Sr Strategy Associate

Boston Children's Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Children's Hospital is seeking a Strategy professional to shape the future of pediatric care. You will lead market and competitive analyses, build financial models, and develop scenarios informing growth and enterprise strategy.

You will partner with executive leadership on high-visibility business cases and strategic priorities, mentor associates, and contribute to planning cycles that drive tangible impact for patients, families, and clinicians.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in consulting, project management, health system operations, or healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Assesses future of pediatric specialties & innovation trends.
• Conducts external market scans and competitive assessments with external datasets.
• Develops service line growth goals and strategic options for senior leadership.
• Supports development of enterprise, service line, and functional strategies aligned with BCH's mission.
• Assists with annual strategic planning cycles, including framing strategic choices and priorities.
• Develops executive presentations, business cases, and briefing materials for senior leadership and governance committees.
• Engages clinical and operational stakeholders to gather input for analyses and recommendations.
• Begins to mentor and coach Associates and interns to develop management skills.

Skills

Market analysis

Financial modeling

Strategic planning

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Position Summary:

Join a dynamic, mission-driven Strategy team shaping the future of pediatric care. You'll lead market and competitive analysis, financial modeling, and scenario planning that directly inform hospital growth and enterprise strategy-work that translates into real impact for patients, families, and clinicians. You'll partner with executive leadership on high-visibility presentations and business cases, shape service line strategy, and support strategic goal-setting across the organization. You'll also get early opportunities to mentor and coach as you build people management skills. If you thrive on solving complex problems with tangible mission impact, this role offers a front-row seat to strategy at a leading academic medical center.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assesses future of pediatric specialties & key innovation trends (e.g., population health trends and new clinical innovations shaping patient needs)
• Conducts external market scans and competitive assessments (e.g., working with large external marketshare datasets to identify trends, peer-competitive landscape research, and financial impact analyses/P&L modeling as needed); commissions and interprets supplemental analyses from the Analytics Team
• Develops service line growth goals and strategic options for senior leadership (e.g., supporting due diligence, financial modeling, and scenario analysis for proposed strategy)
• Supports development of enterprise, service line, and functional strategies aligned with BCH's mission and long-term goals; translates strategic recommendations into clear problem statements and priority questions that the Transformation and Analytics Teams can act on
• Assists with annual strategic planning cycles, including framing strategic choices and priority-setting; partners with the Analytics Team for performance data and the Transformation Team for initiative scoping
• Develops executive-level presentations, business cases, and briefing materials for senior leadership and governance committees
• Engages clinical and operational stakeholders to gather input that informs strategic analyses and recommendations
• Monitors and develops point of view on industry trends from a policy/investment/market activity lens
• Begins to mentor and coach Associates and interns to develop management skills

Education Required:

Bachelor's Degree

Education Preferred:

Master's Degree

Experience Required:

Minimum 3 years of experience, preferably in consulting, project management, health system operations, or other healthcare setting.

The posted pay range is Boston Children's reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting.

Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.