Details

• Department: Strategic Planning
• Schedule: Full time, Days
• Location: Remote with some travel

Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options & wellness plans
Retirement benefits including employer match plans
Long-term & short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave & adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community

Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance and salary range at the time of the offer.

Responsibilities

Ascension is HIRING a Director - Strategy. This position will report directly to the Associate Vice President of Strategy & Growth and work alongside executive leaders inside and outside of the System Strategy Team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with significant strategy experience! This is a FULLY REMOTE position.

Responsibilities:

Guide the delivery of the Corporate Strategy team's growth priorities across the enterprise and in Ministry Markets. This role is focused on strategic growth of the organization. The Strategic Growth Director will act as a strategic thought partner withmarket and system teams in areas such as growth, acute network development, ambulatory strategies, enterprise business planning, and market entry assessments.

• Contribute to achievement of Ascension & National System Strategy Growth Team’s goals to deliver on Ascension’s growth imperatives.
• Build frameworks and methodologies by which the Strategy & Growth Team will pursue market entry opportunities.
• Support management of progress-to-plan and monthly Ministry Market business performance.
• Support National and Ministry Market leaders in strategic growth opportunity evaluation, including but not limited to: hypothesis testing, opportunity assessments, and growth strategy development.
• Be a thought partner for Ministry Market Strategy Teams in the development of strategic growth goals, volume & growth forecasting, and market growth opportunities.
• Oversee execution and performance management of strategic growth initiatives.
• Continually review, understand, and incorporate industry and competitive environment dynamics into growth strategy development.

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Requirements

Education:

• High School diploma equivalency with 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience
  required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's
  degree with 3 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years
  being in leadership/management.

Additional Preferences

• Exceptionally detail-oriented and highly-organized structured thinker who can manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Exceptional critical thinking skills
• Ability to communicate recommendations effectively (written & verbal) to executive and senior leadership in an concise, compelling manner
• Experience developing and executing enterprise and market based strategy in a large complex healthcare organization referred
• Experience working with operations to implement strategic initiatives preferred
• Ability to create structure from ambiguous information and set forth an efficient approach to solve problems or answer questions
• Ability to multiple tasks at once, prioritize work, and deliver exceptional work product
  Ability to work in cross-functional teams and influence those who do not directly report to you
• Ability to take initiative and be a self-starter (‘get it done’ attitude)
• Desire to be in a fast-paced role with a mindset of continuous improvement
• Healthcare consulting and health system corporate strategy experience preferred
• Bachelors degree highly preferred; Masters degree preferred
• 10 years of experience preferred
• 5 years of leadership experience preferred

Why Join Our Team

Ascension associates are key to our commitment of transforming healthcare and providing care to all, especially those most in need. Join us and help us drive impact through reimagining how we can deliver a people-centered healthcare experience and creating the solutions to do it. Explore career opportunities across our ministry locations and within our corporate headquarters.

Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 134,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.

Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

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As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.

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