Vice President Strategic Growth, Business Optimization Enterprise

M-F Remote-based role

Pay Range

This role plays a critical leadership role in advancing Advocate Healths strategic priorities by driving the planning execution and performance management of high-impact growth and business optimization initiatives. This individual serves as a thought partner architect and activation expert across a portfolio of enterprise priorities with leadership responsibility in one or more of the following domains: academics innovation strategic partnerships data / analytics artificial intelligence and portfolio management for enterprise growth and business optimization initiatives. Requires exceptional strategic thinking cross-functional collaboration and execution discipline; will drive complex initiatives that span multiple business units and domains often operating in ambiguous and high-stakes environments. Through deep partnership with stakeholders across clinical academic digital IT operational clinical and financial teams the Lead helps translate strategy into results that drive enterprise transformation and growth.

Major Responsibilities:

• Leads and manages the execution of complex enterprise-wide initiatives aligned with Advocate Healths strategic growth business performance and transformation agenda.
• Translates strategic objectives into clearly defined workstreams with accountable owners deliverables timelines and performance metrics.
• Applies structured insight-driven approaches to define business problems design solutions and drive measurable outcomes.
• Synthesizes qualitative and quantitative insights to support strategic recommendations business cases and executive decision-making.
• Prepares and presents high-quality deliverables including briefings presentations and reports for senior leadership.
• Serves as a strategic advisor and connector across the enterprise cultivating effective working relationships with clinical shared service academic digital data/analytics and operational stakeholders.
• Leads and facilitates cross-functional teams to ensure aligned execution of strategic initiatives.
• Supports governance processes and communication structures that promote visibility accountability and informed decision-making across the enterprise.
• Academics & Research: Collaborates with academic senior leaders to advance enterprise academic plans in the areas of education and workforce innovation research (basic science clinical and clinical trial) academic relationships and translation at scale ensuring connections to other strategic initiatives enterprise assets and opportunities and driving academic impact.
• Innovation & Strategic Partnerships: Partners with enterprise service teams to accelerate the development and integration of new solutions and partnerships and supports execution of external partnerships aligned with enterprise goals.
• Data Analytics & AI: Works with enterprise data and technology leaders to shape and scale high-impact data products AI tools and analytic platforms that support strategic decision-making and drive innovation.
• Growth & Business Optimization Portfolio Management: Leads the design governance and continuous refinement of an enterprise portfolio of initiatives ensuring strategic alignment resource optimization and enterprise impact.
• Contributes to the development and deployment of tools processes and templates that support consistent and effective execution of enterprise strategy.
• Builds internal capacity for strategic execution through knowledge sharing process improvement and collaboration.
• Mentors team members and supports the overall maturity and growth of the strategy function.

Licensure Registration and/or Certification Required:

• None

Education Required:

• Bachelors degree required; Masters degree in business health administration public health or related field preferred.

Experience Required:

• Typically requires 10 years of leadership experience in academic health systems innovation partnerships or strategic planning.
• Experience in cross-functional leadership and initiative management in complex organizations.
• Familiarity with academic medical center operations innovation pipelines and data/technology solutions.

Knowledge Skills & Abilities Required:

• Understanding of enterprise growth strategy portfolio management and transformation frameworks.
• Sound financial and business acumen with the ability to develop and analyze business cases and ROI analyses.
• Working knowledge of data and analytics governance and advanced analytics/AI capabilities.
• Collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills; able to influence within a matrixed organization.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate vision into executable roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
• Strong communication stakeholder engagement and project management skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills including executive-level presentation.

Remote opportunity must reside in an approved state.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• None

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

Our CommitmenttoYou:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs competitive compensation generous retirement offerings programs that invest in your career development and so much more so you can live fully at and away from work including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications skills relevant experience and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift on call and more based on a teammates job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical dental vision life andShort- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program