Physician Principal

HMA is excited to enter 2026 with renewed energy and a mindset for growth.  As part of these efforts, we are recruiting for a physician principal role to support two of our growing service lines, Behavioral Health (inclusive of Substance Use Disorders) and Justice Involved Services.  We recently engaged in a firm-wide realignment that promises to position us for great success in this new year and for years to come.  We have identified the need to recruit a dynamic, national leader to join our team of existing physician principals and the two identified service lines.  The psychiatrist who is successful in this role will work nationally support projects across several states, both large and small.  They will be able to collaborate with existing experts and contribute new expertise and knowledge, act as a thought leader in the field, increase HMA’s visibility across the country and also contribute to business development and growth.

Job Summary

The Physician Principal is responsible for providing expertise and advice to help organizations improve their business performance in terms of operations, profitability, management, structure, and strategy; develops and maintains client relationships; and is responsible for achieving firm expectations for effective client services (i.e., project direction, project management, and work product quality). The Physician Principal also mentors junior staff, contributes to HMA’s strategic objectives, meets internal administrative expectations, accepts accountability, and contributes to HMA’s culture.

Work Performed and Job Requirements

• Business development
  • Performs business development activities to expand funded work from existing clients or new
  • Develops and maintains a pipeline of future work that demonstrates a likelihood of achieving business development requirements in future
  • Both lead and participate in proposal development and
• Client management
  • Meets with client to understand
  • Gathers and organizes information about the issue to be solved or the procedure to be
  • Analyzes data to identify and understand issues to be
  • Presents findings to
  • Provides advice, implementation plans, and/or suggestions for improvement according to project
  • Evaluates the client’s needs as warranted and adjusts as
  • Ensures that all deliverables are high-quality.
• Project management
  • Serves as subject matter expert on
  • Undertakes internal and external short-term or long-term projects to address identified issues and
  • Develop and document tools, analysis, frameworks, tracking tools, road maps, dashboards, and other approaches to manage a variety of large and small projects
• Leadership
  • Leads and manages teams, provides feedback and development, and advances internal
  • Serves as a mentor for other staff members, as requested. 
• Performance metrics
  • • Ensures performance meets or exceeds HMA expectations in the following areas:
    • Business development
    • Billable hour target attainment
    • Manages to budget/project caps established at the outset or assists in negotiating additional fees
    • Meets quality and operational standards
    • Completes and submits timesheets, expense reports, revenue forecasts, and other internal reports when due
      
    • Participates in and completes all HMA training and development requirements in a timely manner
    • Participates in internal activities related to business strategies, forecasts, adoption of new technologies/platforms/approaches, and other process
• All other duties as

Education/Training

Minimum of a medical degree (MD or DO), as well as a current active license is required. A master’s degree in a related discipline is strongly preferred.

Experience

Minimum of 15 years of progressively increasing prior leadership or management experience in work involving publicly funded healthcare including, but not limited to policy, administration, operations, compliance, research, consulting, and/or evaluation.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong project management
• Solid time management
• Excellent internal and excellent professional networking
• Excellent attention to
• Excellent critical thinking
• Exceptional oral and written communication
• Superior interpersonal skills, including leadership, contribution to culture, and acceptance of accountability
• Ability to multi-task and adhere to strict
• Capable of handling confidential information in a discrete
• Ability to work extended hours when deadlines are
• Demonstrated thought leadership and deep expertise in more than one critical healthcare
• Maintains approach to stay current in trends in areas of subject matter

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)