Stratum Med
Chief Executive Officer
1272 Garrison Drive, Murfreesboro, TN 37129
On-site · Full-time
First seen by offpeak October 6, 2026
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Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter (MMC) is a physician-owned, multispecialty clinic and Accredited Surgery Center that has proudly served Rutherford County for 75 years. With more than 100 physicians representing over 20 specialties across 6 locations in Middle Tennessee, MMC is committed to delivering exceptional, state-of-the-art care to thousands of families each year.
Murfreesboro Medical Clinic relocated to Garrison Drive on February 11, 2013, allowing us to expand services, stay close to the local hospital, and better serve the needs of our growing patient community. Since then, MMC has grown to six locations across Rutherford County, including three MMC Now Walk-In Clinics. Our continued investment in the community has built a strong local network dedicated to providing exceptional care close to home.
MMC is proud to be #TRUEBLUE, partnering with Middle Tennessee State University to support athletics, academics, health services, and campus outreach while helping keep students and athletes healthy in mind and body.
Today, with more than 1000 associates, MMC remains Rutherford County’s only physician-owned, multispecialty medical practice, providing exceptional primary and specialty care.
The CEO serves ON-SITE/IN-PERSON as the top executive leader of a physician-owned, multi-specialty group practice. This individual is responsible for the strategic direction, operational oversight, financial performance, and cultural integrity of the Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter (MMC). The CEO works in close partnership with the Board of Directors and physician stakeholders to ensure the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective care while maintaining the independence and values of a physician-led model. The following 4 positions report to the CEO: CFO, COO, CHRO, and Director of Marketing.
This is a rare opportunity to lead one of the Southeast's most respected physician-owned medical groups at a pivotal moment in its history. The next CEO will inherit a talented executive team, a strong physician foundation, significant community goodwill, and substantial growth opportunities while helping MMC navigate the next generation of healthcare delivery in Middle Tennessee.
Duties and Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Growth
- Lead the development and oversight of a long-term strategic vision that preserves MMC's independence and physician-owned culture.
- Position MMC to capitalize on significant market opportunities created by Murfreesboro's population growth and Vanderbilt's expansion into the region.
- Identify and pursue innovative growth opportunities, partnerships, service expansions, and new revenue streams.
- Lead the organization through continued growth while maintaining operational excellence and cultural alignment.
- Focus leadership attention on where MMC needs to be 5, 10, and 20 years in the future.
Financial Stewardship
- Provide strategic leadership to strengthen MMC's financial position through disciplined planning, execution, and organizational accountability.
- Evaluate opportunities to improve payer contracting, reimbursement, referral retention, physician alignment, and operational efficiency.
- Partner closely with the CFO and Board to improve financial transparency, forecasting, and performance reporting.
- Support ongoing evaluation of physician compensation and incentive structures to ensure alignment with organizational goals.
- Ensure organizational decision-making is informed by reliable data, analytics, and performance metrics.
Physician Engagement & Culture
- Build trust and credibility with a highly engaged physician ownership group.
- Balance physician autonomy with organizational accountability.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, transparency, and shared responsibility.
- Champion physician engagement and ensure effective strategies are in place to support physician productivity, recruitment, retention, and succession planning.
- Help align diverse physician perspectives while maintaining focus on the best interests of the organization as a whole.
- Preserve MMC's patient-centered, community-oriented culture.
Community & Market Leadership
- Serve as the visible face of MMC throughout Murfreesboro and Rutherford County.
- Build and maintain meaningful relationships with community leaders, employers, healthcare partners, educational institutions, and civic organizations.
- Represent MMC at community events, charitable activities, and public forums.
- Strengthen strategic relationships with regional health systems while protecting MMC's independence and interests.
Operational Excellence
- Provide executive sponsorship and oversight for successful Epic implementation and optimization efforts.
- Ensure executive leaders foster collaboration and coordination across specialties and support functions.
- Establish expectations and accountability for effective governance, decision-making processes, and organizational role clarity.
