Enterprise Strategy & Business Development Principal Consultant, Ventures

Kaiser Permanente; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Oakland is seeking an Enterprise Strategy & Business Development Principal Consultant, Ventures to lead strategic investments and growth initiatives. The role involves sourcing deals, leading diligence, and presenting to Investment Committees, KP executives, and external partners.

You will drive multi-stakeholder strategy, coordinate transactions, and develop executive materials for investment recommendations, aligning with KP's long-term goals nationwide.

Qualifications

• Minimum two (2) years of experience in healthcare venture or private equity.
• Minimum one (1) year experience working directly with a Board of Directors.
• Minimum five (5) years of leadership experience with or without direct reports.
• Minimum six (6) years of experience building and developing high-performing teams.
• Minimum six (6) years of experience building and/or executing a wide range of enterprise strategies, or strategic investments, ventures, or partnerships.
• Minimum six (6) years of experience managing complex programs, deal diligence, and/or integrations.
• Minimum six (6) years of experience developing agendas and materials for executive and/or board audiences.
• Minimum six (6) years of experience handling sensitive information with utmost discretion and confidentiality.
• Minimum three (3) years of leadership experience within a matrixed organization with or without direct reports.

Responsibilities

• Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships.
• Drives the execution of multiple work streams by identifying needs; translates strategy into actionable requirements.
• Creates and implements strategies to support KP's mission, growth, and long-term strategic initiatives.
• Designs and implements plans that gain executive leadership support through market research and financial modeling.
• Drives relationships with internal, external, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure alignment and collaboration.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Healthcare industry knowledge

Financial modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration, healthcare administration or related field

MBA in Finance and Accounting, Investments, Investor Relations, or related field

Job description

This position is based out of our Oakland, Ca offices

Job Summary:

In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this senior technical/functional leader role is also responsible for developing investment theses by leveraging KP and external expertise to proactively source deal flow and generate strategic insights; proactively executing investment transactions, including the review and negotiation of term sheets and transaction documents; coordinating portfolio investments through board participation and assisting portfolio companies with targeted value-add efforts; driving diligence for new investments including priorities, planning, and execution; and preparing and presenting insights from investment work to the Investment Committee, KP executives, and KPV Limited Partners.

This includes engaging with KP Executives on specific investments (e.g., KP strategic needs, product evolutions, and future roadmaps); representing KPV on portfolio companies boards of directors in official and unofficial observer roles; developing executive materials for investment recommendations; and presenting diligence, investment, and portfolio recommendations to executive audiences (e.g., Investment Committee).

Essential Responsibilities:

• Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; provides actionable feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership; influences, mentors, and coaches team members. Practices self-leadership; creates, evaluates, and responds to the strengths and weaknesses of self and unit or team members. Leads the adaptation to competing demands and new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback. Fosters open dialogue amongst team members.

• Drives the execution of multiple work streams by identifying member and operational needs; translates business strategy into actionable business requirements; develops and updates new procedures and policies. Gains cross-functional support for objectives and priorities; determines and carries out processes and methodologies; solves highly complex issues; escalates and resolves issues as appropriate; sets standards and measures progress. Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; coordinates, obtains and distributes resources. Removes obstacles that impact performance; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly; influences the completion of project tasks by others.

• Creates and implements strategies that support KPs mission by collaborating with leadership to plan and implement short-term and long-term strategies and tactics that support KPs ability to achieve improved quality and outcomes, accelerated growth, increased relevance and influence across the United States, and ongoing financial sustainability; driving strategy for and execution of business development activities and new opportunities for growth that align with the organizations long-term strategy; leading complex and multistakeholder strategy development processes; evaluating progress against strategic initiatives; and gaining a comprehensive understanding of KPs business models and the overall competitive landscape to enable informed decision-making and strategic planning.

