Senior Director, Strategy & Consulting

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Senior Director, Strategy & Consulting

Nashville ,

Tennessee

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Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of diverse individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your diversity of culture, thinking, learning, and leading is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.
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.
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.
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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Experience Level:
7 years
Education:
Bachelor's
Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and to the principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action. EOE/AA/Women/Minority/Vets/Disabled

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