- Empower the executive team and leaders throughout the organization to operate at the highest level.
- Ensure executive leadership efforts remain focused on strategic priorities rather than day-to-day operational minutiae.
- Ensure effective organizational communication strategies and information flow across the enterprise.
Talent & Organizational Development
- Establish organizational expectations and strategic priorities for workforce planning, physician recruitment, succession planning, leadership development, and retention.
- Ensure the organization maintains effective talent management, leadership development, and succession planning programs through appropriate executive leadership and HR oversight.
- Partner with the CHRO and executive team to assess workforce risks, leadership pipeline needs, and long-term talent requirements.
- Champion a culture of accountability, engagement, continuous improvement, and professional growth.
- Ensure physician and employee experience strategies support recruitment, retention, organizational performance, and MMC's long-term success.
- Foster an environment where employees, providers, and leaders can thrive and contribute to organizational goals.
Governance & Board Relations
- Serve as the primary liaison to the Board of Directors. Non-voting member of the Board.
- Supports the Board of Directors by maintaining open, effective communication and ensuring the Board receives information necessary for governance and strategic decision-making.
- Provide regular updates on organizational performance, strategic initiatives, and industry developments.
- Ensures strong engagement and relationships with physician owners and providers throughout the organization.
- Facilitate board education and engagement.
Compliance
- In collaboration with External General Counsel:
- Ensures MMC complies with local, state, and federal laws and regulations as they apply to the operation of the business.
- Oversees the negotiation of professional, consultant and service contracts.
- Participates in issues surrounding ethics and quality.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Significant knowledge:
- Fiscal management, governmental regulations, and reimbursement policies.
- Medical and/or insurance industry practices.
- Business plan and strategic plan development and implementation.
- High business acumen with the ability to understand financial statements, sales and marketing, technology, customer value, people leadership, etc.
- Critical skills and competencies:
- Entrepreneurial mindset.
- Passion for identifying and creating solutions when faced with difficult business challenges.
- Communicating in a clear and concise manner to the level of audience understanding.
- Managerial courage – the ability to make difficult decisions when necessary.
- Active participation in, and facilitation of, team effectiveness; taking actions that demonstrate feelings and needs of others.
- Uses appropriate interpersonal styles and methods to inspire and direct individuals toward achievement of company goals.
- Listening, understanding, and anticipating customer needs, giving the highest priority to patient and provider satisfaction.
- Demonstrated ability:
- Maintaining resilience and handling disappointment and/or rejection while maintaining personal effectiveness.
- Establishing a course of action for self or others to accomplish a specific goal; planning appropriate allocation of resources.
- Building alignment across diverse populations and those who may have conflicting priorities.
- Obtaining results through high-performing teams.
- Leading an organization and motivating people to strive for exceptional results.
- Working effectively with and reporting to a Board of Directors.
- Building and sustaining high-performing leadership teams; ensuring effective talent acquisition, retention, and engagement strategies.
Qualifications
- On-Site/In-Person role.
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, healthcare administration, or finance/accounting or equivalent is required.
- Master’s degree in healthcare administration, Business, or related field is preferred.
- Minimum 5–7 years of executive leadership experience in a healthcare setting, preferably ambulatory physician practice.
- Proven success in leading physician-owned and/or multi-specialty practices.
- Experience in creatively and effectively creating diverse revenue streams within the healthcare setting.
- Strong financial and accounting acumen and strategic thinking.
- Demonstrates exceptional communication, negotiation, and interpersonal abilities, with a strong understanding of communications technologies to support effective engagement.
- Demonstrated success in leading, building a team, and inspiring achievement.
Core Competencies
- Patient-Focused: Prioritizes quality care and patient experience.
- Collaborative: Builds consensus among diverse stakeholders.
- Decisive: Makes informed decisions with confidence.
- Ethical: Demonstrates integrity and transparency.
- Visionary: Leads with foresight and adaptability.