Director Growth & Analytics

Novant Health; Winston-Salem (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Novant Health in Winston-Salem, NC seeks a Director to join the Growth Office, delivering enterprise analytics and deal strategy to drive growth and margin improvement. You will bridge market analytics, financial modeling, and performance management, leading high-impact initiatives, managing external advisory relationships, and translating insights into measurable financial and operational outcomes.

The role demands strategic judgment, healthcare know-how, and ability to lead multiple priorities

Qualifications

• 7+ years in M&A, capital planning, or alternative asset management in healthcare services.
• Experience in investment banking, private equity, or corporate development/strategic finance.
• Strong data analysis and strategic evaluation skills.
• Fluent in communicating insights to senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Conduct market assessments and deal evaluations.
• Support margin improvement analytics and performance tracking.
• Manage external advisory relationships and translate insights into financial outcomes.
• Lead cross-functional teams and influence senior leaders.

Skills

Strategic analytics

Financial modeling

Healthcare industry knowledge

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Project leadership

Negotiation/Influence

Change management

Interpersonal skills

Excel and PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree

Graduate degree

Tools

Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

What We Offer

The team member’s Number One job responsibility is to deliver the most remarkable patient experience, in every dimension, every time, and understands how to contribute to the health system’s vision of achieving that commitment to patients and families. At Novant Health, people are our business. We treat each other with respect and compassion. We embrace the differences in our strengths while fostering an environment of inclusion, empowerment, inspiration and courage. The team member will use Novant Health’s First Do No Harm (NHFDNH) safety behaviors/error prevention tools and high reliability strategies as appropriate to ensure a safe, remarkable patient experience.

What You'll Do

This role serves as a versatile, high-impact leader supporting enterprise growth, margin improvement, strategic analytics, and transaction-related initiatives. This position is designed as a dynamic strategic resource for the Growth Office, responsible for bridging market analytics, deal strategy, financial modeling, margin improvement, and performance management.

The Director will not only develop analyses and models, but also apply critical thinking, healthcare expertise, and strategic judgment to evaluate opportunities, challenge assumptions, and drive better decisions. The Director will lead and support initiatives including market assessments, partnership and deal evaluation, preliminary diligence, margin improvement analytics, performance tracking, and management of external advisory relationships, while ensuring insights translate into measurable financial and operational outcomes.

Additional Skills/Requirements (required)

• Ability to develop fluency around the most important issues to the SVP and Chief Growth Officer

and connect back to how we execute under our enterprise strategy.

• Embrace teambuilding and possess interpersonal relationship skills.
• Flexibility with a desire to drive change from the business perspective.
• Candidate must be comfortable working in settings that present vague project parameters and capable of identifying tangible outputs to reach project implementation.
• Documented analytical skills: must be able to quickly absorb and process large amounts of data to reach sound business conclusions.
• Interpersonal savvy, detail-oriented and strong organizational and listening abilities.
• Excellent communication skills; must be able to elicit the real issues and be adept at presenting his/her ideas verbally and in writing.
• Ability to function effectively in an environment with multiple and fluctuating priorities.
• Successfully manage multiple priority projects simultaneously and take direction from, or support, multiple leaders.
• Decision-making, project leadership, and consultation skills.
• Ability to be a team player, contribute to a positive working environment and demonstrate initiative, ownership, and accountability.
• General knowledge of healthcare environment as it relates to physicians, medical group practice, hospitals, ancillary services and insurance/managed care.
• Ability to create, develop and structure data in Microsoft Office (particularly Excel and PowerPoint).
• Demonstrated networking, delegation and diplomacy skills.
• Must be able to negotiate with, handle conflict, and influence senior leaders.
• Proven track record of handling matters with the utmost discretion.
• Resilient and able to work in an atmosphere of high pressure, high expectations & shifting priorities.
• Capable of analyzing complex problems and developing creative solutions.
• Appreciation for diversity of experience and thought

What We’re Looking For

Education

4 Year / Bachelors Degree Required

Graduate Degree Preferred

Experience

Years of Experience Required/Preferred Description

7 Required M&A, capital planning, and/or alternative asset management experience, preferably at an investment banking, private equity, or corporate development / strategic finance role focused on healthcare services

Job Opening ID

197800