Director, Value Realization
Job Location:
Louisville, KY - USA
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Job Summary
UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals four medical centers nearly 200 physician practice locations more than 700 providers the Frazier Rehab Institute and Brown Cancer Center.
With more than 12000 teammembersphysicians surgeons nurses pharmacists and other highly skilled health careprofessionalsUofL Health is focused on one mission: deliveringpatient-centered care to each and every patient each and every day.
Position Summary and Purpose
The Director Value Realization is a senior finance leader responsible for ensuring the financial integrity return on investment and sustained value delivery of strategic initiatives across the academic healthcare system. This role partners closely with clinical academic operational and administrative leaders to translate strategy into measurable financial and enterprise value.
This role brings financial discipline to innovation transformation and growth initiatives by establishing robust business cases leading financial oversight tracking benefits realization and enabling informed decisionmaking across a complex healthcare environment.
Essential Functions:
Strategic Financial Oversight
Provide endtoend financial leadership for strategic initiatives including business case development investment analysis scenario modeling and ROI assessment.
Establish financial governance frameworks that ensure strategic investments align with enterprise priorities capital constraints and value creation goals.
Serve as a key advisor to executive leaders on the financial implications of strategy decisions tradeoffs and portfolio optimization.
Value Realization & Benefits Tracking
Design and lead the value realization framework for strategic initiatives including definition of financial and nonfinancial benefits metrics and accountability.
Oversee tracking validation and reporting of realized benefits versus planned outcomes over the lifecycle of initiatives.
Partner with initiative owners to identify risks to value realization and develop mitigation strategies.
Collaboration & Influence
Act as a bridge between strategy finance operations and clinical leadership to ensure alignment and shared ownership of results.
Guide crossfunctional teams in applying financial discipline to innovative clinical and academic initiatives.
Influence without authority fostering a culture of accountability transparency and datadriven decisionmaking.
Portfolio & Performance Management
Support enterpriselevel portfolio reviews prioritization and reallocation decisions based on value risk and strategic fit.
Develop dashboards analytics and executivelevel reporting that clearly communicates financial performance and strategic value.
Ensure consistency in financial assumptions methodology and reporting across initiatives.
Continuous Improvement & Capability Building
Promote best practices in healthcare financial management strategic finance and valuebased decisionmaking.
Mentor and develop analysts or managers supporting value realization efforts.
Contribute to the evolution of strategy office capabilities tools and processes.
Other Qualifications
Experience working within an academic healthcare system including exposure to clinical research and education missions.
Strong understanding of healthcare reimbursement cost structures and regulatory considerations.
Exceptional analytical communication and executive presence skills.
Ability to translate complex financial concepts into actionable insights for nonfinancial leaders.
High degree of integrity judgment and comfort operating in ambiguity.
Enterprise mindset with a strong orientation toward value and outcomes.
Collaborative consultative leadership style with the ability to challenge constructively.
Resultsoriented with a balanced appreciation for financial clinical and academic priorities.
Job Requirements
(Education Experience Licensure and Certification)
Bachelors degree in finance accounting business administration or a related field (masters degree preferred).
CPA strongly preferred.
5 years of progressive seniorlevel experience in healthcare finance corporate finance or strategic finance roles.
Demonstrated experience supporting largescale complex initiatives in an academic medical center or integrated healthcare system.
Proven ability to develop business cases financial models and ROI analyses for strategic investments.
Job Competency:
Skills Knowledge or Abilities.
Experience in a matrixed organization
Ability to influence without authority and drive alignment across diverse teams
Strategic thinker with a bias for execution and results
UofL Health Core Expectation:
At UofL Health we expect all our employees to live the values of honesty integrity and compassion and demonstrate these values in their interactions with others and as they deliver excellent patient care by:
Honoring and caring for the dignity of all persons in mind body and spirit
Ensuring the highest quality of care for those we serve
Working together as a team to achieve our goals
Improving continuously by listening and asking for and responding to feedback
Seeking new and better ways to meet the needs of those we serve
Using our resources wisely
Understanding how each of our roles contributes to the success of UofL Health
Required Experience:
Director
About Company
UofL Health provides comprehensive care at our UofL Health – UofL Hospital location in Louisville Ky. Learn more about UofL Health – UofL Hospital and the various services we provide.
