Director Strategy - Clinical Enterprise

GSS Geisinger System Services; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Geisinger is seeking an enterprise strategy lead embedded with a designated business unit. The Director shapes strategy, translates enterprise direction into actionable plans, and supports disciplined execution with enterprise priorities, standards, and governance.

The role balances deep BU partnership with an enterprise perspective, ensuring decision-oriented strategies, integrated across the system, with clear plans, metrics, and execution follow-through.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree is required.
• Minimum of 7 years related work experience is required.
• Minimum of 5 years managerial/supervisory experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Frame strategic questions with BU leaders and set strategic direction aligned to enterprise priorities.
• Shape and recommend strategic choices, priorities, and tradeoffs with enterprise context.
• Translate strategy into multi-year and annual plans with priorities and resources.
• Support development and pressure-testing of business cases with Finance and operations.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise planning cadence and governance.
• Surface cross-business dependencies, risks, and sequencing challenges.
• Coordinate with BU Strategy Directors and ACSO to resolve enterprise tradeoffs.
• Maintain enterprise perspective while partnering with BU leadership.
• Define analytic questions needed for strategic decisions.
• Translate analysis into decision-ready options with Strategic Insights.
• Conduct independent future-sensing to stay ahead of opportunities and pressures.
• Provide hands-on strategic support for enterprise initiatives.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Business Analysis

Computer Literacy

Critical Thinking

Interpersonal Communication

Market Research

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Location

Work from home (Pennsylvania)

Shift

Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Worker Type

Regular

Exemption Status

Yes

Job Summary

This role serves as the enterprise strategy lead embedded with a designated business unit, operating through a dotted‑line partnership with business unit executive leadership. The Director is accountable for shaping strategy, translating enterprise direction into actionable plans, and supporting disciplined execution—while maintaining alignment with enterprise priorities, standards, and governance through the Enterprise Strategy Office. The role balances deep business‑unit partnership with an enterprise perspective, ensuring strategies are decision‑oriented, integrated across the system, and supported by clear plans, metrics, and execution follow‑through.

Job Duties

• Partner with business unit leaders to frame critical strategic questions and develop clear strategic direction aligned to enterprise priorities.


• Shape and recommend strategic choices, priorities, and tradeoffs informed by enterprise context, knowledge of the current business environment, and informed perspectives on future state opportunities and pressures.


• Translate approved strategy into multi‑year and annual plans, including priorities, targets, sequencing, and resource implications.


• Support development and pressure‑testing of business cases and investment theses in partnership with Finance and operational leaders.


• Ensure alignment with enterprise planning cadence, capital guardrails, and governance.


• Surface cross‑business dependencies, risks, and sequencing challenges.


• Coordinate with other BU‑aligned Strategy Directors and the ACSO to resolve enterprise‑level tradeoffs.


• Maintain enterprise perspective while operating in close partnership with BU leadership.


• Define key analytic and insight questions required to inform strategic decisions.


• Partner with Strategic Insights to translate analysis into decision‑ready options, implications, and risks.


• Conduct independent future-sensing to stay ahead of environmental opportunities and pressures.


• Provide hands‑on strategic support for a portfolio of enterprise‑critical initiatives within the business unit.


• Partner with Strategic Initiatives to clarify scope, milestones, and dependencies.


• Build BU capability through shared tools, templates, and decision frameworks.


• Support routine strategic performance reviews; use performance insights to drive decisions and corrective actions.


• Signal when strategy adjustment or reprioritization may be required.


• Lead executive strategy and working sessions and cross‑functional forums.


• Develop clear, concise executive‑ready narratives, decision memos, and presentation materials.


• Build alignment and momentum from strategy through execution.


• Work is typically performed in an office environment.


• Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures.


• The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

Position Details

• Education: Bachelor's Degree- (Required)


• Experience: Minimum of 7 years-Related work experience (Required), Minimum of 5 years-Managerial/Supervisory (Required)


• Certification(s) and License(s):


• Skills: Analytical Thinking, Business Analysis, Computer Literacy, Critical Thinking, Interpersonal Communication, Market Research

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES

• Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.


• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.


• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.


• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.


• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.


• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.


• We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners.


• Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.


• We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger.


• Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all.


• We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.


• Geisinger is committed to making better health easier for the more than 1 million people it serves.


• Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes nine hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.


• With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,600 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually.


• We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and benefits for domestic partners.


• Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.


• For more information, visit www.geisinger.org, or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.


• * Does not qualify for J-1 waiver.


• We are an Affinity Action, Equal Opportunity Employer.


• Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply.


• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.