Senior Integration Planner

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 92,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is seeking a Senior Governance and Strategy professional to lead cross-system governance, leadership integration, and decision support. The role focuses on aligning organizational priorities, developing operating systems, and driving continuous improvement across the enterprise.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree (master’s preferred) and at least five years of related experience, with healthcare operations or analytics experience highly

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Preferred: Master's degree.
• 5+ years of related experience.
• Preferred: Experience in healthcare operations, enterprise project support, consulting, analytics, or strategic coordination.

Responsibilities

• Governance & Leadership Integration - Independently facilitates complex governance and organization leadership processes involving multiple leadership teams and significant ambiguity.
• Leadership Decision Support - Synthesizes operational, financial, clinical, quality, workforce, and strategic information into integrated organization perspectives.
• Cross-System Alignment - Facilitates organization prioritization discussions and aligns priorities with operational planning and execution.
• Operating System Development - Identifies dependencies and coordinates work across organizational boundaries to improve alignment.
• Organizational Learning - Coaches Integrators and strengthens leadership operating system through learning and improvement.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Primary LocationBurnet CampusDepartmentAC Quality Outcomes & EvidenceShiftDay (United States of America)ScheduleFull timeWeekly Hours40FTE1Employee StatusRegular*Expected Starting Pay Range$91,520.00 - $116,688.00*Starting pay is based on experience, skills, and equity; exceptions may apply for highly qualified candidates. Additional pay (e.g., shift, on-call, or weekend differentials) and benefits may apply. Annual pay may vary based on FTE status.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Governance & Leadership Integration - Independently facilitates complex governance and organization leadership processes involving multiple leadership teams, competing organizational priorities, and significant organizational ambiguity. Adapts Organization System Integration methods to meet the needs of increasingly complex organizational situations while maintaining consistency with established practice. Guides leaders toward shared understanding, ensuring discussions produce clear decisions, defined accountability, and coordinated follow-through. Identifies opportunities to strengthen governance processes, leadership operating rhythms, and decision pathways based on organizational learning and practical experience.
• Leadership Decision Support - Synthesizes operational, financial, clinical, quality, workforce, and strategic information into integrated organization perspectives. Identifies organizational patterns, interdependencies, emerging risks, and opportunities requiring coordinated leadership attention. Frames organization performance discussions in ways that move leaders beyond functional reporting toward organizational understanding. Guides leadership teams in interpreting organization performance and its implications for organizational priorities. Recommends improvements that strengthen organization performance monitoring processes and leadership dialogue.
• Cross-System Alignment - Independently facilitates organization prioritization discussions involving competing organizational priorities, resource constraints, and organization tradeoffs. Guides leaders in evaluating sequencing, dependencies, organizational impacts, and competing demands. Connects organization priorities with operational planning, improvement activities, and implementation efforts across multiple organizational areas. Identifies opportunities to improve alignment between organization priorities and coordinated execution. Helps leadership teams maintain alignment as priorities evolve.
• Operating System Development - Identifies organizational dependencies, competing priorities, and disconnected work requiring organization coordination. Connects leaders, initiatives, and workstreams whose success depends upon coordinated action across organizational boundaries. Anticipates downstream organizational impacts and facilitates coordination before issues become barriers to execution. Strengthens communication and organizational feedback across leadership teams to improve organization alignment. Recommends improvements that strengthen cross-system coordination through practical experience and organizational learning.
• Organizational Learning -Identifies opportunities to strengthen Organization System Integration methods, facilitation approaches, and leadership processes through practical application. Coaches and mentors Integrators while modeling advanced systems thinking, organizational judgment, facilitation, and synthesis. Contributes to the refinement of Organization System Integration standards, tools, and professional practices. Partners with the Leader to strengthen the leadership operating system through organizational learning and continuous improvement. Serves as a role model for Organization System Integration practice, reinforcing professional standards and advancing capability across the team.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree required
• Preferred: Master's degree
• 5+ years of related experience
• Preferred: Experience in healthcare operations, enterprise project support, consulting, analytics, or strategic coordination

About Us

At Cincinnati Children's, we come to work with one goal: to make children's health better. We believe in a holistic team approach, both in caring for patients and their families, and in advancing science and discovery. We strive to do better and find energy and inspiration in our shared purpose. If you want to be the best you can be, you can do it at Cincinnati Children's. Cincinnati Children's is:

• Recognized by U.S. News & World Report as atop 10 best Children's Hospitals in the nation for more than 15 years
• Consistently among the top 3 Children's Hospitals for National Institutes of Health (NIH) Funding
• Recognized as one of America's Best Large Employers (2025), America's Best Employers for New Grads (2025)
• One of the nation'sAmerica's Most Innovative Companiesas noted by Fortune
• Consistently certified as great place to work
• A Leading Disability Employeras noted by theNational Organization on Disability Magnet® designated for the fourth consecutive time by theAmerican Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

We Embrace Innovation-Together. We believe in empowering our teams with the tools that help us work smarter and care better. That's why we support the responsible use of artificial intelligence. By encouraging innovation, we're creating space for new ideas, better outcomes, and a stronger future-for all of us.

Comprehensive job description provided upon request.

Cincinnati Children's is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating an environment of dignity and respect for all our employees, patients, and families. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, genetic information, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. EEO/Veteran/Disability