Responsibilities

Behavioral Health Division:
UHS is the largest facility-based behavioral health provider in the United States, providing patients and their families with specialized care. Since UHS entered the behavioral health industry in 1983, the number of individuals treated has grown significantly as the platform has expanded. Today, UHS treats more than 700,000 behavioral health patients annually. The behavioral health footprint spans 40 states, the United Kingdom, and Puerto Rico with over 300 facilities.

Healthcare institutions of all sizes and affiliations are experiencing a significant rise in demand for behavioral health services and are looking for new care delivery models and population health initiatives to better integrate physical and mental health care. Because the demand for behavioral health services is likely to continue to exceed capacity, improving integration of care will be vital to meeting the growing need for services. UHS, with its clinical resources and geographic reach, is well positioned to develop mutually beneficial partnerships with other healthcare systems to provide high quality, cost-effective behavioral healthcare that is clinically integrated, outcomes driven and delivers measurable value to patients and the healthcare system as a whole.

In March of 2026, UHS entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Talkspace, Inc., a leading behavioral healthcare company offering virtual outpatient services, with a network of approximately 6,000 licensed professionals available to more than 200 million covered individuals. This acquisition will further UHS' core growth objectives by accelerating outpatient and telehealth behavioral health strategies, diversifying payor mix and delivering a comprehensive, technology-enabled continuum of care that supports innovative, highly accessible approaches to mental health services.

The UHS Behavioral Health Division is committed to successful long-term partnerships that improve access to behavioral health services in local communities and improve outcomes for patients and their families. The Division has a number of successful integration partnerships around the country that include working with medical systems and hospitals in a variety of ways, including:

• Joint venture Behavioral Hospitals
• Inpatient psychiatric services on an acute care campus
• The acquisition of an acute care hospital's behavioral health operations
• Management of psychiatric services in existing emergency departments
• Mobile assessments
• Telemedicine
• Managed units

UHS offers a number of specialty service lines, including substance use disorder treatment, eating disorder treatment, autism spectrum disorder services, and child & adolescent residential services. Supporting the mental health of military personnel - including service members, veterans, first responders and their families - UHS proudly demonstrates its commitment through its Patriot Support Programs, which treated over 17,500 individuals in 2025. UHS is proud to offer this program as a national network of currently 28 behavioral treatment centers across 20 states dedicated to treating active military, veterans and their families to help them cope with the emotional and psychological effects of combat and related triggers.

UHS also has been successful expanding internationally and now owns and operates 161 facilities in the U.K. through its subsidiary Cygnet, a leading provider of mental health and social care services for adults and children. Cygnet's network of award-winning hospitals and community-based services support nearly 9,000 individuals each year across 163 services.

This opportunity offers the following:

Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off

Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans

401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan

SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program

Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!

Qualifications

The Role:
Reporting to the President & Chief Executive Officer of UHS, Marc Miller, the Executive Vice President, UHS and President, Behavioral Health Division will have direct responsibility for driving the strategy, operations and profitable growth for the $7.6 billion behavioral health services business. The President, Behavioral Health Division will manage a high-performance organization and maintain a culture of operational excellence, service and clinical quality. The President, Behavioral Health Division will oversee a distributed team providing credible and inspiring leadership by developing and articulating a compelling vision and demonstrating a dedication to best practice business execution.

This forward-thinking leader will be laser focused on all operational aspects of the business, including the pending integration of Talkspace, while also driving other growth initiatives. S/he will communicate effectively throughout the organization and must balance the needs of the business plan, while striving to build long-term value.

The President, Behavioral Health Division will recruit, develop and retain a superior team of leaders charged with continually advancing the company's and their respective subsidiary entities' positions as providers, employers and partners of choice in our dynamic environment. This individual will pride him/herself on developing talent and creating the next generation of leaders while reinforcing a culture of support and teamwork.

The successful candidate will have the experience and understanding that comes from working in best-of class healthcare organizations and will have an exceptional reputation, gained through proven success within the healthcare industry.

