Platform Growth Manager

Advocate Health; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 81,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health is seeking a Strategy Analyst to support the Strategic Planning department in Charlotte, NC. The role focuses on managing enterprise initiatives, translating goals into actionable plans, and building executive-ready analyses.

Candidates should have 5+ years in strategy or analytics and a strong ability to work across clinical, digital, and operations teams. Required bachelor’s degree with master’s preferred; healthcare/academic health experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree in business, health administration, finance, or related field preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in strategy, consulting, finance, innovation, academic health, or analytics.
• Experience in a matrixed environment with multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-facing deliverables.
• Experience in academic medical centers, digital health, or data/AI analytics is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Supports the execution of high-priority enterprise initiatives by managing projects, coordinating tasks, and tracking progress toward milestones.
• Helps translate strategic goals into actionable plans, timelines, and deliverables.
• Conducts structured research, synthesizes data, and supports development of business cases, dashboards, and presentation materials.
• Identifies risks and barriers to execution and partners with VP, AVP and stakeholders to address issues proactively.
• Analyzes internal and external data to inform strategic recommendations, investment decisions, or performance improvement opportunities.
• Develops presentation-ready materials communicating findings, insights, and implications for executives.
• Supports scenario planning, benchmarking, and modeling efforts as needed.
• Partners with stakeholders across clinical, academic, digital, innovation, and operational areas.
• Prepares materials for meetings with senior leaders and external partners and helps facilitate collaboration across departments.
• Supports Vice President and AVP in facilitating workgroups, tracking next steps, and ensuring accountability.
• May provide focused support in Academics & Research, Innovation & Partnerships, Data & AI Enablement, Project Management, Finance.

Skills

Matrixed environment

Executive communications

Problem solving

Ambiguity tolerance

Data/AI analytics + healthcare

Education

Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred

Job description

Department:

10189 Enterprise Corporate - Strategic Planning

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hou** rs Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

see above

Pay Range:

$59.00 - $88.50

Major Responsibilities:

Strategic Planning, Execution and Project Management

• Supports the execution of high-priority enterprise initiatives by managing projects, coordinating tasks, and tracking progress toward milestones.
• Helps translate strategic goals into actionable plans, timelines, and deliverables.
• Conducts structured research, synthesizes data, and supports development of business cases, dashboards, and presentation materials.
• Identifies risks and barriers to execution and partners with Vice President, AVP and project stakeholders to address issues proactively.

Insight Generation & Analysis

• Analyzes internal and external data to inform strategic recommendations, investment decisions, or performance improvement opportunities.
• Develops presentation-ready materials that clearly communicate findings, insights, and implications for executive audiences.
• Supports scenario planning, benchmarking, and modeling efforts as needed.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partners with stakeholders across clinical, academic, digital, innovation, and operational areas to gather input, coordinate activities, and ensure alignment.
• Prepares materials for meetings with senior leaders and external partners and helps facilitate collaboration across departments.
• Supports Vice President and AVP in facilitating workgroups, tracking next steps, and ensuring accountability.

Strategic Differentiator Activation (Support Areas)

May provide focused support in one or more areas of enterprise strategy execution, such as:

• Academics & Research – support efforts related to academic mission advancement, translational research, or clinical education.
• Innovation & Partnerships – help coordinate innovation initiatives and external partner engagements.
• Data & AI Enablement – support the development, rollout, or maturity of enterprise data and analytics platform.
• Project Management – assist in maintaining initiative dashboards, reporting, and governance documentation for enterprise platform growth efforts.
• Finance – help create business plans, identify ROIs and estimate potential value/opportunity of new business, services and platforms

Education Required:

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree in business, health administration, finance, or related field preferred.

Work Experience Required:

• 5+ years of relevant experience in strategy, consulting, finance, innovation, academic health, or analytics.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

• Demonstrated ability to work on complex projects in a matrixed environment with multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing executive-facing deliverables.
• Strong problem-solving and organizational skills with a high degree of attention to detail.
• Comfort with ambiguity and a proactive approach to learning and collaboration.
• Experience in academic medical centers, digital health, or data/AI analytics is a plus.

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

Our CommitmenttoYou:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate’s job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, andShort- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.