physician engagement, business planning, and performance management across a portfolio of clinical programs. Key Accountabilities: * Serves as the administrative leader for the region’s hospital-based and specialty care programs, collaborating closely with the regional leadership team, medical directors, and institute leaders * Builds a committed high-performance team across multi-disciplinary roles for the practices by acting as the key leader for the supported practices. Incorporates evidence-based practice - Nurtures commitment to a common vision and shared values * Develops business plans by defining strategy, gaining system support, assigning accountability to appropriate staff and/or physicians, monitoring progress, making appropriate adjustments through problem resolution within and across the practices, and finding solutions to obstacles. Drives operational excellence and results * Creates, implements, and drives improvement efforts through effective staff involvement in the practices, project management, and communication through LEAN methodologies and H3W initiatives. Participates in the development and implementation of policies and procedures that directly impact patient care and achieve established operating metrics and increase profitability * Collaborates with regional hospital leadership on employed Medical Group provider employment agreements, negotiations, and programmatic structures * Collaborates with hospital finance and institute leaders to ensure appropriate alignment and reporting of shared investments and program costs * Facilitates the development of improvements through integration and standardization of operations across the program(s). Ensures compliance with all internal policies and external regulations * Ensures superior customer service by providing senior-level guidance and support in the development and management of customer, employee, and physician relationships within the practices * Continuously measures patient satisfaction and makes improvements where appropriate and promotes great patient experience. Assists the local managers in resolving patient complaints that may be improved through an amended process * Drives the development and execution of short and long-term business plans and corresponding budgets by collaborating with physician leaders and administration in strategic planning and marketing for practices during ambulatory expansions * Executes business plans by assigning accountability to appropriate staff and/or physicians, monitoring progress, making appropriate adjustments, and finding solutions to obstacles * Maximizes and leverages resources, collaboration, and efficiency, and communicates in a manner that fosters understanding, commitment, and results * Bachelor’s degree in business or healthcare administration or related field * Ten plus years of practice management experience with expertise in operational aspects of specialty care * Experience with strategic planning processes * Strong operational leadership skills, including experience providing business leadership to physicians * Exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills * Experience developing and using metrics to measure the performance of teams, processes, and services * Strong financial analysis skills. Solid understanding of the operational impact on profit and loss and experience creating and managing a budget * Fiscal understanding of physician practice revenue and reimbursement cycle * Knowledge of regulatory compliance issues * Strong experience as a leader and developer of high performing teams and employees * Strong problem solving and decision-making skills * Solid change management skills * Strong human resource management skills We take great care of careers. With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is*your moment*. **Job:** **Management / Administration* **Organization:** **Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Specialists* **Title:** *Service Line Director, Multispecialty, Fairfield Region* **Location:** *Connecticut-Bridgeport-St Vincents Medical Center (10427)* **Requisition ID:** *25158217*