Strategic Operations Lead

Datavant; Jackson (MS); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Datavant, a healthcare data collaboration platform, seeks a strategic operator to lead cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution. You will work with the Risk Adjustment COO and senior leaders to bring structure to ambiguous problems, define approaches, and drive results across the organization.

In this role you will own multi-stakeholder programs, create executive-ready materials, and help evolve operating models as the company scales.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, business operations, or program management.
• Demonstrated strategic thinking and program management; able to structure ambiguous problems and manage complex, cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with experience developing clear, executive-ready presentations.
• Strong stakeholder management; able to influence without authority and work effectively with senior leaders and colleagues at all levels.
• Working proficiency in Excel, Google Sheets, and Google Slides; curious about using AI and new tools to work smarter.
• Self-starter who takes ownership, moves quickly without sacrificing quality, brings ideas forward, and is eager to learn and grow through feedback.

Responsibilities

• Take broad, ambiguous business problems and bring structure: define the question, develop the approach, and drive toward clear recommendations.
• Develop and refine strategies, operating models, and playbooks that help teams operate more effectively as the business scales.
• Prepare executive-ready materials and recommendations, including business reviews and leadership updates.
• Lead complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives end to end, including work plans, timelines, risk tracking, and stakeholder alignment.
• Drive initiatives to completion with both speed and quality, adjusting course as priorities shift.
• Identify opportunities to improve how the team plans and executes work, and help foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Partner with leaders and teams across operations, client-facing, and corporate functions to align on priorities and move work forward, often influencing without direct authority.
• Own key business rhythms, including business reviews, leadership forums, and team development initiatives.
• Flex into analytical work alongside teammates, building analyses, synthesizing data, and pressure-testing recommendations as needed.

Skills

Management consulting

Strategy

Program management

Communication

Excel/Sheets

AI tools

Stakeholder mgmt

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

Google Slides

Job description

Datavant, a healthcare data collaboration platform, seeks a strategic operator to lead cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution. You will work with the Risk Adjustment COO and senior leaders to bring structure to ambiguous problems, define approaches, and drive results across the organization.

In this role you will own multi-stakeholder programs, create executive-ready materials, and help evolve operating models as the company scales.