Executive Director | Dubuque, IA

About Bridgewater Recovery

Bridgewater Recovery is a
behavioral health organization developing a substance use treatment program
focused on expanding access to high-quality IOP, PHP, detox, and residential
treatment services in Dubuque, Iowa. The program is being built to serve individuals
who need a higher level of care, with a focus on clinical quality, operational
discipline, strong culture, and long-term sustainability.

The Opportunity

Bridgewater Recovery is seeking
an experienced Executive Director to serve as the senior operational leader for
its Dubuque, Iowa facility. This is a high-impact leadership role responsible
for translating vision into execution during the facility's launch and ongoing
operations, spanning IOP, PHP, detox, and residential levels of care. The
Executive Director ensures regulatory compliance, financial performance, and
exceptional client care while developing the leaders and teams that make it all
possible.

What You'll Do

•       Lead pre-opening planning and execution, including
hiring, onboarding, policy implementation, licensure readiness, and operational
go-live preparation

•       Help stand up programming across IOP, PHP, detox, and
residential treatment

•       Develop operating systems, reporting structures,
workflows, and accountability processes across departments

•       Oversee facility-level financial performance,
budgeting, labor management, census growth, and operational efficiency

•       Monitor key performance indicators and support payer
strategy, reimbursement awareness, referral growth, and census development

•       Recruit, build, and lead a high-performing leadership
team across clinical, medical, nursing, admissions, operations, compliance, and
administrative functions

•       Provide direct supervision, coaching, and support to
department leaders

•       Work closely with the Medical Director, Clinical
Director, nursing leadership, and treatment team to support high-quality,
evidence-based care

•       Ensure compliance with applicable state, federal,
payer, and accreditation requirements, maintaining survey and licensing
readiness

•       Represent Bridgewater Recovery in the community,
referral network, payer environment, and broader behavioral health market

What You Bring

•       Master's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business
Administration, Public Health, Behavioral Health Administration, Social Work,
Counseling, Psychology, or a related field

•       5+ years of progressive behavioral health leadership
experience

•       3+ years of executive leadership experience

•       Experience launching a new treatment facility or
leading a start-up healthcare operation preferred

•       Experience with ASAM levels of care, including 3.5
residential and 3.7 detox, preferred

•       Experience with state licensure, accreditation
readiness, Joint Commission, CARF, or similar standards preferred

•       Experience working with Medicaid MCOs, commercial
payers, utilization review, and reimbursement-driven operations preferred

•       Prior leadership experience in a high-growth or
multi-site behavioral health organization preferred

Compensation and Schedule

Salary: $130,000 -
$170,000 annually, commensurate with experience

Performance Incentives: Additional
performance-based incentives tied to census growth, financial performance,
operational execution, compliance, and quality outcomes

Schedule: Full-time |
On-site | Contract to start, transitioning to employee at facility launch

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Bridgewater Recovery is an Equal
Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin,
age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other protected
status in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

EEO is the Law: http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf

This opportunity is posted by Atlantic Health Strategies
on behalf of Bridgewater Recovery.