CEO; Chief Executive Officer), Obran Health Community

About

The Role

Obran Health is seeking a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead and grow Obran Health’s Home & Community business from its current operations in California with a desire to grow to a national footprint. This role will provide strategic leadership, ensure operational excellence, and strengthen Obran’s culture as the employer of choice and exceptional clinical care. The CEO will work closely with the Board and senior leadership to steward the organization’s strategic growth while delivering sustainable profitability, compliance, and innovation in home health delivery, and championing a people-first culture and embodying Obran’s cooperative values of shared leadership, collaboration, and community impact.

• Be a champion for all our employees and particularly clinicians to make Obran Health the employer of choice. Prioritizing a great workplace culture.
• Develop and execute the strategic plan for Obran Health’s Home & Community business, aligning with cooperative values and long-term growth goals.
• Oversee financial performance, including budget management, P&L accountability and operational efficiency.
• Build, mentor, and retain a strong leadership team to drive organizational success.
• Ensure compliance with all California and federal regulations governing home health agencies.
• Lead initiatives to improve patient outcomes, employee engagement, clinician satisfaction, retention and STAR rating.
• Standardize operational processes across agencies for scalability and quality outcomes.
• Partner with the Board to provide timely reporting, business reviews, and recommendations.
• Represent Obran Health with regulators, payers, and community stakeholders.
• Support growth strategies including potential integration of new service lines through M&A.
• Build partnerships with public health institutions, regulators, and community organizations to advance Obran’s role in progressive, cooperative healthcare.

Must Haves:

• 10+ years of progressive leadership in home health, hospice, post-acute, or healthcare operations. Minimum 5 years of executive-level leadership experience.
• Ability to be a home healthcare administrator, which requires a clinical background OR Master’s degree
• Strong knowledge of California home health regulatory and reimbursement environment.
• Proven record of driving profitability, retention, and operational excellence.
• Proven orientation to being aware of and integrating in best of breed technologies to advance the operational, clinical and/or financial success of the business.
• Exceptional leadership, financial, and communication skills.
• Visionary and empathetic leader, able to balance business performance with patient-centered priorities
• Hybrid role, located in California, within commuting distance of our agency in Torrance (South Bay LA) or Pleasanton (SF Bay Area). We believe this role is best supported by an active physical presence in both of our agencies to enable a deep understanding of the business and foster connection with our clinicians, office-based teams, referral partners, and patients. We imagine the CEO will be based out of their local agency office, with monthly travel (up to ~1 week/month) to the other location.
  
  While we anticipate the greatest success will come from an office-based role, we value your needs for flexibility around occasional WFH

• Familiarity and interest in supporting worker ownership and worker-centered models. Might have direct experience or knowledge of cooperatives, ESOPs, or self-management. Or a deep desire to see more worker-centered models proliferate in healthcare.
• Proven ability to lead, motivate, and hold accountable remote and hybrid teams across multiple locations. Experience working with remote team members.
• Clinical background (RN, PT, or related licensure)
• Experience integrating businesses through M&A
• Experience overseeing multi-site operations
• Experience working with an international team
• Background in public service or government health systems
• Familiarity with cooperative structures, distributed decision-making, or worker-owned models
• Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business, or related field.
• Experience…