About this role
AVP, Neuroscience
Full-Time | Nemours Children’s Health | Orlando & Central Florida
Join one of the nation’s leading pediatric health systems and help propel a nationally recognized Neuroscience program into its next stage of growth and innovation. Nemours Children’s Health is seeking a dynamic, strategic, and operationally strong AVP, Neuroscience to help shape a high-performing, regionally integrated service line that serves children and families across Florida and beyond.
Your Impact
As the AVP of the Central Florida Neuroscience Service Line, you will be the key administrative leader driving the development, coordination, and advancement of this rapidly growing program. You will have direct accountability for operational excellence, financial performance, and long-term strategic direction.
Working in a dyad with the Chief of Neurology—and in partnership with regional executive leadership—you will:
Accelerate strategic growth, innovation, and market expansion.
Strengthen a multi-divisional, interdepartmental Neuroscience enterprise across clinical care, research, and education.
Position Nemours as the premier destination for pediatric neuroscience care in the region and beyond.
You will report to the VP, Chief Strategy & Business Development Officer, with matrixed accountability to the Chief of Neurology, Regional President, CMO, and Department Chairs.
What You’ll Lead
Clinical Program Growth: Support development of multiple subspecialty programs, academic expansion (including child neurology residency and fellowship programs), and research initiatives spanning clinical trials and translational science.
Operational & Business Leadership: Oversee administrative and operational functions across inpatient, ambulatory, research, and education. Lead HR operations, patient access, scheduling, billing, business processes, financial planning, and performance improvement.
Research & Education Infrastructure: Guide pre- and post-award research administration, academic planning, and program development.
Financial & Strategic Performance: Manage operating and capital budgets, evaluate clinical programs, oversee resource planning, and ensure business and financial success across the service line.
Market Intelligence & Strategy: Leverage data and market insights to inform decision-making, support growth initiatives, and shape the long-range Neuroscience strategy.
What You Bring
Master’s degree in business, healthcare administration, or related field.
10+ years of experience in healthcare operations, fiscal management, program development, and regulatory oversight.
Experience in Neuroscience operations or strategy highly preferred.
Ability to travel within the Central Florida region.
Why Nemours?
At Nemours Children’s Health, you will help shape a high-impact, nationally recognized Neuroscience service line dedicated to creating the healthiest generations of children. Your leadership will influence care delivery, research innovation, academic growth, and patient outcomes—regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.
Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.
To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org.
Other facts
About Nemours Children's Health
Nemours Children's Health is committed to improving the health of children. As a non-profit children’s health organization, we consider the health of every child to be a sacred trust.
Through family-centered care in our children’s hospitals and clinics in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida, as well as world-changing research, education and advocacy, Nemours fulfills the promise of a healthier tomorrow for all children — even those who may never enter our doors.
Nemours began more than 80 years ago with the vision of Alfred I. duPont to improve the lives of children and to do whatever it takes to prevent and treat even the most disabling childhood conditions.
Today, through our children’s hospitals and health system, we directly care for 250,000 children annually in Delaware Valley and Florida, including families who travel from across the country and world to see our specialists — treating every child as we would our own.
We also reach beyond the walls of our hospitals and clinics to be a voice for children on a national and international level, and to lead the way in prevention, intervention, education, and research.
Nemours is growing to better serve the children and families in our care. We have 1.1 million square feet of space currently devoted to providing children’s healthcare or under construction, all designed with significant input and advice from our patients and families.
What you'll do
- The AVP will drive the development and advancement of the Neuroscience program, ensuring operational excellence and financial performance. They will work closely with the Chief of Neurology and regional leadership to support clinical program growth and strategic initiatives.
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