Director, Strategy Intelligence Analytics

Vizient, Inc; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 135,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive eligible

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. is seeking a senior leader to drive the Strategy Intelligence fee-for-service analytics portfolio from scoping to delivery. You will ensure engagements are properly priced, staffed, and executed against SOW objectives, timelines, and governance, while driving revenue, margin, quality, and client value.

You will lead and develop analytics talent, align cross-functional teams, and partner with Sales to deliver compelling, scalable insights and offerings for healthcare clients.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree preferred.
• 10 or more years of relevant experience required.
• Progressive leadership experience across analytics, insights, consulting, healthcare, product, strategy, or related disciplines.
• Experience leading analytics, insights, or consulting teams with talent development and succession planning.
• Experience leading fee-for-service, consulting, or SOW-based client engagements with accountability for scope, pricing, staffing, delivery, financial performance, and client outcomes.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen with experience managing revenue, margin, utilization, capacity, and portfolio performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Strategy Intelligence FFS analytics portfolio with accountability for analytic delivery, operational performance, financial outcomes, and client value.
• Manage and develop FFS analytic staff, aligning talent, capabilities, staffing, and capacity with portfolio demand, client commitments, delivery quality, and financial objectives.
• Own key FFS performance indicators, including revenue, margin, utilization, quality, client outcomes, and contractual adherence, using performance data and client feedback to continuously improve the service model.
• Partner with Sales to scope, price, package, staff, and deliver Strategy Intelligence FFS engagements, ensuring SOWs clearly define client objectives, analytic activities, deliverables, timelines, resource requirements, and success criteria.
• Oversee SOW-based engagements from scoping through delivery, ensuring work remains aligned with contractual commitments, client objectives, timelines, deliverables, and data governance requirements.
• Lead strategy-oriented analytics across market, growth, competitive, and financial domains, translating complex client objectives into actionable insights, recommendations, and measurable outcomes.
• Align FFS analytic activities across clinical, operational, Dedicated Analyst, Integrated Insights, and analytic development teams to strengthen capabilities, address evolving client needs, and deliver a consistent client experience.
• Partner with Integrated Insights & Client Impact to identify completed FFS analyses that can be transformed into scalable, repeatable, and proactive insight offerings.
• Represent Strategy Intelligence FFS analytics in executive, client-facing, and internal forums, communicating analytic approaches, findings, recommendations, and business value.
• Develop FFS analytic talent, leadership capabilities, career paths, and succession plans while fostering accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, commercial awareness, and client-centered delivery.

Skills

Strategic analytics

Leadership

Financial acumen

Client relationships

SOW management

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Vizient, Inc. is seeking a senior leader to drive the Strategy Intelligence fee-for-service analytics portfolio from scoping to delivery. You will ensure engagements are properly priced, staffed, and executed against SOW objectives, timelines, and governance, while driving revenue, margin, quality, and client value.

You will lead and develop analytics talent, align cross-functional teams, and partner with Sales to deliver compelling, scalable insights and offerings for healthcare clients.