Client Summary:

• National leader in value-based care for substance use disorder treatment serving underserved communities across the country
• Delivers an evidence-based care model combining medication, group therapy, and personalized support through both in-person and virtual channels
• Partners with health plans, public agencies, and community organizations to expand access and improve outcomes in addiction healthcare
• Serves hundreds of thousands of individuals through a compassionate, community-rooted care model with a focus on long-term recovery
• Established organization with a decade of operational history, positioned at the intersection of behavioral health, value-based care, and social determinants of health

Position Responsibilities:

1. Mergers & Acquisitions

• Drive strategy on end-to-end M&A strategy and execution across the acquisition pipeline.
• Strategy & Thesis. Develop and maintain the corporate M&A strategy aligned with the strategic roadmap; define target criteria across geography, payer mix, clinical model, and strategic adjacencies.
• Pipeline & Origination. Build and manage a proprietary pipeline of SUD, behavioral health, and adjacent targets; cultivate long-lead relationships with founders, operators, intermediaries, and sector bankers.
• Diligence. Lead end-to-end diligence — clinical, financial, operational, regulatory, compliance, payer, and IT — coordinating internal stakeholders and external advisors.
• Valuation & Structuring. Build and pressure-test financial models; develop valuation views and deal structures (cash, equity, earn-outs, rollover) that optimize risk-adjusted returns in partnership with CFO.
• Execution. Negotiate LOIs, definitive agreements, and ancillary documents in partnership with legal counsel; manage sign-to-close workstreams.
• Governance. Prepare Board and investor materials; maintain transparent reporting on pipeline, deal economics, and post-close performance.

2. Post-Close Integration

• Own the discipline that converts deal thesis into realized value.
• Integration Planning. Design and execute integration plans from signing through full absorption — Day 1 readiness, 100-day plans, and 12-month value-capture roadmaps.
• Cross-Functional Leadership. Quarterback integration workstreams across clinical, operations, finance, HR, IT, compliance, and payer contracting.
• Synergy Realization. Define synergy targets tied to the deal model; track and report against them; escalate risks early.
• Talent & Culture. Partner with People team on retention, onboarding, and cultural integration — protecting the mission-driven culture while absorbing new teams.
• Playbook. Build and iterate on institutional integration playbook so every successive transaction is faster, cheaper, and more reliable.

3. De Novo Development

• Partner with Operations and Finance on the organic expansion engine that complements M&A — opening new locations in existing and new state markets.
• Market Selection. Partner with Chief Commercial Officer to develop and maintain a market-prioritization methodology incorporating prevalence, payer landscape, regulatory pathway, competitive intensity, and unit economics.
• Regulatory & Licensing Pathway. Partner with Legal and Compliance to sequence state licensing, Medicaid enrollment, and accreditation timelines into the launch plan.
• Site Strategy. Partner with Operations, Growth and Finance on site selection, real estate partnerships, and buildout coordination; establish standards and vendor relationships that scale.
• Launch Execution. Partner with Operations on the launch playbook — hiring, credentialing, payer contracting, community and referral development — driving faster ramps and more predictable unit economics.
• Economics & Learning Loop. Track de novo cohort performance against model; institutionalize learnings to improve each subsequent opening.

4. Strategic Growth Opportunities

• Partner with Clinical team on the aperture of non-M&A, non-de-novo strategic initiatives that expand addressable opportunity.
• Service Line Expansion. Evaluate and sequence adjacent service lines — behavioral health, alcohol use disorder, eating disorder treatment, recovery support, and wraparound services — that extend the clinical model.
• Strategic Partnerships & JVs. Partner with Chief Commercial Officer on structure partnerships with health plans, health systems, MSOs, and community organizations, including risk-bearing arrangements and joint ventures.
• Platform Investments. Partner with Head of Technology on build-vs-buy-vs-partner decisions for capabilities (data, technology, clinical infrastructure) that enable scale.
• Long-Range Strategy. Partner with the CEO and CFO on three-to-five-year strategic planning and capital allocation.

Experience & Skills:
Required Experience and Qualifications:

• This position requires a Bachelor’s degree in either Finance, Business , Healthcare Administration or related field.
• This position requires 7+ years in corporate development, private equity, strategy consulting or healthcare M&A
• This position requires 3 - 5+ years in executive leadership or enterprise-level strategic roles.
• Access to reliable internet and telephone services, specifically 50M download and 10M upload packages or higher as well as a strong WiFi signal from your remote work location.
• Must meet pre-employment requirements and maintain all applicable state and job-related guidelines for background screening. Depending on state-specific requirements, this may include fingerprinting, drug testing, health screening, CPR/Basic First Aid and license/credential verifications.

Compensation $200k-$250k, Health Insurance, 401k, Paid Vacation