Executive Director Strategy (hybrid/remote)

Presbyterian Healthcare Services; Albuquerque (NM); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical/dental/vision insurance

FSAs

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Education opportunities

Life Insurance & Disability

Job summary

Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque, NM seeks an executive-level leader to drive enterprise service-line strategy, market development, and growth investments across a large integrated health system. You will guide strategy professionals, synthesize clinical, financial, and market data, and report to senior leadership with actionable recommendations.

You will lead cross-functional teams, own governance of strategy implementation, and ensure outcomes, milestones, and KPIs are achieved.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, or a related field.
• MBA, Healthcare Administration (MHA), Public Health (MPH), Finance, or a related discipline preferred.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning: Lead development and refresh of multi-year service line plans and own planning methodology including market assessment, demand forecasting, access and capacity analysis, resource planning and financial performance evaluation.
• Growth and Investment Strategy: Direct evaluations of organic growth, market expansion, partnerships, joint ventures, acquisitions, and major enterprise investments.
• Strategic Analysis and Due Diligence: Lead cross-functional diligence efforts and integrate findings across strategy, clinical operations, finance, legal, regulatory, technology, and workforce planning.
• Executive Decision Support: Develop clear, decision-ready recommendations outlining options, assumptions, value creation, risks and dependencies.
• Strategy Execution and Governance: Establish roadmaps, milestones, accountable owners, KPIs, benefits tracking, and escalation processes.
• Executive Stakeholder Engagement: Prepare and deliver presentations to executive leadership and governance forums; align across physicians, nursing, operations, finance, and analytics.
• Team Leadership: Lead and develop Strategy Managers and Analysts; allocate resources and ensure excellence in analysis and execution.
• Executive Backup and Representation: Serve as deputy to the Vice President, Strategy and represent the function in leadership forums.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, or a related field.

MBA, Healthcare Administration (MHA), Public Health (MPH), Finance, or a related discipline preferred.

Job description

Location Address:

9521 San Mateo NEAlbuquerque, NM 87113-2237

Summary

Serves as a senior enterprise strategy leader responsible for service-line strategy, market development, growth evaluation, strategic partnerships, major-investment analysis, and disciplined execution across a large integrated healthcare system. Acts as the primary extension of the Vice President, Strategy for assigned portfolios, provides leadership to the Strategy team, and converts complex clinical, market, operational, and financial evidence into recommendations, decisions, and measurable action.

Work Arrangement

• Remote: Open to applicants in the United States, excluding CA, IL, ND, NY, OH, WA, and WY.
• Hybrid (Strongly Preferred): For individuals within 60 miles of Albuquerque, in-office presence is required Tuesday through Thursday.

Job Description

Executive-Level Scope and Distinction

Enterprise Leadership

• Owns an enterprise-wide and multi-service-line portfolio rather than a single project, department, or analytical specialty.
• Integrates physician, clinical, operational, financial, market, technology, and partnership considerations into enterprise recommendations.
• Leads strategy professionals and establishes methodologies, prioritization processes, quality standards, and accountability across the function.

Strategic Advisory Role

• Serves as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on high-value, high-risk, and difficult-to-reverse strategic decisions.
• Functions as the primary deputy to the Vice President, Strategy.
• Maintains accountability for both strategy development and governance of implementation, including outcomes, milestone achievement, and course correction.
• Regularly develops and presents recommendations for executive and governance review.

Primary Responsibilities

Strategic Planning

• Lead development and periodic refresh of multi-year service line strategic plans.
• Own the service line planning methodology, including: Market assessment Competitive positioning Demand forecasting Access and capacity analysis Provider resource planning Financial performance evaluation Strategic priority development

Growth and Investment Strategy

• Direct evaluations of: Organic growth opportunities Market expansion initiatives Partnerships and affiliations Joint ventures Acquisitions Major enterprise investments

Strategic Analysis and Due Diligence

• Lead cross-functional diligence efforts.
• Integrate findings across: Strategy Clinical operations Finance Legal and regulatory affairs Technology Workforce planning

