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Job Summary:

The Vice President, Enterprise Business Development is a senior enterprise growth leader responsible for expanding Wellstar's reach, relationships, and impact across Georgia and the Southeast U.S. through the development of strategic healthcare partnerships and a coordinated enterprise business development strategy.

The Vice President will lead the development and growth of the Wellstar Partner Network, an innovative partnership platform designed to connect hospitals, physicians, physician groups, urgent care organizations, and other healthcare providers to Wellstar's vibrant healthcare ecosystem while enabling those organizations to remain strong and successful in their own communities. Through the Partner Network, participating organizations will gain access to Wellstar's scale, clinical expertise, specialists, technology, capabilities, and support services in ways tailored to the needs of each partner and community.

The Vice President will also provide enterprise leadership for Wellstar's business development, physician liaison and provider relations functions, creating a coordinated approach to strengthening relationships with employed, aligned, and independent physicians and providers. This work will increase preference for Wellstar, improve connectivity across the continuum of care, and drive appropriate referrals and growth across Wellstar hospitals, clinical programs, services, and specialists.

Working across Wellstar's clinical, operational, strategic, financial, and regional leadership teams, the Vice President will translate enterprise strategy into market-facing partnerships and growth opportunities that expand access, strengthen Wellstar's statewide network, and create sustainable value for Wellstar and its partners.

The successful leader will build an enterprise capability that moves Wellstar beyond traditional business development and physician outreach toward a relationship-driven healthcare network strategycreating multiple pathways for hospitals and providers to participate in the Wellstar ecosystem, strengthening healthcare locally while extending the reach and impact of Wellstar across Georgia and the Southeast U.S.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

Lead the Wellstar Partner Network. Develop, launch, and scale the Wellstar Partner Network as a differentiated statewide platform connecting hospitals, physicians, physician groups, urgent care organizations, and other healthcare providers with Wellstar's clinical and enterprise capabilities.
Build a statewide partnership pipeline. Identify, prioritize, cultivate, and advance relationships with organizations that can benefit from affiliation with Wellstar while remaining locally governed and responsive to their communities.
Develop flexible partnership models. Create a portfolio of partnership structures that allows organizations to access Wellstar's scale, specialists, technology, clinical programs, support services, and other capabilities at the level of integration that best meets their strategic and community needs.
Serve as a senior relationship executive. Develop trusted relationships with hospital and health system executives, boards, physicians, community leaders, and other key stakeholders and serve as a primary point of connection between prospective partners and Wellstar.
Lead enterprise business development strategy. Establish an integrated, data-driven approach to business development across Wellstar's hospitals, markets, service lines, clinical programs, and physician enterprise.
Provide executive leadership for physician liaison and provider relations teams. Lead and develop field-based professionals responsible for building relationships across employed, aligned, and independent physicians and providers and increasing awareness, access, preference, and appropriate utilization of Wellstar services.
Drive referral growth and provider preference. Develop targeted strategies to strengthen referral relationships, address barriers to access, improve provider experience, and increase preference for Wellstar hospitals, programs, services, and specialists.
Create coordinated market and account strategies. Ensure that Wellstar approaches important physicians, practices, hospitals, and other organizations with a unified enterprise strategy rather than fragmented relationships across individual facilities, service lines, or departments.
Use analytics to prioritize growth opportunities. Partner with strategy, finance, clinical and operational leaders to use referral patterns, market data, physician alignment information, capacity, access, and service-line performance to focus resources on the highest-value opportunities.
Connect market intelligence to action. Establish mechanisms for field teams to identify and communicate physician needs, competitive activity, access issues, referral leakage, emerging market opportunities, and other insights to Wellstar leadership.
Translate relationships into enterprise growth. Identify opportunities within partner organizations and markets to expand access to Wellstar specialists, tertiary and quaternary services, clinical programs, virtual capabilities, and other services while strengthening care that can appropriately remain in the local community.
Facilitate enterprise solutions for partners. Convene the appropriate Wellstar clinical and functional leaders to develop solutions for partner needs, including clinical expertise, technology, digital capabilities, telehealth, workforce, education, operational support, and other enterprise services.
Develop sustainable partnership economics. Work with finance, legal, strategy, operations, and other leaders to develop partnership models that create measurable strategic and financial value for both Wellstar and participating organizations.
Establish performance measures and accountability. Develop dashboards and KPIs that measure Partner Network growth, partnership pipeline, referral growth, provider engagement, market penetration, program growth, partner value creation, and financial contribution.
Advance Wellstar's broader strategic objectives. Ensure Partner Network and business development activities support Wellstar's enterprise strategy, including expanding access, strengthening regional healthcare infrastructure, growing key clinical programs, developing new markets, and improving the health of the communities Wellstar serves.
Represent Wellstar externally. Serve as a visible ambassador for Wellstar with healthcare organizations, physicians, community stakeholders, industry partners, and other external audiences, communicating a compelling value proposition for partnership with Wellstar.
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum Education:

Bachelor's in Business Administration/Management, Health Administration or other/related field required.
Master's in Business Administration/Management or Health Administration preferred.

