Strategy Manager

Boston Children’s Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Children’s Hospital is seeking a senior Strategy professional to lead strategic projects within Strategy and Business Development. You will partner with executive leadership to shape strategy, build business cases, guide growth initiatives, and work with clinical/operational partners to extend pediatric care through service line strategy and annual planning.

You will manage complex analyses, mentor junior staff, and present findings to executives.

Qualifications

• 5 years of progressive experience in strategy, management consulting, or healthcare operations.
• Advanced financial modeling and quantitative analysis skills; ability to build and stress-test business cases independently.
• Demonstrated ability to structure strategic problems, define analytical hypotheses, and direct peer teams (Analytics, Transformation).
• Strong executive communication skills; ability to distill complexity into clear recommendations.
• Skilled facilitator; experience designing and leading executive working sessions.
• Knowledge of healthcare delivery systems, service line economics, reimbursement, and capital planning fundamentals.
• Emerging people leadership skills; ability to oversee and develop junior staff.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled analytics and market intelligence tools in healthcare strategy practice.

Responsibilities

• Leads end-to-end strategic analyses, including market assessments, service line evaluations, competitive intelligence initiatives, and stakeholder interviews to develop growth strategy; coordinates analytical work from BI partners and provides strategic direction.
• Manages complex financial models, scenario analyses, and business cases to support service line growth, new programs, capital investments, and facility planning.
• Frames strategic questions and defines analytical scope for shared projects with Transformation; ensures workstreams have clear recommendations and success criteria.
• Facilitates service line strategy workshops and executive sessions; structures agendas to drive alignment on strategic choices.
• Evaluates new market opportunities; supports impact and financial analysis.
• Builds relationships with clinical and operational leaders to inform strategy development and translates insights into strategic implications.
• Monitors industry trends impacting strategy, and delivers polished executive presentations and briefing documents.
• Mentors and/or manages Associates and Senior Associates; provides feedback on analytical quality and strategic framing.

Skills

Advanced Excel

PowerPoint

Financial modeling

Executive communication

Market intelligence

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Life Sciences, Public Health, or related field

Tools

AI-enabled analytics tools

Job description

Position Summary

Join a dynamic, mission-driven Strategy team shaping the future of pediatric care. In this role, you will lead strategic projects within Strategy and Business Development. Working alongside operational and clinical partners, you will help the organization extend pediatric care reach through service line strategy, enterprise annual planning, and proactive insights, producing work that has a real impact on patients, families, and clinicians.

You will partner with executive leadership on high-visibility presentations and business cases, help shape strategy, and support strategic goal-setting across the organization. You will also have opportunities to build and lead high-performing teams. 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

• Leads end-to-end strategic analyses, including market assessments, service line evaluations, competitive intelligence initiatives, and physician/clinical stakeholder interviews to develop growth strategy; commissions targeted analytical work from business intelligence partners and provides strategic direction on hypotheses to test
• Manages complex financial models, scenario analyses, and business cases to support service line growth, new program launches, capital investment decisions, and facility planning considerations
• Frames strategic questions and defines the analytical scope for shared projects with the Transformation Team; ensures strategy workstreams are structured with clear recommendations and success criteria
• Facilitates service line strategy workshops and executive working sessions; structures agendas to drive alignment on strategic choices rather than operational updates
• Evaluates new market opportunities; supports impact and financial analysis
• Builds relationships with clinical and operational leaders to inform strategy development; conducts primary stakeholder interviews and translates clinical insights into strategic implications
• Monitors and is well-informed on industry trends that impact team approach/strategy
• Structures and delivers polished executive presentations and briefing documents with limited revision
• Mentors and/or directly manages Associates and Senior Associates; provides feedback on analytical quality, communication clarity, and strategic framing

Minimum qualifications

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Life Sciences, Public Health, or related field

Experience

• 5 years of progressive experience in strategy, management consulting, or healthcare operations; ideally some experience in a lead or project management role.
• Advanced financial modeling and quantitative analysis skills; ability to build and stress-test business cases independently
• Demonstrated ability to structure strategic problems, define analytical hypotheses, and direct peer teams (Analytics, Transformation) toward the right questions
• Strong executive communication skills; ability to distill complexity into clear recommendations
• Skilled facilitator; experience designing and leading executive working sessions
• Knowledge of healthcare delivery systems, service line economics, reimbursement, and capital planning fundamentals
• Emerging people leadership skills; ability to oversee and develop junior staff
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint
• Familiarity with AI-enabled analytics and market intelligence tools as they emerge in healthcare strategy practice