Program Manager Strategic Planning, Day Shift, System Strategy

001 Support Center - Corporate; United States; On-site; USD 96,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work life balance

Free Employee parking

Tuition Reimbursement

EAP support

Paid Time Off

Employer retirement match

Job summary

Adventist HealthCare seeks an experienced Program Manager, Strategic Planning to lead the development and execution of the enterprise strategic plan. You will work with senior leaders to translate vision into actionable objectives, and coordinate annual plan refresh across system entities and service lines.

You will drive governance, templates, and decision processes, collaborating with executives, physicians, and department leaders to align priorities and monitor progress.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated strategic thinking and ability to translate organizational direction into structured planning processes, priorities, and actionable objectives.
• Strong executive communication, facilitation, and presentation skills with senior leaders.
• Strong understanding of strategic planning methodologies, strategy execution, governance, and performance management.
• Ability to develop and implement processes, governance structures, workflows, and tools for improved planning and decision-making.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; synthesize data into insights.

Responsibilities

• Manage facilitation for developing and monitoring the enterprise strategic plan with senior leaders.
• Coordinate annual strategic planning refresh across system entities and service lines.
• Develop and improve governance, workflows, and documentation for planning processes.
• Partner with executives and leaders to facilitate strategic discussions and ensure alignment.
• Manage complex strategic programs requiring cross-functional coordination and governance.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Strategy development

Project management

Data visualization

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration/health administration/strategy

Master’s degree (MHA/MBA/MPH)

Tools

Smartsheet

Job description

Support Center

Adventist HealthCare seeks to hire an experienced Program Manager, Strategic Planning who will embrace our mission to extend God's care through the ministry of physical, mental and spiritual healing.

Responsibilities

• Manage the facilitation process for developing, cascading, refining and monitoring the execution of Adventist HealthCare's enterprise strategic plan. Work with senior leaders to translate organizational strategic direction into defined strategic outcomes, objectives, priorities, requirements, and supporting planning processes.
• Coordinate the annual strategic planning refresh process across system entities and service lines, including preparation, leadership engagement, facilitation, refinement of strategic objectives and resource requirements, development and maintenance of strategy maps, documentation, approvals, and dissemination of updated plans.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve strategic planning governance, standards, workflows, templates, documentation, and decision-making processes. Manage repeatable processes for strategic plan development, annual refreshes, monitoring, mid-cycle changes, approvals, escalation, and organizational communication.
• Partner with system executives, entity and service line leaders, physicians, Strategic Liaisons, and other stakeholders to facilitate strategic discussions, gather insights, evaluate priorities, and maintain alignment across organizational strategies.
• Manage complex strategic programs and cross-functional enterprise initiatives requiring coordination across multiple organizational areas. Establish project and governance structures, facilitate stakeholder engagement, track decisions and deliverables, identify risks and dependencies, and support executive decision-making.
• Coordinate and synthesize internal and external information used to inform strategic planning and organizational decision‑making, including market and competitive intelligence, environmental trends, PESTEL analysis, demographic and geographic insights, organizational performance, and other strategic research.
• Coordinate key strategic planning forums and engagement structures, including the Strategic Planning Summit, Strategic Liaisons network and meetings, executive planning sessions, Board‑related strategic planning activities, and other strategy‑focused leadership forums.
• Lead the quarterly Departmental Strategic Planning Performance Review process, coordinating the collection and review of performance information and facilitating assessment of progress against departmental strategic objectives and initiatives. Identify areas requiring follow‑up and support ongoing accountability for strategic performance.
• Manage key vendor relationships, contracts, subscriptions, technology platforms, and external resources supporting Strategic Planning, including coordination of renewals, implementation, utilization, access, training, and vendor performance. Continuously evaluate emerging tools, technologies, data resources, and platforms that may strengthen Adventist HealthCare's strategic planning, market intelligence, strategy execution, and decision‑making capabilities.
• The incumbent establishes methods and procedures for attaining specific goals and objectives, and receives guidance in terms of broad goals. Only the final results of work are typically reviewed.

Required Qualifications: Competencies

• Demonstrated strategic thinking and ability to translate organizational direction into structured planning processes, priorities, and actionable objectives.
• Strong executive communication, facilitation, and presentation skills, including the ability to work effectively with senior executives, physicians, and organizational leaders.
• Strong understanding of strategic planning methodologies, strategy execution, governance, and organizational performance management.
• Ability to develop and implement processes, governance structures, workflows, and tools that improve organizational planning and decision‑making.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, including the ability to synthesize quantitative and qualitative information into actionable strategic insights.
• Exceptional relationship management and collaboration skills across organizational levels, entities, service lines, and functional areas.
• Ability to articulate complex strategic concepts clearly and concisely for executive, Board, physician, leader, and staff audiences.
• Advanced project and program management capabilities, including management of multiple concurrent enterprise initiatives.
• Vendor and resource management capability, including coordination of external vendor relationships, subscriptions, contract and renewal processes, platform implementation, utilization, and ongoing performance.
• Ability to identify, assess, and recommend emerging technologies, platforms, data resources, and other capabilities that can enhance strategic planning, market intelligence, organizational decision‑making, and strategy execution.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office and strategy, project management, data visualization, collaboration, and market‑intelligence tools.

Required Qualifications: Education and Experience

• Required: Bachelor's degree in business administration, health administration, public health, strategy, communication or a related field.
• Preferred: Master's degree (e.g., MHA, MBA, MPH).
• Required: Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in strategic planning, strategy execution, program management, project management or business development within a complex, multi‑entity organization, including facilitating executive‑level planning, managing enterprise‑wide programs, and synthesizing market and performance data.
• Preferred: Health system experience; familiarity with Maryland's Total Cost of Care or Global Budget Revenue (GBR) model; experience managing strategic planning vendors and platforms.
• Minimum of 3 years of supervisory, management, or formal program leadership experience, including leading cross‑functional teams and initiatives across multiple departments or entities.
• Preferred: Project/Program Management certification (e.g., PMP); strategic planning or Lean Six Sigma certification.
• Proficiency with Smartsheet preferred.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word) and strategy, project management, data visualization, and market‑intelligence tools.
• Ability to work onsite at the Support Center with periodic travel to AHC hospitals and facilities.
• Working knowledge of the Baldrige Excellence Framework preferred.

Work Schedule

Employment Type: Full‑time Hours per Week: 40 hrs/week Typical Daily Schedule: 8am‑5:30pm M-F Shift Type: Day Holiday Requirements: Follow the company holiday calendar Pay Range: $96,058.56 - $145,995.20 If the salary range is listed as $0 or if the position is Per Diem (with a fixed rate), salary discussions will take place during the screening process. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), this position is classified as: United States of America (Exempt)

Benefits

At Adventist HealthCare our job is to care for you. We do this by offering:

• Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
• Free Employee parking
• Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire
• Employer‑paid Short & Long‑Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short‑term disability buy‑up available)
• Paid Time Off
• Employer retirement contribution and match after 1‑year of eligible employment with a 3‑year vesting period
• Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance
• Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support

About Adventist HealthCare

Adventist HealthCare was the first and is the largest healthcare provider in Montgomery County. As a faith‑based organization, with over a century of caring for the communities in the Maryland area, Adventist HealthCare has earned a reputation for high‑quality, compassionate care. Adventist HealthCare was the first and is the largest healthcare provider in Montgomery County. If you want to make a difference in someone’s life every day, consider a position with a team of professionals who are doing just that, making a difference.

COVID‑19 Vaccination

Adventist HealthCare strongly recommends all applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID‑19 before commencing employment. Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination.