Strategic Initiatives Leader

UC San Diego; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 211,000; Full time

Job summary

UC San Diego is seeking a Strategy Manager to serve as a strategic advisor, business finance partner, and execution partner to the Chief Administrative Officer of HCPD. The role translates complex priorities into strategies, financially substantiated plans, and measurable results across Health System and Campus partners.

A major focus is developing enterprise business plans and value-improvement initiatives, including cost savings, revenue enhancement, and procurement optimization.

Qualifications

• Nine years of related experience, education/training, OR a Bachelor's degree in related area (business administration, healthcare administration, public administration, finance, organizational development, engineering, project management), plus five years of related experience/training.
• Advanced knowledge of organizational strategy, strategic planning, business planning, performance management, organizational effectiveness, and complex initiative execution.
• Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating cross-functional initiatives in complex, matrixed organizations.
• Experience developing business cases, business plans, executive recommendations, implementation roadmaps, governance models, and decision support materials.
• Strong financial and analytical capability, including experience evaluating costs, benefits, return on investment, cost avoidance, revenue, operational impact, implementation feasibility, and risk.
• Experience assessing and improving governance practices, workflows, reporting processes, decision pathways, accountability structures, or management systems.
• Demonstrated ability to identify root causes, develop practical recommendations, establish performance measures, and support sustained implementation.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex, incomplete, or inconsistent information into concise, accurate, and decision ready recommendations.
• Experience developing organizational goals, performance measures, scorecards, dashboards, or executive reporting frameworks.
• Experience integrating strategic, operational, project, and financial information for executive decision-making.
• Strong facilitation, negotiation, stakeholder management, and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to establish accountability, manage competing priorities, and maintain momentum across organizational boundaries.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with executive, operational, financial, technical, and external audiences.
• Demonstrated discretion and sound judgment when handling confidential, sensitive, or politically complex matters.

Responsibilities

• Serve as strategic advisor to the CAO of HCPD and translate priorities into clearly defined strategies, substantiated business plans, and measurable results.
• Lead or coordinate cross-functional initiatives that span Health System and Campus partners and require executive-level analysis.
• Develop enterprise business plans and value-improvement initiatives, including cost savings, revenue enhancement, and efficiency improvements.
• Prepare decision-ready information, maintain visibility into strategic commitments, and identify emerging risks for executive intervention as needed.
• Coordinate cross-functional actions and governance materials to support sustained implementation.

Skills

Strategic planning

Cross-functional leadership

Financial analysis

Executive communication

Project management

Governance & risk

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

PMP

Lean Six Sigma

Strategic planning

Change management

Job description

UC San Diego is seeking a Strategy Manager to serve as a strategic advisor, business finance partner, and execution partner to the Chief Administrative Officer of HCPD. The role translates complex priorities into strategies, financially substantiated plans, and measurable results across Health System and Campus partners.

A major focus is developing enterprise business plans and value-improvement initiatives, including cost savings, revenue enhancement, and procurement optimization.