Executive Decision Support

• Develop decision-ready recommendations that clearly outline: Strategic options Key assumptions Value creation opportunities Risks and sensitivities Dependencies Implementation requirements

Strategy Execution and Governance

• Establish governance structures for approved strategies, including: Roadmaps Milestones Accountable owners Key performance indicators (KPIs) Benefits tracking Escalation processes

Executive Stakeholder Engagement

• Prepare and deliver presentations for executive leadership and governance forums.
• Facilitate alignment among: Executive leaders Physicians Nursing leadership Operations leaders Finance Analytics teams

Team Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop Strategy Managers and Analysts.
• Allocate resources and ensure analytical quality, consistency, and execution excellence.

Executive Backup and Representation

• Serve as deputy and backup to the Vice President, Strategy.
• Represent the function in leadership forums and on enterprise strategic priorities.

Service Line and Initiative Scope

This role is designed to support enterprise priorities across multiple service lines. For compensation evaluation and job leveling purposes, leadership should identify the initial portfolio and the largest anticipated initiatives.

Representative Scope of Work

• Service line growth, access, capacity, network, and market-position strategies
• New site, new program, and care model evaluations
• Payer-provider and enterprise integration opportunities
• Partnership, affiliation, joint venture, acquisition, and investment evaluations
• Enterprise strategic plan development, prioritization, annual refresh, and performance governance
• Large-scale transformation, growth, and strategic initiatives sponsored by executive leadership

Typical Deliverables

• Multi-year service line strategic plans
• Market assessments and competitive analyses
• Executive business cases and investment recommendations
• Partnership, affiliation, and acquisition evaluations
• Board and executive committee presentations
• Strategic implementation roadmaps
• KPI and benefits realization dashboards
• Enterprise portfolio reviews and strategic progress updates

Additional Job Description

Minimum Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, or a related field.
• Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), Healthcare Administration (MHA), Public Health (MPH), Finance, or a related discipline preferred.

Experience

• Typically 10+ years of progressive experience in: Healthcare strategy Strategic planning Business development Finance Corporate development Healthcare operations Management consulting

Leadership Requirements

• Demonstrated leadership of complex enterprise-wide and multi-service-line strategic initiatives.
• Proven experience partnering with executive leaders, physician leadership, and other senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success leading teams directly and/or influencing large matrixed, multidisciplinary teams across the organization.

Preferred Credentials

• Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) preferred.
• Other relevant professional certifications or credentials may be considered based on candidate background and experience.

Benefits

Benefits are effective day-one (for .45 FTE and above) and include:

• Competitive salaries
• Full medical, dental and vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Free wellness programs
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Retirement plans, including matching employer contributions
• Continuing education and career development opportunities
• Life insurance and short/long term disability programs

About Us

Presbyterian Healthcare Services is a locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system ofnine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, it is the state's largest private employer with approximately 11,000 employees.

Presbyterian's story is really the story of the remarkable people who have chosen to work here. Starting with Reverend Cooper who began our journey in 1908, the hard work of thousands of physicians, employees, board members, and other volunteers brought Presbyterian from a tiny tuberculosis sanatorium to a statewide healthcare system, serving more than 700,000 New Mexicans.

We are part of New Mexico's history-and committed to its future. That is why we will continue to work just as hard and care just as deeply to serve New Mexico for years to come.

About New Mexico

New Mexico's unique blend of Spanish, Mexican and Native American influences contribute to a culturally rich lifestyle. Add in Albuquerque's International Balloon Fiesta, Los Alamos' nuclear scientists, Roswell's visitors from outer space, and Santa Fe's artists, and you get an eclectic mix of people, places and experiences that make this state great.

Cities in New Mexico are continually ranked among the nation's best places to work and live by Forbes magazine, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, and other corporate and government relocation managers like Worldwide ERC.

New Mexico offers endless recreational opportunities to explore, and enjoy an active lifestyle. Venture off the beaten path, challenge your body in the elements, or open yourself up to the expansive sky. From hiking, golfing and biking to skiing, snowboarding and boating, it's all available among our beautiful wonders of the west.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.