Strategic M&A & Partnerships Leader

Kaiser Permanente; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a Vice President of Mergers, Acquisitions, and Partnership Development in Oakland, CA. The role leads end-to-end deal processes, strategic growth initiatives, and enterprise strategy alignment across national and market leadership teams.

The position requires deep experience in healthcare leadership, M&A, and senior stakeholder engagement, with responsibility for guiding nationwide growth and standardized deal methodologies.

Qualifications

• Minimum twelve (12) years in healthcare leadership roles.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Master's degree in business administration or healthcare administration is preferred.
• Experience in building and executing a wide range of enterprise strategies.
• Proven ability to build and develop high-performing teams.
• Track record in corporate and partnership development including health systems, physicians and other diversified businesses.
• Success in managing complex M&A transactions within healthcare delivery.
• Demonstrated success in developing a broad range of national relationships.
• Collaborating and influencing across a highly complex system environment.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership in Transactions: Lead the end-to-end process of identifying, prioritizing, evaluating, selecting, negotiating, and executing transactions based on strategic criteria.
• Business Intelligence & Integration: Deliver actionable business intelligence and integration guidance to implementation teams, ensuring decisions are well-informed.
• Business Development Execution: Define objectives, scope, and deliverables for the business development function and lead execution.
• Collaborative Intelligence Gathering: Work with enterprise and market strategy teams to maintain a robust business intelligence database for opportunity identification.
• Comprehensive Opportunity Assessment: Oversee economic assessments, valuations, and analyses for evaluating opportunities.
• Mergers & Acquisitions Leadership: Identify opportunities, assess alternatives, and negotiate with senior leaders of target organizations.
• Transaction Integration: Provide integration guidance for completed transactions.
• Cultivation of New Business Relationships: Identify and cultivate relationships supporting growth objectives.
• Business Case Development: Build compelling business cases and executive/board presentations for opportunities.
• Stakeholder Relationship Management: Build and maintain relationships with leaders across health plans, finance, IT, and other functions.
• External Networking: Develop a network of external peers to stay informed on industry trends.
• Executive & Board Communication/Approval: Develop methodologies to gain support and approvals from executives and boards.
• Standard Work Development: Establish methodologies for transaction processes and ensure consistent application across the organization.
• Engagement of Internal & External Parties: Ensure engagement of internal and external parties including consultants, bankers, legal, and finance.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Mergers & Acquisitions

Stakeholder management

Healthcare industry knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree in business administration or healthcare administration

Job description

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a Vice President of Mergers, Acquisitions, and Partnership Development in Oakland, CA. The role leads end-to-end deal processes, strategic growth initiatives, and enterprise strategy alignment across national and market leadership teams.

The position requires deep experience in healthcare leadership, M&A, and senior stakeholder engagement, with responsibility for guiding nationwide growth and standardized deal methodologies.