• Designs and implements plans that gain support from executive leadership by conducting market research to identify opportunities and threats that affect the KP growth agenda and mission; performing financial and economic modeling to support strategic initiatives; evaluating the effectiveness of existing strategies and suggesting adjustments to leadership; identifying and mitigating risks associated with strategic plans; translating broad corporate strategies into clear, specific objectives and plans; creating and presenting methodologies to gain support and approval from leadership; and communicating strategic decisions and enterprise-wide pipeline activities over time to ensure transparency and alignment with the organizations strategic goals.

• Drives relationships with internal, external, and cross-functional stakeholders by proactively building and maintaining strong relationships with key business and functional partners (e.g., leaders from health plans, finance, IT, Regional, Permanente, Risant, KPMF, and other national functions) to ensure alignment and support across all levels of the organization; engaging with stakeholders throughout the organization to foster collaboration and alignment with the companys goals; cultivating a network of external peers, delivery system leaders, consultants, bankers, and other marketplace experts to stay informed about industry trends and opportunities; and promoting the appropriate engagement of internal and external parties in all activities, including 3rd party consultants, investment bankers, communications/GR, legal, compliance, finance, and other functions critical to the successful business development initiatives.

• Drives the development of repeatable processes by designing methodologies for the identification, evaluation, prioritization, selection, negotiation, and execution of transactions, new business launches, and integrations; monitoring the application of these methodologies to ensure that they are applied consistently and effectively across the organization; executing an approach to program, project, and performance management that integrates strategy with day-to-day operations; utilizing regiional and national strategies and capabilities to encourage and facilitate active sharing of new learnings and innovations; assessing unreliable, poorly controlled, ineffective, inconsistent, and duplicative processes and functions to improve overall performance; and implementing strategies to ensure ongoing compliance with local, state, federal, and other regulatory requirements.

• Develops and grows businesses and partnerships by identifying potential transactions and opportunities (e.g., M&A, partnerships, new business units, subsidiaries, and investments); leading new businesses from startup to self-sufficiency; designing a business development roadmap aligned with KPs strategy, driving growth and innovation; leading highly complex investments and transactions in care delivery, health plans, and health care technology; developing and implementing a business development function that supports the long-term goals of the growing KP enterprise (including KFH/HP, KPMF, Risant, and other new businesses); and executing functions across strategy, business development, and transformation to provide comprehensive solutions.

• Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum two (2) years of experience in healthcare venture or private equity.

• Minimum one (1) year experience working directly with a Board of Directors.

• Minimum five (5) years of leadership experience with or without direct reports.

• Minimum six (6) years of experience building and developing high-performing teams.

• Minimum six (6) years of experience building and/or executing a wide range of enterprise strategies, or strategic investments, ventures, or partnerships.

• Minimum six (6) years of experience managing complex programs, deal diligence, and/or integrations.

• Minimum six (6) years of experience developing agendas and materials for executive and/or board audiences.

• Minimum six (6) years of experience handling sensitive information with utmost discretion and confidentiality.

• Minimum three (3) years of leadership experience within a matrixed organization with or without direct reports.

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university AND minimum eight (8) years of experience in business administration, healthcare administration or a directly related field, OR Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university AND minimum six (6) years of experience working for a management consulting firm, investment fund, or investment bank.

  Additional Requirements:

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA in Finance and Accounting, Investments, Investor Relations, or directly related field.

• Six (6) years of direct investment experience in health care services or health information technology companies.

• Six (6) years of experience serving on boards of privately-held companies.

• Six (6) years of experience sourcing, analyzing, and executing venture-backed investments.

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or related field.

• Six (6) years of experience in corporate, partnership, and/or relationship management in new business start-up including health systems, physicians, and other diversified businesses.

• Six (6) years of experience in managing complex transactions within healthcare delivery.

• Three (3) years of experience in healthcare.

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Enterprise Strategy & Business Development Principal Consultant, Ventures

LOCATION: Oakland, California

REQNUMBER: 1423649

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.