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

Required Minimum Experience:

Minimum 12 years of proven effective and innovative strategic planning expertise, experience, and skills gained within an organization known for leading edge program development in an organization committed to excellence required.
Minimum 5 years of leadership experience required.
Experience within a complex, multi hospital system preferred.

Required Minimum Skills:

Demonstrated experience in leading and managing complex strategic projects.
Experience creating document charters, project plans, etc.
Experience working with cross-functional teams and to interact with all levels of management.
Professional competence in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel.
Critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills.
Exceptional interpersonal, team-building and communication skills.
Ability to build consensus and foster change in organizational setting.
Commitment to personal and professional growth.
Sense of responsibility to self, team and project.
Outstanding integrity, initiative, creativity, and passion.
Demonstrated ability to innovate in a manner that propels the organization or department forward..
Ability to work in an ambiguous environment.
Experience leading or managing teams and change initiatives.
Experience with budgetary responsibilities related to projects or resources.
Experience in a matrixed environment.
Experience with Healthcare initiative and clinical programs.

Join us and discover the support to do more meaningful work—and enjoy a more rewarding life. Connect with the most integrated health system in Georgia, and start a future that gives you more.

About the company

Wellstar Health System provides comprehensive medical care across Georgia through hospitals, clinics, outpatient centers, a pediatric center, nursing centers, hospice and home care services, supported by nearly 30,000 team members. It operates a network that combines primary care and specialty medicine, including multiple trauma centers and a large Emergency Department; patients access care through inpatient facilities, outpatient centers, and home health, supported by an integrated care model. Wellstar differentiates itself with an inclusive culture, high-quality care, and strong workplace recognition, while being one of Georgia's largest integrated health systems with multiple trauma centers and a top emergency department. Its goal is to improve health and well-being for everyone served by compassionate care, pursuing excellence, and transforming how healthcare is delivered.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Atlanta, Georgia

Founded

1997

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

Stephens County Hospital deal announced September 2, 2026 expands reach to 14 hospitals.
Columbia County Medical Center started seeing patients August 26, adding 100 beds in Grovetown.
Curative named Wellstar cornerstone network partner August 21, broadening employer-driven patient volume.

What critics are saying

Wellstar cut 761 corporate jobs on July 28, 2026, signaling execution strain.
Stephens County approval can stall until late 2026, delaying synergies and distracting leadership.
One bad patient-safety event at new hospitals would damage Georgia referrals and regulator trust.

What makes Wellstar unique

Wellstar runs 12 hospitals after Mountain Lakes closed August 10, 2026.
Columbia County Medical Center opened August 26, 2026 with six ORs and ICU-convertible rooms.
Wellstar anchors Georgia access through tele-stroke, specialist networks, and Curative's 400-plus locations.

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Benefits

Flexible Work Hours
Professional Development Budget
Conference Attendance Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

10%

1 year growth

12%

2 year growth

12%

Nexstar Media Group

Sep 17th, 2026

Hyundai Hope on Wheels donates $400,000 to Wellstar Golisano Children's Hospital of Georgia.

Hyundai Hope on Wheels donates $400,000 to Wellstar Golisano Children's Hospital of Georgia. Posted: Sep 17, 2026 / 05:29 PM EDT Updated: Sep 17, 2026 / 05:29 PM EDT AUGUSTA, Ga, (WJBF) - Hyundai presented a $400,000 check to the Wellstar Golisano Children's Hospital of Georgia on Thursday. Little patients who were there decorated a while Hyundai vehicle with their painted hand prints. The handprints represent the children who fought cancer and won, those fighting now, and those whose memories live on. Dr. Ted Johnson, a pediatrics professor at Augusta University, shared what the donation means for the fight against cancer. "They weren't cured with their upfront therapy and they essentially don't have options that are known to be curative for them, and that's where the research comes in is in providing the hope of new treatments that may make a big difference for them in the future," he said. "We are still in the fight to end childhood cancer," said Mike Donahue, senior regional manager of merchandising at Hyundai. "Again, you can mark our words right now we are here with you all the way to the end till no family ever has to hear the words you have cancer." This is the 15th year Hyundai's Hope Hope on Wheels has donated to the children's hospital. Photojournalist credit: Gary Hipps

WJBF

Sep 17th, 2026

Children's Hospital of Georgia awarded $400K for cancer research.

