VP, Regional Leader

Vizient, Inc; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 188,000 - 348,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits plan

Incentive eligible

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. seeks a Vice President, Regional Leader to drive client value, growth, and market leadership by delivering spend management solutions across health systems and executive leadership teams.

The role leads account teams, owns client P&L, and ensures alignment of clinical, purchased services, and indirect spend with strategic client priorities. A deep healthcare supply chain background and executive presence are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience desired, MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 10 or more years of progressive leadership experience in healthcare supply chain and spend management, including direct experience within provider organizations and/or leading complex provider-based supply chain functions.
• Demonstrated success leading large, geographically dispersed high-performing teams with P&L accountability, delivering measurable financial, operational, and performance outcomes.
• Proven experience working with executive and C-suite leaders in complex health systems, influencing decision-making, and navigating executive dynamics with credibility and confidence.
• Documented track record of results, evidenced by clear, quantifiable outcomes (e.g., cost improvement, performance gains, growth, or transformation).
• Deep understanding of healthcare supply chain operations and how sourcing and spend strategies translate into outcomes.
• Coaching & Talent Development: Strong track record of developing leaders and building high-performing teams.
• Financial & Business Acumen: Strong understanding of P&L management, healthcare economics, and value-based decision-making.
• Executive Presence & Influence: Ability to influence senior leaders through credibility and trusted advisory leadership.
• Negotiation: Skilled in complex, high-value negotiations, balancing client value and business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop Account Management teams and cross-functional resources, establishing clear performance expectations.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to client executive leadership, driving strategy that increases engagement and value realization.
• Lead and manage client P&L performance, including revenue growth, margin, and cost discipline.
• Represent Vizient with credibility at the executive level, influencing stakeholder groups through leadership and negotiation.
• Translate complex spend analytics into clear executive-level narratives that drive action and adoption.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to synthesize feedback into actionable insights for product and service development.

Skills

Healthcare supply chain

Executive leadership

P&L management

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Analytics & storytelling

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

MBA or advanced degree preferred

Job description

When you’re the best, we’re the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.

SUMMARY

The Vice President, Regional Leader (VPRL) is accountable for driving sustained client value, profitable growth, and market leadership through the delivery and optimization of Vizient’s spend management solutions. This role serves as a trusted executive advisor to health system leadership and C-suite executives, translating complex analytics and supply chain insights into compelling narratives that drive action, adoption, and measurable outcomes. The VP, Regional Leader (VPRL) leads and develops high-performing account management teams, owns client P&L performance, and ensures alignment of Vizient’s spend management capabilities across clinical, purchased services, and indirect spend categories. Success in this role requires deep healthcare supply chain expertise, strong business judgment, executive presence, and the ability to influence, negotiate, and coach at the highest levels.

Coaching, Talent Development & Team Leadership

Lead, coach, and develop Account Management teams and cross-functional resources, establishing clear performance expectations, driving accountability for results and leadership behaviors, strengthening the talent pipeline through deliberate coaching and succession planning, and ensuring teams consistently articulate, deliver, and optimize Vizient’s full spend management portfolio.

Strategic Leadership & Client Value

Serve as a strategic advisor to client executive leadership, including supply chain, finance, and C-suite stakeholders, driving strategy that increases client engagement, value realization, retention, and long-term profitability, ensuring Vizient spend management solutions are aligned to documented client priorities, strategic goals, and financial objectives, and identifying opportunities to expand services, elevate client supply chain influence, and deliver measurable clinical and financial impact.

Financial & Business Accountability

Lead and manage client P&L performance, including revenue growth, margin, and cost discipline, executing disciplined business plans that deliver enterprise growth while applying strong financial and business acumen to prioritize investments, negotiate outcomes, and maximize return for clients and Vizient.

Executive Presence, Influence & Negotiation

Represent Vizient with credibility and authority at the executive level, influencing complex stakeholder groups through expertise, judgment, and trusted leadership, leading high-stakes negotiations related to spend management programs and service expansions, and navigating ambiguity and resistance with confidence and an outcomes-focused approach.

Analytics, Insights & Storytelling

Translate complex spend, utilization, and performance analytics into clear, compelling executive-level narratives that influence decision-making, enabling teams to use data to diagnose issues, quantify opportunities, and demonstrate realized value across clinical, purchased services, and indirect spend, and consistently raising the executive relevance of client-facing insights and presentations.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Partner closely with Enterprise Account Management, the SMBU Performance Partners, category experts, and business leaders, acting as a voice of the client by synthesizing feedback into actionable insights for product, service, and program development, and supporting onboarding of new clients to ensure early value realization and long-term engagement.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience desired, MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 10 or more years of progressive leadership experience in healthcare supply chain and spend management, including direct experience within provider organizations and/or leading complex provider-based supply chain functions, and/or demonstrated success leading complex healthcare supply chain engagements across multiple workstreams that identified quantifiable, validated, implementable financial improvement opportunities for health system clients.
• Demonstrated success leading large, geographically dispersed high-performing teams with P&L accountability, delivering measurable financial, operational, and performance outcomes.
• Proven experience working with executive and C-suite leaders in complex health systems, influencing decision-making, and navigating executive dynamics with credibility and confidence.
• Documented track record of results, evidenced by clear, quantifiable outcomes (e.g., cost improvement, performance gains, growth, or transformation), not generalized responsibilities.
• Deep understanding of healthcare supply chain operations and how sourcing and spend strategies translate into operational, clinical, and financial outcomes within provider environments.
• Coaching & Talent Development: Strong track record of developing leaders and building high-performing teams through clear expectations, accountability, feedback, and succession planning.
• Financial & Business Acumen: Strong understanding of P&L management, healthcare economics, and value-based decision-making, with the ability to prioritize investments and maximize return.
• Executive Presence & Influence: Proven ability to influence senior leaders through credibility, sound judgment, and trusted advisory leadership in complex stakeholder environments.
• Negotiation: Skilled in complex, high-value negotiations, balancing client value and business outcomes while building long-term partnerships.
• Analytics & Storytelling: Ability to listen deeply to provider needs, synthesize complex quantitative and qualitative inputs, and translate data into clear, persuasive executive-level narratives that drive action and adoption.
• Candidates residing in the northwest region of the U.S. are preferred.
• Travel: Ability to travel regularly and expeditiously throughout the year to meet client’s needs and timetables.

Estimated Hiring Range: At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $187,800.00 to $348,300.00. This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:

Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.

Working at Vizient means shaping the future of healthcare, every day. Alongside our clients, we're building a healthier, more human healthcare system. We connect people, data, and solutions to enable healthcare organizations to improve financial sustainability, enhance system performance, and deliver better care.

Headquartered in Irving, Texas, with 11 offices across the United States, Vizient has more than 5,000 employees who bring deep expertise and a shared commitment to transforming healthcare. Together, we're solving some of the industry's most complex challenges while creating opportunities to learn, grow, and drive lasting change for healthcare organizations and the communities they serve. Through our enterprise of companies, we deliver meaningful impact across the continuum of care: Apexus - The exclusive contractor for 340B Drug Pricing Program, managed by the Health Resources and Services Administration. aptitude - The industry's first online direct contracting market, supporting self-contracting activity between hospitals and suppliers. Kaufman Hall - Leading healthcare advisory services to support our clients in achieving financial, clinical, and operational excellence. Provista - Proven supply chain partner specializing in extended, diagnostic, and preventive care facilities, including surgery centers, home health, and senior living.