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Senior Director, Advanced Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Care Complex

Sutter Health

Sacramento, CAFull-time$220–352K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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Compensation
$220–352K/yr
Location
Sacramento, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior Director oversees operations within an assigned geographic area for Sutter Advanced Ortho & Sports Complex, supporting quality, service, and affordability goals. The role implements and monitors policies and procedures for efficient, compassionate patient care and collaborates with geographic and service-line leaders on planning, innovation, and problem solving. It is accountable for patient satisfaction, care quality, financial goals, budget, revenue, and capital expenditures.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Physician Practice OperationsPhysician Practice FinancingManaged CareRelationship BuildingCommunicationLeadershipDecision-Making

Qualifications

Master's in Healthcare Administration, Business, or Related Field or Equivalent Experience15 Years Relevant Experience

Full job description

We are so glad you are interested in joining Sutter Health!

Organization:

SMF-Sutter Med Foundation- Central

Position Overview:

Sutter Advanced Ortho & Sports Complex is a 120,000-square-foot destination-caliber complex with an integrated set of programs and services: ASC, imaging, same-day sports medicine, concussion, sports psychology, nutrition, PT, GME, research, and athletic training.

Plans, executes, monitors, and evaluates the operations within the assigned geographic area, ensuring operational excellence that supports the organization's strategic focus on quality, service, and affordability that meets the overall strategic direction of Sutter Health. Is responsible for implementing and monitoring policies and procedures that ensure high-quality, efficient and compassionate patient care. Incumbent will work collaboratively with the geographic leadership team, service line leaders to promote planning, innovation, and problem solving to align back with enterprise strategy. Has authority and accountability for the assigned geographic area, including patient satisfaction, quality of care, financial goals (Incumbent will have financial accountability for budget and revenue for the assigned geographic area), and responsibility of managing all capital expenditures.

Sutter Medical Foundation (SMF) is a not-for-profit organization supporting the quality medical services provided by Sutter Medical Group and Sutter North Medical Group and a clinically integrated network (Sutter Physicians Alliance, also known as SPA), which includes Sutter Independent Physicians.

Serving the counties of Amador, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Solano, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba, physicians are dedicated to delivering exceptional care and services, listening to patients’ needs and ensuring that patients play an important role in their health care.

SMF is also committed to delivering quality and convenient care to patients through numerous outpatient services including ambulatory surgery centers, diagnostic imaging, urgent care, home health, laboratories and physical therapy.

Job Description :

EDUCATION:

  • Equivalent experience will be accepted in lieu of the required degree or diploma.

  • Masters: Healthcare Administration, Business, or related field.

TYPICAL EXPERIENCE:

  • 15 years of recent relevant experience.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

  • Demonstrated knowledge in areas of physician practice operations and financing and managed care business Prior experience in a managed care market required

  • Demonstrated record of developing highly effective working relationships with physicians.

  • Communication skills including oral, written and presentation.

  • Effective leadership skills and decision-making skills.

Job Shift:

Days

Schedule:

Full Time

Days of the Week:

Monday - Friday

Weekend Requirements:

As Needed

Benefits:

Yes

Unions:

No

Position Status:

Exempt

Weekly Hours:

40

Employee Status:

Regular

Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.

Pay Range is $220,064.00 to $352,102.40 / annual salary

The posted pay range is based on the position's primary work location. Candidates who reside and work outside of that location may be subject to a different pay range based on their work location. Candidate starting salaries consider multiple factors, including, but not limited to a candidate’s experience, education, skills, licensure, certifications, departmental equity, training, and organizational needs. Base pay is only one component of Sutter Health’s comprehensive total rewards program. Eligible positions also include a comprehensive benefits package.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,045 open Healthcare Operations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$220–352K/yr
  • California median$97–166K/yr56 salary ranges
  • US median$95–150K/yr577 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $286K, is 127% above the California median midpoint ($126K) — in the top quarter of Healthcare Operations salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 94 open Healthcare Operations jobs in California and 1,045 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 15 years of experience — more than three in four Healthcare Operations postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 887 postings).
Education
318 of the 1,045 open Healthcare Operations jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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