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Hoffman Estates, United States | Posted on 09/24/2026
Salary Up to $150,000 annually, commensurate with directly relevant experience
Country United States
Job Description
About the Organization
ForrestBehavioral Health is a growing behavioral health treatment organization servingindividuals with substance use disorders, mental health conditions, andco-occurring diagnoses. The organization operates with a strong focus ondelivering high-quality treatment while building environments where bothpatients and employees feel supported.
Asthe organization continues to grow across multiple states and locations,leadership is focused on strengthening an operating model that is alreadyworking well, identifying opportunities for improvement, and ensuringconsistent execution across facilities.
The Opportunity
Weare seeking a hands-on Chief Operating Officer to help lead the operationalperformance and continued growth of ForrestBehavioral Health acrossMassachusetts and Illinois, with potential involvement in Rhode Island.
Thisis not a role focused on rebuilding an underperforming organization. Thefacilities are established and generally operate near target capacity. Theopportunity is to understand an existing operating model, identify weaknessesand inefficiencies, strengthen execution, and help leadership scale that modelsuccessfully as the organization grows.
TheCOO will partner closely with ownership and facility Directors whilemaintaining the independence and accountability necessary to move initiativesforward. Approximately one week of travel per month is expected, depending onoperational needs.
Who Thrives Here
Thestrongest fit is a behavioral health operator who is ambitious, adaptable,accountable, and comfortable getting directly involved when necessary.
Youmay currently be a COO, VP of Operations, Regional Director, ExecutiveDirector, or similar leader who has spent several meaningful years withinsubstance use disorder or mental health treatment and is ready to take onbroader responsibility.
Thisrole does not require decades of executive experience. It does require someonewho understands how behavioral health facilities actually operate and can movecomfortably between strategic leadership and practical problem-solving.
Youshould be able to walk into a facility, recognize where something is notworking, collaborate with the appropriate leaders to develop a solution, andstay involved long enough to ensure that solution is executed.
What You'll Do
Overseeoperations and performance across multiple behavioral health treatmentlocations
Partner withfacility Directors to identify operational shortcomings, inefficiencies,and opportunities for improvement
Hold facilityleadership accountable to organizational expectations, deliverables,performance standards, and deadlines
Support statelicensing, accreditation, regulatory compliance, and facility readinessinitiatives
Help implementnew programs, operational systems, processes, and locations
Supportrecruiting and hiring for key leadership positions and frontline roleswhen necessary
Monitoroperational performance and help leadership strengthen facility-levelexecution
Serve as anoperational resource to ownership while independently carrying initiativesthrough completion
Work acrossadmissions, clinical operations, staffing, utilization review, census,retention, and other functions that influence facility performance
Travel betweenMassachusetts and Illinois facilities as operational needs require, withpotential involvement in Rhode Island
Help establishmeasurable performance goals and a bonus structure tied to facility andorganizational success
Requirements
Required:
Directprofessional experience within substance use disorder and/or mental healthtreatment operations
Leadershipexperience within behavioral healthcare, such as COO, VP of Operations,Regional Director, Executive Director, Director of Operations, or acomparable multi-site or senior operational role
Workingknowledge of behavioral health treatment operations and levels of caresuch as PHP, IOP, OP, residential, detox, or similar programs
Experiencesupporting or overseeing operational areas such as staffing, admissions,utilization review, insurance authorization, census management, patientretention, clinical operations, licensing, accreditation, or regulatorycompliance
Demonstratedability to identify operational problems, develop practical solutions, anddrive those solutions through implementation
Experienceholding facility or department leaders accountable for expectations,deliverables, and deadlines
Ability andwillingness to travel approximately one week per month, with flexibilityto travel more or less depending on operational needs
Ability tomaintain a home base in Massachusetts or Illinois
Strongcommunication, leadership, problem-solving, and organizational skills
Preferred:
Multi-sitebehavioral health leadership experience
Experiencesupporting facility launches, expansion initiatives, new programs, orlicensing and accreditation processes
Experiencerecruiting and developing behavioral health leadership teams
Familiaritywith both substance use disorder and mental health treatment operations
Experienceoperating across multiple states or regulatory environments
Compensation and Schedule
Salary: Up to$150,000 annually, commensurate with directly relevant experience
Performance-basedbonus structure
Home Base:Ideally Massachusetts or Illinois
Hybrid/work-from-homeflexibility when appropriate
Travel:Approximately one week per month, based on operational needs
Additional Benefits
Employercontribution of 60% toward health insurance
Performance-basedincentive opportunity
Significantopportunity to influence operational strategy and organizational growth
Directpartnership with ownership and facility leadership
Opportunity tohelp strengthen and scale an established behavioral health operating model
This opportunity is posted by Atlantic Health Strategies on behalf of ForrestBehavioral Health.
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Worksite address
hoffman estates, IL, 60179, US
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