About the Role

Obran Health is seeking a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead and grow Obran Health’s Home & Community business from its current operations in California with a desire to grow to a national footprint. This role will provide strategic leadership, ensure operational excellence, and strengthen Obran’s culture as the employer of choice and exceptional clinical care. The CEO will work closely with the Board and senior leadership to steward the organization’s strategic growth while delivering sustainable profitability, compliance, and innovation in home health delivery, and championing a people-first culture and embodying Obran’s cooperative values of shared leadership, collaboration, and community impact.

Responsibilities

Be a champion for all our employees and particularly clinicians to make Obran Health the employer of choice. Prioritizing a great workplace culture.
Develop and execute the strategic plan for Obran Health’s Home & Community business, aligning with cooperative values and long-term growth goals.
Oversee financial performance, including budget management, P&L accountability and operational efficiency.
Build, mentor, and retain a strong leadership team to drive organizational success.
Ensure compliance with all California and federal regulations governing home health agencies.
Lead initiatives to improve patient outcomes, employee engagement, clinician satisfaction, retention and STAR rating.
Standardize operational processes across agencies for scalability and quality outcomes.
Partner with the Board to provide timely reporting, business reviews, and recommendations.
Represent Obran Health with regulators, payers, and community stakeholders.
Support growth strategies including potential integration of new service lines through M&A.
Build partnerships with public health institutions, regulators, and community organizations to advance Obran’s role in progressive, cooperative healthcare.

Must Haves:

10+ years of progressive leadership in home health, hospice, post-acute, or healthcare operations. Minimum 5 years of executive-level leadership experience.
Ability to be a home healthcare administrator, which requires a clinical background OR Master’s degree
Strong knowledge of California home health regulatory and reimbursement environment.
Proven record of driving profitability, retention, and operational excellence.
Proven orientation to being aware of and integrating in best of breed technologies to advance the operational, clinical and/or financial success of the business.
Exceptional leadership, financial, and communication skills.
Visionary and empathetic leader, able to balance business performance with patient-centered priorities
Located in California, close to either Torrance or Pleasanton (or willingness to relocate)

Nice to Have:

Familiarity and interest in supporting worker ownership and worker-centered models. Might have direct experience or knowledge of cooperatives, ESOPs, or self-management. Or a deep desire to see more worker-centered models proliferate in healthcare.
Proven ability to lead, motivate, and hold accountable remote and hybrid teams across multiple locations. Experience working with remote team members.
Clinical background (RN, PT, or related licensure)
Experience integrating businesses through M&A
Experience overseeing multi-site operations
Experience working with an international team
Background in public service or government health systems
Familiarity with cooperative structures, distributed decision-making, or worker-owned models
Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business, or related field.
Experience integrating AI tools into clinical operations to advance the organization’s goals

Full time employees are eligible for:

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Life Insurance
Paid Time Off

All employees are invited to become members of Obran Cooperative. An ever growing set of member benefits is offered to all Obran Cooperative members, including:

Coverage of 100% of health, dental, and vision premiums
Optional participation in the Obran Cooperative Board and committees to help define future Obran Cooperative member benefits for all Obran Cooperative members
Participation in profit sharing

Our Mission

Obran Cooperative’s mission is to put the engines of business to work for humanity.

Our Vision

Obran will be the world's largest worker-cooperative conglomerate. We exist to grow profitable, useful, and impactful businesses that serve our members, customers, and communities. We acknowledge structures of inequity and embrace the struggles to overcome them, one workplace at a time.

Our Values

Democracy: We empower and educate members to participate fully in workplace decisions.
Innovation: We question the status quo and find new ways of working that are better for ourselves, our customers, our communities, and the environment.
Solidarity: We act in ways that promote equity and inclusion; we are pro-black, pro-women, pro-LGBTQ+, and against hate and discrimination in all its forms.
Humanity: We believe that workers are humans first; we foster dignity, respect, and joy in our interactions with each other.
Balance: We think critically and holistically about our decisions, and seek balance in the short- and long-term outcomes of all stakeholders we touch. Our stakeholders include our members, our families, our communities, our investors, our customers, our suppliers, and the environment.

Our Principles

This organization operates in accordance with the Rochdale cooperative principles:

Voluntary and open membership
Democratic member control
Members’ economic participation
Autonomy and independence
Education, training, & information
Cooperation among cooperatives
Concern for community

Salary Range Disclaimer

The base salary range represents the low and high end of the range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and may be above or below the range based on factors including but not limited to location, experience, net disposable income, and performance. The range listed is one component of Obran’s total compensation package for employees/members.

Equal Opportunities and Accommodations

Obran is deeply committed to creating workplaces and a community of members where equity is prioritized and valued. We believe that traditional corporations’ bad behavior disproportionately hurts the most marginalized people in society — including people of color, people from working class backgrounds, women and LGBTQ+ people. We believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.

Obran is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the employment application process. To request an accommodation, please contact Obran Careers at careers+eeo@obran.coop at least one week in advance of your interview.

Benefits:

401(k)
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance

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