Healthcare Growth & Provider Partnerships Lead

Saint Joseph Health System (Indiana); Mishawaka (IN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint Joseph Health System in Mishawaka, Indiana, is seeking a Strategic Growth Associate to advance strategic growth initiatives by strengthening provider relationships, improving access to care, and increasing utilization across service lines.

You will partner with physicians, operational leaders, and stakeholders to identify opportunities, remove barriers, and support sustainable growth aligned with organizational priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, healthcare administration or related field.
• Three (3) years of healthcare sales experience.
• Valid driver’s license where required by assignment.
• Ability to travel within the area of assignment (estimated 75% regionally / locally).

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with employed and independent physicians, advanced practice providers, office managers, and other key stakeholders.
• Conduct strategic outreach efforts designed to increase awareness, utilization, and alignment with organizational services and programs.
• Analyze market dynamics, referral patterns, demographic trends, payer influences, and competitive activity to identify growth opportunities.
• Gather, interpret, and communicate data from multiple internal and external sources to support growth strategies and decision-making.
• Collaborate with operational, clinical, medical group, finance, and marketing leaders to address barriers to growth and improve access.
• Identify business development opportunities across service lines, ambulatory settings, programs, and geographic markets.
• Support business case development and feasibility assessments for new growth initiatives.
• Monitor key performance indicators such as volume growth, referral capture, market share, and other growth metrics.
• Lead and support implementation of strategic growth initiatives, including change management efforts and stakeholder engagement.
• Serve as the voice of the customer by identifying provider concerns, resolving issues, and helping improve the overall customer experience.

Skills

Provider relationship management

Business development

Data analysis

Communication

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Customer-focused

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or healthcare administration

Job description

Saint Joseph Health System in Mishawaka, Indiana, is seeking a Strategic Growth Associate to advance strategic growth initiatives by strengthening provider relationships, improving access to care, and increasing utilization across service lines.

You will partner with physicians, operational leaders, and stakeholders to identify opportunities, remove barriers, and support sustainable growth aligned with organizational priorities.