Children's Hospital of Georgia awarded $400K for cancer research. Published: Sep. 17, 2026 at 5:19 AM PDT | Updated: Sep. 17, 2026 at 4:05 PM PDT AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Hyundai Hope on Wheels is giving a $400,000 grant to Wellstar Golisano Children's Hospital of Georgia for pediatric cancer research. The donation brings the group's total giving to the hospital to more than $1.8 million. Children battling cancer marked the moment by placing painted handprints on a Hyundai vehicle, a symbol of their fight for a cure. Doctor describes impact of funding. Dr. Theodore Johnson, a pediatric oncologist at Wellstar Golisano Children's Hospital, said more than 15,000 children are diagnosed with cancer every year in the U.S. His clinic treats children battling brain cancer who come from across the country for immunotherapy treatments. He said hope is what brings families to Augusta. "Hope that there may be a cure. Hope that they may slow down their disease, hope they can access normal activities of a childhood, birthdays, trips, seeing their friends, things we take for granted."" Johnson said. Johnson said the grant bridges the gap in funding, allowing the hospital to bring clinical treatments to children battling cancer. National totals. Since 1998, Hyundai Hope on Wheels has given more than $303 million nationwide to fund childhood cancer research.

Chief Healthcare Executive

Sep 12th, 2026

Wellstar plans to acquire another Georgia hospital.

Wellstar plans to acquire another Georgia hospital. The system and Stephens County Hospital have reached an agreement on a deal, the latest in a busy period for Wellstar. The Wellstar Health System is looking to add another hospital to its portfolio, continuing the system's recent expansion efforts. Wellstar and Stephens County Hospital said Wednesday that they have reached an agreement on a deal. Assuming the deal is finalized, Stephens County Hospital would join Wellstar. Regulators still must approve the transaction, but Wellstar is expecting to complete the acquisition by the end of 2026. Stephens County is a 96-bed hospital in Toccoa, a city in northeast Georgia near the border of South Carolina. The hospital opened its doors in 1937. Ketul J. Patel, president and CEO of Wellstar, recognized the history and service of the hospital. "For Stephens County Hospital to serve its community so well for nearly a century requires exceptional talent, deep community trust and an unwavering commitment to its mission," Patel said in a statement. "We look forward to working together to build on the strong foundation already in place while creating new opportunities for the community through expanded access to specialized care, innovative services and the strength of an integrated health system," he said. Wellstar also opened a new hospital, the Columbia County Medical Center, last month. The six-story medical center includes 100 beds and is in Grovetown, near Augusta. Wellstar now operates 13 hospitals, and Stephens County Hospital would become the system's 14th hospital. In announcing the plans to acquire Stephens County Hospital, Wellstar said the deal reflects the system's strategy of "thoughtfully expanding access to high-quality healthcare across Georgia by investing in strong community hospitals and connecting them to one of the Southeast's leading health systems." "It builds on Wellstar's strategic growth across the state, enabling clinical expertise, advanced technology and best practices to be shared across communities while improving access to care closer to home," Wellstar said in. Wellstar says the system will provide Stephens County Hospital patients more access to top clinicians, including specialists, and the system also touted its telehealth services. Wellstar has partnered with the hospital in tele-stroke services. Stephens County Hospital employs about 500 workers, and it has a medical staff of nearly 200 doctors and advanced practice providers. Van Loskoski, CEO of Stephens County Hospital, said becoming part of Wellstar helps ensure access to care for its communities in northern Georgia. "By joining Wellstar, we believe we can build on our strong relationships with patients, families and local physicians, while expanding access to specialized services and investing in the hospital's long-term future, so more people can receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time," Loskoski said in a statement. Wellstar also noted Stephens County Hospital has expanded surgical, orthopedic, and cardiovascular services in recent years. Georgia is seeing a host of planned hospital projects. Atrium Health and the Morehouse School of Medicine have. The organizations also intend to use the hospital to anchor a host of other healthcare services in the region.

