Summit Partners

Emergency Medicine Medical Director (National Travel Team)

Summit Partners$435K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Board-certified in emergency medicine with extensive leadership experience.
  • Minimum of 5 years in emergency medicine leadership roles.
  • Proven track record of influencing organizational goals at an executive level.
  • Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
  • Reputation for sound judgment and effective problem-solving under pressure.
  • Ability to adapt leadership style to different hospital settings.
  • Commitment to mentoring and enhancing team potential.

Responsibilities

  • Provide executive leadership to emergency medicine teams in various healthcare settings.
  • Act as a strategic liaison among hospital executives and community stakeholders.
  • Lead initiatives to improve quality, efficiency, and patient outcomes.
  • Manage relationships and expectations between emergency teams and hospital partners.
  • Offer experienced administrative support during organizational transitions.
  • Promote a culture of accountability and continuous improvement aligned with company values.
  • Be recognized as a solutions-driven leader with excellent diagnostic skills.

Benefits

  • Coverage for travel expenses including airfare and lodging for National Ambassador Physicians.
  • Assistance with state licensing procurement and covering related costs.
  • Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and life insurance.
  • 401k plan with company matching contributions.
  • Paid medical malpractice insurance and tail coverage.
  • Annual allowance for continuing medical education (CME).
Full Job Description
Qualifications:
  • Our physicians are board-certified in emergency medicine and bring many years of leadership and executive-level experience.
  • 5+ years of emergency medicine leadership experience required.
  • A demonstrated history of executive-level leadership and organizational influence.
  • Exceptional relationship-building and communication skills.
  • A reputation for sound judgment, strong diagnostics, and calm, rational problem-solving.
  • The adaptability to lead effectively in diverse hospital settings and organizational cultures.
  • A passion for mentoring teams and helping organizations achieve their highest potential.

Scheduling:
  • Full-time travel Monday through Thursday.
  • 100% onsite support at partner hospitals when assigned.
  • Work with healthcare teams and executives in communities across the United States.
  • Live anywhere in the country while serving hospital partners nationwide.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide executive leadership for emergency medicine teams across diverse healthcare environments, ensuring high-quality clinical and operational performance.
  • Serve as the strategic liaison between Sound Physicians, hospital executives, clinical leaders, service line partners, and community stakeholders, building trusted, collaborative relationships.
  • Lead operational and clinical improvement initiatives that enhance quality, efficiency, patient outcomes, and overall program performance.
  • Direct and support emergency medicine teams while managing hospital partner relationships, stakeholder expectations, and organizational priorities.
  • Deliver experienced administrative leadership during transitions, growth opportunities, and periods of operational complexity, adapting effectively to programs of varying size and maturity.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and alignment with Sound Physicians' mission, values, and leadership philosophy.
  • Recognized as a respected, solutions-oriented leader with strong diagnostic skills, sound judgment, and a calm, adaptable approach to solving complex organizational and clinical challenges.

Living and Working Nationwide:
  • Our team members live nationwide and travel to our hospital partner sites across the country.

Rewards and Compensation:
  • Annual compensation of $435,000.
  • Our National Ambassador Physicians' airfare and lodging are paid for by Sound.
  • Sound's licensing team will help manage the procurement of any state licenses needed to work at one of our hospital partner locations. We'll cover the cost of these licenses.
  • Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, long- and short-term disability, 401k with match, paid medical malpractice and tail coverage, and annual CME allowance.


Trevor Barone, Clinical Leadership Recruiter

About Summit Partners

Summit Partners is a global alternative investment firm that invests in growth equity, fixed income and public equity opportunities in technology, healthcare and other growth sectors. The firm was founded in 1984 and has raised more than $23 billion in capital commitments since inception. Summit Partners has offices in Boston, Menlo Park, London and Singapore.
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