Specific responsibilities will include:

• P&L responsibility for the management, overall strategy, capital expenditures and oversight of the Behavioral Health business, including collaborating and interacting with all levels of management across UHS.
• Ensure key results and strategic objectives are achieved in a consistent and predictable manner; implement robust processes to plan and execute key priorities and mitigate risks; delegate well and hold others accountable; drive things to closure and completion.
• Successfully integrate Talkspace into the UHS Behavioral Health Division.
• Set the future direction for the Behavioral Health Division and lead the company into the next phase of growth, capitalizing on UHS' strong financial standing, scale and market positioning.
• Drive a cultural of clinical and quality excellence across the Behavioral Health Division.
• Provide operational and financial leadership through the development and implementation of short-term and long-term tactical and strategic plans to achieve business goals and objectives.
• Develop and deliver on the execution of the operational business plan and budget. Oversee the development of KPIs and operational framework to allow the behavioral health business to continue to scale.
• Drive growth strategy, taking into account market, regulatory and competitive dynamics. Identify and pursue acquisitions with the support of the development team.
• Provide credible and inspiring leadership through the combination of a thoughtful and innovative approach with consistent and impactful business execution in the market.
• Actively monitor and enhance the organizational structure and Behavioral Health Division leadership team to provide best-in-class performance.
• Improve the capabilities at all levels of the organization through assessment and development of existing people and the recruitment of new talent. Proactively address succession planning.
• Effectively leverage current infrastructure and develop a thoughtful plan for evolving infrastructure and organizational chart to ensure scalability.
• Develop and foster strong relationships with physicians and clinical leadership. Create and sustain a culture that is highly appealing to clinicians.
• Partner internally with Corporate Functions that provide core services to the Behavioral Health Division (Human Resources, Legal, Marketing, Supply Chain, Risk, among others).
• Actively and effectively work with various constituent parties (e.g. payers, external partners, clinicians and consumers) to evangelize the company and support all business building activities.
• Build strong and collaborative relationships with the CEO, Board, and senior leadership team.
• Present to the UHS Board of Directors on the performance and strategy of the Behavioral Health Division.

Key Relationships:

Reports To: Marc Miller, President & Chief Executive Officer

Direct Reports:

Division Senior Vice Presidents (4, by geography)

Senior Vice President, Finance, BH Division (dotted line)

Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical Officer, BH Division

Senior Vice President, Chief Growth Officer, BH Division

Senior Vice President, Payer Strategies, BH Division

VP, Chief Medical Officer, BH Division

VP, Quality and Physician Alignment, BH Division

VP, Support Service Operations, BH Division

AVP Corporate Development, BH Divsiion

Relates to Internally:

Executive Vice President and President, Acute Care

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

Senior Vice President, Strategic Services

Relates to Externally:

Strategic Partners, Payers, Joint Venture Partners, CMS, State Regulators, Community Leaders, Industry Organizations (NABH, FAH, NAASP)

Candidate Profile:

The President, Behavioral Health Division will be an experienced and respected healthcare executive with a proven track record of leading and growing a $5 billion+ healthcare business. S/he will likely have held the title of CEO, COO or Division President within a significant and successful for-profit company. The President, Behavioral Health Division will possess a bachelor's degree and preferably a master's level degree in business, healthcare administration, or a related field. This inspirational, authentic leader will be inquisitive, hands-on, adaptable and future-focused, with an ability to be laser focused on operational metrics while also developing a behavioral health strategy that enables UHS to effectively scale and continually differentiates its offerings from competitors as the market leader in behavioral health services. The successful candidate will thrive in an environment that is fast paced, non-hierarchical and performance driven.

The President, Behavioral Health Division will know what "great" looks like, with an understanding of best-in-class controls and operating processes. The successful candidate will have a strong and proven track record driving organizational transformation in a highly dynamic and competitive market. The ideal candidate will establish a culture comfortable with challenging the status quo to achieve and exceed goals. Focused on successful operational implementation, this hands-on leader will prioritize and execute consistently, across the network. They will have a track record of engaging and leading large teams of clinicians across a national platform. Ideally, this leader will also bring experience presenting to a Board of Directors.

The President, Behavioral Health Division will have a distinguished track record of growth, navigating complex M&A deals and joint ventures, organic growth, and staying ahead of market opportunities. This leader will have driven organizations forward with a focus on top-line growth and cost reduction. They will be expected to combine broad conceptual thinking skills with pragmatic operations experience and must have demonstrated the ability to get things done and deliver business results.

In terms of the performance and personal competencies required for the position, we would highlight the following:

Executing for Results:

• Operates with a sense of urgency. Has demonstrated an ability to drive revenue, profitability and shareholder value. Demonstrated successful leadership skills in driven, results-oriented cultures. A bias for action and comfort with both making decisions and shouldering the responsibility for them. A successful track record of growing business in a dynamic, highly competitive environment, likely requiring calculated risks. Leads with intensity, purpose, and a strong commitment to achieving ambitious goals.
• Holds oneself to the highest standards of accountability; has the ability to drive change while maintaining operating effectiveness; integrates and aligns efforts across business units and functions; monitors results; tackles problems directly and delegates effectively.
• Develops perspective on the broader business, while maintaining an appropriate level of knowledge of t