Metro Atlanta CEO

Sep 3rd, 2026

Stephens County Hospital to Become Part of Wellstar Health System

Wellstar Health System and Stephens County Hospital announced today that they have reached an agreement for Stephens County Hospital and related entities to become part of Wellstar Health System. The transaction is expected to be completed toward the end of 2026, pending the conclusion of regulatory approvals.The planned transaction represents a pivotal moment for the two trusted and vital organizations to come together to strengthen local healthcare and create capacity for additional specialized resources in and around Stephens County.Stephens County Hospital is a longtime, trusted healthcare provider for Toccoa and surrounding North Georgia communities. The 96-bed acute care hospital has served patients and families throughout the region for nearly 90 years. Following regulatory approval, the hospital will become part of Wellstar.Wellstar and Stephens County Hospital already share a strong relationship through their tele-stroke program collaboration, giving Stephens County community members access to advanced regional stroke and surgical capabilities.As part of Wellstar, Stephens County Hospital will gain further access to a broad network of specialists and subspecialists, enhanced telehealth capabilities, advanced clinical expertise and the operational strengths of one of Georgia's leading integrated health systems. Wellstar's scale and resources will support the hospital's long-term vitality while allowing patients to continue receiving high-quality care close to home. "For Stephens County Hospital to serve its community so well for nearly a century requires exceptional talent, deep community trust and an unwavering commitment to its mission," said Wellstar President and CEO Ketul J. Patel. "We look forward to working together to build on the strong foundation already in place while creating new opportunities for the community through expanded access to specialized care, innovative services and the strength of an integrated health system."The agreement reflects a mutual commitment to providing seamless connectivity across care settings, and greater access to specialized clinical expertise and the resources required to meet the evolving healthcare needs of the community."For generations, Stephens County Hospital has been a pillar of this community and a trusted healthcare provider for Toccoa, Stephens County and surrounding North Georgia," said Stephens County Hospital CEO Van Loskoski. "By joining Wellstar, we believe we can build on our strong relationships with patients, families and local physicians, while expanding access to specialized services and investing in the hospital's long-term future, so more people can receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time."In the last few years, Stephens County Hospital has made thoughtful decisions to expand its surgical program, particularly in general surgery and orthopedics, which now features five operating rooms and two full-time orthopedic surgeons. The hospital also has built a tele-stroke program in partnership with Wellstar and has fortified its cardiovascular services.“All of these improvements have been part of a thoughtful, strategic approach to position Stephens County Hospital to broaden access to specialty care in our communities, which is where we find ourselves today,” Loskoski said.The planned transaction demonstrates Wellstar's continued momentum in thoughtfully expanding access to high-quality healthcare across Georgia by investing in strong community hospitals and connecting them to one of the Southeast's leading health systems. It builds on Wellstar's strategic growth across the state, enabling clinical expertise, advanced technology and best practices to be shared across communities while improving access to care closer to home.Nothing changes for patients or the hospitals today. Wellstar and Stephens County Hospital confirmed that patients will continue to have access to the physicians, services and care teams they know and trust. Wellstar intends to take a thoughtful, phased approach to integration that prioritizes continuity for patients, clinicians and team members.Additional information and updates will be shared with team members, clinicians, patients and the community as they become available.

Sharecare

Aug 28th, 2026

Sharecare named one of Atlanta's Healthiest Employers for fifth consecutive year.

Sharecare named one of Atlanta's Healthiest Employers for fifth consecutive year. For the fifth year in a row, Sharecare has been recognized by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of Atlanta's Healthiest Employers. To commemorate the milestone, Andrew Millard, VP of transformation and strategic initiatives, and Andrew Taylor, VP of account management, represented Sharecare at the Chronicle's Healthiest Employers event, joining fellow honorees from across Atlanta to recognize organizations committed to supporting workplace health and well-being. Sharecare, Inc. were proud to see Sharecare clients Emory University and Emory Healthcare, the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, and Wellstar Health System recognized among this year's Healthiest Employers. Their recognition alongside Sharecare reflects its shared commitment to creating healthier workplaces and supporting well-being throughout the Atlanta community. This latest honor reflects the benefits and resources available to Sharecare colleagues, as well as the everyday contributions each makes toward building a culture where well-being is supported and encouraged. It also recognizes the teams working behind the scenes to help its colleagues and their families access the tools, programs, and support they need to live healthier lives. Earning this recognition for five consecutive years is an exciting milestone and one that belongs to all employees across Sharecare. Sharecare, Inc. is incredibly grateful for the role its incredible teams play in supporting one another, strengthening its culture, and helping make Sharecare a healthier place to work.

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