Vice President - Facilities Management

About Us

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

• Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek.
• Recognized as the Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024.
• Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.
• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads in 2023.
• Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.
• Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare in 2025

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement Plan with employer match, and many more!
• For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Job Summary

• The Vice President of Facilities Management position is responsible for the strategic direction, operational oversight, and leadership for facilities management functions across the system, ensuring the safety, reliability, and operational excellence of the physical environment while maintaining compliance with regulatory standards.The VP of Facilities Management is responsible for all real estate transactions, facility planning, and design and construction project management throughout the system. The VP is responsible for the selection of architectural and engineering firms along with contractors and sub-contractors for all planning and development work for the system. The VP must maintain expert knowledge of real estate laws, healthcare design concepts and principles and life-safety code requirements, city and state regulatory requirements for all facility planning and design projects throughout the system. The VP is responsible for identifying and mitigating risks for all buildings and grounds across the system. The VP plays a lead role in strategic space planning across all campuses in the system. The VP leads the Building and Grounds Committee of the Board of Directors in consensus building and approval for all system facility development. The VP is also responsible to manage the day-to-day operations of the planning and design and engineering (maintenance) departments. The VP is also a member of the Administrative On-Call team.
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• Education
  • Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Construction Management, or a related field
• Experience
  • Required: At least 5 years’ leadership experience, and design and construction experience.
• Skills
  • Must be able to work effectively with staff, public and external agencies.
  • Must have the ability to take initiative and to exercise good judgment and decision-making
  • Problem solving
  • Critical thinking, conflict management, negotiation and Personnel development
• Licensure/Certification/Registration
  • N/A