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Organization:

VHPS

Job Summary:

Vanderbilt Health - Executive Search Team is conducting a national search for a Senior Director, Strategy and Consulting in our Health Professional Solutions (HPS) part of the business. This is a highly visible role focused on building businesses and relentless execution for internal teams and external customers. This position reports to the Senior Vice President of Health Professional Solutions.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), along with its nearly 30,000 healthcare professionals, is one of the country’s leading and most prestigious Academic Medical Centers and the largest healthcare provider in the state of Tennessee. Health Professional Solutions (HPS) is a fully owned for-profit subsidiary of VUMC specializing in identifying, building, and scaling business opportunities based on the many exciting capabilities and innovations inherent in the VUMC system.

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Position Summary:

• Ability to work with HPS leadership and businesses to develop strategies, plan and execute key project and business initiatives ranging from early-stage product ideation all the way through a new company launch, then growing and scaling

• Ability to develop near-term, mid-term, and long-term business strategies and plans, ability to do market sizing and analysis and full-cycle business launch activities

• Developing trusted, long-term relationships with HPS team members, VUMC, HPS businesses and strategic partners

• Ensuring meaningful value is delivered through a strong mix of best-practice project planning, business management consulting, business planning and relentless execution of key business initiatives

• Managing teams of HPS and business team members to accomplish key business objectives

• Successfully leading and managing multiple and/or complex projects in one or more HPS businesses or providing consulting delivery to external customers

• Facilitating cross-business and cross-team sharing to collaborate and identify new opportunities

• Utilizing valuable strategic and project management, business development skills, tools, templates, and frameworks

• Inspiring and motivating team members by embodying the VUMC’s credo

Technical Skills

• Demonstrated expertise in MS Office Suite of products, (i.e. Visio, Excel, PowerPoint)

• Project Management training and/or project lead experience of 5+ years

• Demonstrated proficiency in use of project planning tools (MS Project, Jira, Version One, SmartSheets)

• Familiarity with CRM tools (Dynamics, SalesForce, others)

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college/university and 7 years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree and/or professional certifications

• 10+ years of management consulting, strategy, and/or Big 4 consulting experience

• Proven success delivering multiple large-scale system, process, and business projects

• Proven success in working with consulting clients and building strong relationships to become a trusted advisor to clients

• Ability to develop complex corporate and business unit level strategies, go-to-market strategies, operational strategies and facilitate design sessions and strategic planning

• Running projects and managing teams; and delivery experience driving business requirements, identifying gaps and omissions, and designing solutions while identifying and mitigating project and solution risks

• Demonstrated track record of managing large and complex consulting engagements, including a role in managing and interfacing with senior-level client executives to deliver desired results

• Ability to perform detailed data analysis and produce meaningful insights from multiple sources of data

• Ability to understand the healthcare landscape and key trends and synthesizing impacts and opportunities for the HPS businesses

• Results-oriented and goal-focused

• Ability to establish immediate credibility with team members and business leader and within the company; can build consensus and achieve goals through influence

• Excellent interpersonal/communication and team-building skills

• Creative thinking and ability to seek innovative solutions to complex technical/business problems

• Superior presentation skills and ability to deliver executive-level presentations and communications

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Our professional administrative functions include critical supporting roles in information technology and informatics, finance, administration, legal and community affairs, human resources, communications and marketing, development, facilities, and many more.

At our growing health system, we support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt Health for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose.

Core Accountabilities:

• Organizational Impact: Establishes function strategies with direct impact on the function results.* Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Directs the resolution of numerous strategic issues that affect own function and the broader organization.* Breadth of Knowledge: Applies in-depth business knowledge across multiple areas of the business. * Team Interaction: Leads a function serving the organization at large.

Core Capabilities :

Supporting Colleagues: - Develops Self and Others: Acts upon constructive feedback from all levels of the organization and initiates strategies to develop talent in others. - Builds and Maintains Relationships: Leverages relationships and insight to forecast potential future needs and influence delivery of work to exceed expectations. - Communicates Effectively: Anticipates difference audience concerns, styles and finds mutually beneficial solutions across conflicting and sensitive issues. Delivering Excellent Services : - Serves Others with Compassion: Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of broad-based issues and considers the interests of others to improve satisfaction of services. - Solves Complex Problems: Critically evaluates complex information and identifies trends/risks to make recommendations to improve processes across areas. - Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Provides ongoing feedback and development discussions to motivate and support team members to maximize performance .Ensuring High Quality : - Performs Excellent Work: Anticipates problems or obstacles which may interfere with quality standards and develops plants to ensure area's quality standards are met. - Ensures Continuous Improvement: Routinely draws upon valuable learning from others, past experiences, and new information to determine key opportunities. - Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Develops appropriate corrective actions for unsafe environments in order to ensure operational and safety compliance. Managing Resources Effectively: - Demonstrates Accountability: Identifies potential obstacles to goal achievement and develops solutions to address those obstacles. - Stewards Organizational Resources: Creates the appropriate systems and processes to effectively manage resources. - Makes Data Driven Decisions: Applies in-depth knowledge of data to recommend and implement new approaches to improve decision making capabilities. Fostering Innovation: - Generates New Ideas: Identifies opportunities and leads development of new initiatives that create value across areas. - Applies Technology: Creates the energy and drive for self/others to identify and leverage technology in new, innovative ways to drive greater efficiencies. - Adapts to Change: Anticipates the change process and clearly communicates impact on others/own team(s), assisting them in embracing the change.

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Work Experience:

Relevant Work Experience

Experience Level:

7 years

Education:

Bachelor's

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