Chief Strategy Officer - MercyOne

MercyOne Medical Group; Clive (IA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

MercyOne is seeking a Chief Strategy Officer to lead strategic planning, business development, and population health across its Iowa network. The role reports to the CEO and works within a highly matrixed MercyOne and Trinity Health system to align mission, strategy, and performance.

The CSO will oversee limited staff while coordinating system resources to drive growth, optimize care delivery, and advance value-based programs across clinics, hospitals, and partner organizations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years in strategy or executive leadership within healthcare.
• Experience leading multi-site systems and complex organizations.
• Strong collaboration with CEO, board and senior leadership.
• Proven track record in population health initiatives and value-based care.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning aligned with MercyOne and Trinity Health strategy.
• Oversee business development, market growth and new ventures.
• Develop and deploy value-based care initiatives across regions.
• Report to the CEO and participate in board meetings on progress.

Skills

Strategic Planning

Healthcare Strategy

Board Communications

Leadership

M&A

Population Health

Stakeholder Engagement

Job description

Employment Type: Full time Shift: Description: The Chief Strategy Officer will be responsible for strategic planning, business development and population health for MercyOne. Accountability includes the assurance that the MercyOne's vision, mission, and values are evident in the strategic planning, management, operations, and organizational culture of the network partners. This individual will be expected to attend board meetings and report on current activity as it relates to strategic initiatives and the progress of the organization on strategic planning goals. This Chief Strategy Officer will oversee a small number of staff but will be expected to utilize system resources to achieve key goals and objectives within the system by working in a highly matrixed environment.

MercyOne

Headquartered in Des Moine, Iowa, MercyOne is a connected system of health care facilities and services dedicated to helping people and communities live their best lives. The system's more than 230 clinics, medical centers, hospitals and care locations are located throughout the state of Iowa and beyond. Today, the nonprofit Regional Health Ministry (RHM) generates more than $3.9 billion in combined revenue and employs more than 22,000 colleagues, including 1000+ physicians. Headquartered in central Iowa, MercyOne is the second largest RHM within Trinity Health.

Trinity Health

Trinity Health ($25+B) is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 133,000 colleagues, with 8,900 employed physicians and 30,000 affiliated physicians, providing clinical caring for diverse communities across 25 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 92 hospitals, 101 continuing care locations, 121 urgent care locations, 28 PACE center locations, and has many other health and well-being services. Headquartered in Livonia, Michigan, the health system provides $1.4B per year in Community Benefit and $2.9B per year in Community Impact.

Learn more at MercyOne.org and Trinity-health.org

Promise Statement

We Listen. We Partner. We Make it Easy.

Essential Functions

• Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health mission, vision, and values in leadership behaviors, practices, and decisions.

• Functions as the business strategy partner for the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MercyOne. Oversees and implements an effective strategic planning process for MercyOne consistent and integrated with the Trinity Health strategy and planning process.

• Leads efforts to create an integrated delivery system across the continuum of care and realize market consolidation opportunities, working closely with the Trinity Health M&A and Partnership Development team.

• Develops and diversifies ambulatory, post-acute, retail and on-line health services to capture commercial revenues shifting to non-hospital settings and create future-ready models of care that optimize profitability under a value-based health care system.

• Leads MercyOne in development of strategy and business plans in alignment with Trinity Health Mission and Strategic Plan. Plans and develops new ventures, major programs, joint ventures, and significant market growth initiatives within the region, consistent with and supportive of the Trinity Health's Mission and Strategic Plan.

• Works with Trinity Health planning and M&A teams on significant transactions to support the HM growth and positioning. Identifies and develops appropriate, low-cost, high-quality health delivery responses to community healthcare needs.

• Assures patient care needs are met by developing a comprehensive delivery network within the region.

• Participates with leaders from the governing body, management, medical staff, and employees in developing the mission, strategic plan, governing policies, and standards.

• Provides expert internal consultation on emerging healthcare trends.

• Works to address strategic initiatives including physician alignment, new contract development, and further development of the specific service lines or services that make sense for the individual entities or the system as a whole.

• Works closely with Marketing & Communications in the promotion of programs and services that enhance the growth of programs and services in the markets served.

• Assures all MercyOne's activities are directed toward the achievement of the mission and values of the organization.

• Develops strategies and operational processes to implement value-based care.

• Lead organizational efforts to be successful in population health.

• Develops an analytical system and corresponding methodologies to measure quality, cost and overall effectiveness of population health initiatives.

• Collaborates and develops payor strategies to optimize quality and economic return in value-based payment models.