Strategy Project Director

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; Brookhaven (GA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pediatric healthcare provider is seeking a Strategy Project Director to drive strategic planning and business development initiatives. This role requires 5+ years in large-scale healthcare consulting and the ability to effectively collaborate with internal leaders. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills and excellent communication abilities. The position is full-time at the primary location in Brookhaven, Georgia.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in large-scale healthcare consulting.
• Experience in an academic healthcare environment is preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic business coordination with operational leaders.
• Develop and document strategic plans.
• Provide consultative support to client groups.

Skills

Healthcare consulting

Creative problem-solving

Communications

Analytical skills

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in healthcare or business

Master's degree in business administration

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

Strategy Project Director at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. The Strategy Project Director works with department and System leaders to facilitate the development of plans and processes that support the organization’s mission, vision, and strategy. The Director consults with operational and physician leaders, Financial Planning, Facilities, and Marketing to provide strategic and business development recommendations. This is a high-impact, individual contributor role that reports to the Director of Strategic Planning and offers an opportunity to influence clinical care strategies that affect thousands of patients and families across Georgia.

Location: 1575 Northeast Expy NE (primary location) | Employment type: Full-time | Work schedule: Day shift, Monday–Friday, 8:30 AM–5:00 PM. Regular worker sub-type.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead coordination of and collaborate with operational leaders, Financial Planning, Facilities, and Marketing to address strategic business questions related to ideation through approval of a strategy or business case.
• Utilize a consistent and standard process to develop plans from initiation through approval.
• Use project management tools to document progress on strategic planning and initiatives.
• Coach operational leaders (e.g., Service Line Leaders, Senior Vice Presidents, and Chiefs) on process, data analysis, and system strategy to support development of their strategic plans and business cases.
• Coordinate within the team and across the organization to ensure projects and strategies are threaded together.
• Leverage competitive intelligence, patient demand, and consumer research provided by the strategy planning function.
• Provide ongoing strategic consultative support to client groups.
• Produce strategic plans detailing business problems, industry and market drivers and assumptions, vision, interdependencies, and linkage to overall strategy for executive review and decision-making.
• Deliver business cases detailing business problems, industry and market drivers and assumptions, feasibility, pro forma, and market analysis for executive review and decision-making.
• Serve as Project Manager on large, complex strategy initiatives.

Candidate Requirements

We are seeking candidates with the following attributes:

Experience

• At least five (5) years of experience in large-scale healthcare consulting.
• Demonstrated experience in developing creative solutions to complex problems.
• Experience consulting in an academic healthcare environment is strongly preferred.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, business administration, or related field is required.
• A master’s degree in business administration is strongly preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Thorough knowledge and understanding of emerging healthcare issues, health system models, and trends.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to distill complex information into key messages and clearly and simply communicate to executives.
• Strong partnering and influencing skills, adept at collaborating with all levels inside an organization, including the highest executive levels.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret data into actionable insights that influence business decisions.
• Ability to initiate activities and work autonomously, yet collaborative and resourceful.
• Strong interpersonal skills and experience working with multiple stakeholders at all levels.
• Comfortable driving change and embracing innovation in the face of ambiguity and complexity.
• Good judgment and discretion in handling sensitive and confidential information.
• Ability to function in a dynamic environment with impromptu changes in schedules, priorities, and project scope.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic covered by applicable law.

Primary Location Address: 1575 Northeast Expy NE