Key Expectations for the Proposed CEO The following qualifications and experience are desirable in the candidate:

1. Approximately 15–20 years or more of senior-level experience in Healthcare/Hospital Management.
2. Experience working in roles such as CEO, COO, Executive Director, or Director (Operations).
3. Experience in managing large, multi-disciplinary healthcare organizations.
4. Direct experience with Ophthalmology, Eye Hospitals, or eye-care organizations is particularly desirable.
5. A sound understanding of hospital administration, clinical coordination, HR, finance, procurement, quality systems, and compliance.
6. Experience working with an NGO, social service organization, or mission-driven institution would be an added advantage.
7. The ability to efficiently manage an organization with a workforce of approximately 200 or more employees.
8. Ability to work with CSR initiatives, institutional donors, philanthropic organizations, and strategic partnerships.
9. An exceptionally high level of integrity, transparency, and financial discipline.
10. Leadership capability to effectively lead and collaborate with senior doctors, professionals, and administrative teams.

Language and Regional Preference We will give special preference to candidates who:

Are from South India and can communicate effectively in both Hindi and English.

Possess knowledge of Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, or Malayalam (considered an added advantage).

Eye-care Experience

As a key area of ​​Kalyanam Karoti’s work involves blindness prevention and eye care, special importance will be given to candidates with senior management or operations experience in a large eye-care network, eye hospital, ophthalmic institution, or ophthalmology-related healthcare organization.





It is not mandatory for the candidate to be an ophthalmic surgeon; however, they must possess a sound understanding of eye-care delivery systems, clinical operations, quality standards, patient services, and the dynamics of working with ophthalmology professionals.

Integrity & Background Verification

Given the nature of this role, we require the following verifications to be included in your search process:

- Verification of educational qualifications
- Verification of complete employment history
- Qualified reference checks with previous employers
- At least 3 senior-level references
- Leadership assessment
- Professional references regarding integrity/character
- Conflict-of-interest declaration
- Standard and legally compliant background verification
- Discreet verification of the circumstances surrounding the exit from the previous organization

Search Process We would like your organization to prepare an initial pool of approximately 8–10 potential candidates through a process comprising:

Long List → Screening → Assessment → Short List → Reference Verification → Final Interview

...and subsequently present detailed profiles of the 3–5 most suitable candidates to us. The following information is required for each candidate's profile:

- Complete career history
- Current/last compensation
- Expected compensation
- Key achievements
- Team size managed




- Annual budget managed
- Healthcare/eye-care experience
- Reason for seeking a change
- Location/willingness to relocate
- Notice period
- Reference assessment

Founder Transition We intend for the full responsibility of the organization's day-to-day management to be progressively handed over to the selected CEO.

To this end, a structured transition program spanning 6–12 months could be developed post-appointment; this would facilitate the effective transfer of the current leadership's experience, institutional values, and the systems established over more than four decades.

Our objective is for the CEO to develop a professional management system while upholding the organization's spirit of service, transparency, and core objectives.

We, therefore, request you to provide the following information:

1. Your proposed search methodology
2. Search timeline
3. The senior consultant/partner proposed by you
4. Your initial assessment of the potential candidate pool

5. Professional fee structure

6. Payment milestones

7. Replacement/guarantee terms

8. Leadership assessment methodology
9. Reference and background verification process
10. Your experience with similar healthcare/eye-care CEO searches

This assignment is of utmost importance and strictly confidential to us. We are confident that, through your expertise, we will be able to find a CEO who can take 'Kalyanam Karoti' beyond its founder-dependent operations and develop it into a robust, transparent, professionally managed, and sustainable social service organization.

Regards

Pay: ₹80,000.00 - ₹200,000.00 per month

Benefits

- Flexible schedule

Work Location: In person

📌 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (Mathura)
🏢 Kalyanam Karoti
📍 Mathura