Associate Vice President, Strategic Planning
Job ID:
R181591
Shift:
1st
Full/Part Time:
Full_time
Pay Range:
$86.75 – $138.80
Location:
AAO Oak Brook – 2025 Windsor Dr
Oak Brook, IL 60523
0000
Allenton, WI 53002
Benefits Eligible:
Yes
Hours Per Week:
40
Our Commitment to You:
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 within the position’s 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 teammate’s 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, and Short- 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
Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.
Schedule Details/Additional Information:
Work hours are typically 8am -5pm
The Strategic Planning Lead partners with Advocate Health leaders in formulating strategy and developing enterprise strategic business plans inclusive of business analyses, strategic initiative design, and roadmaps to drive significant strategic decisions and actions leading to system impacts. The Lead is responsible for owning the development and deployment of enterprise strategy planning capabilities and supporting effect development, implementation and throughput of strategic projects and initiatives.
Reporting the Strategic Lifecycle Lead, the role employs industry-leading best practices and methods, market and competitive intelligence, contemporary strategic ideas, business planning expertise and strong project and stakeholder management while remaining agile, sensitive to context and ensuring strategic alignment. This role works closely with the strategy function leaders and team members as well as with enterprise leaders across shared service functions, clinical service areas, and division operations.
Major Responsibilities:
Strategic Planning Capability Ownership
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Lead development and implementation of capabilities within the planning phase of the strategic lifecycle framework.
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Design and deploy structures, tools, and processes among the strategy team and other enterprise and divisional leaders to ensure an orchestrated approach to planning that aligns with the enterprise strategy and enables sound decision-making.
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Develops industry leading methodologies for developing strategies, strategic plans, business plans, analyses, and other project approaches to drive quality, consistent outcomes as well as build teammate competencies.
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Own planning stage for strategic projects, including planning inputs, best practice deliverables, and decision-gates.
Enterprise Functional Planning & Strategic Alignment
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Engage and collaborate with executive leaders across shared services and operational functional areas to build cohesive plans and strategies leveraging industry knowledge, strategic planning expertise and enterprise strategic rationale.
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Partner with Lead, Strategic Insights & Economics to assess competitor activity, industry trends and internal performance to inform plan development and advise strategic initiative leaders.
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Lead development of integrated roadmaps that synchronize functional plans with the enterprise strategy.
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Guide analysis and facilitate cross-functional planning to sequence deployment of shared services resources across the strategic portfolio of projects.
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Facilitate and bring thought leadership to cross-functional engagement and coordination, through events, standing forums and other multi-modal engagement methods.
Strategic Planning & Business Planning Project Direction
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In partnership with strategy and operational executives, drive significant and complex enterprise strategic planning and strategic business planning projects.
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Develop, manage, prioritize, and execute multiple, concurrent projects involving multiple constituencies, including scoping, resources and managing projects to senior leader expectations.
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Lead and / or contribute to the appropriate communication of strategic plans, analyses, and other project related work.
Strategy Function Development
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Lead development of planning discipline best practice knowledge and skills across strategy function team.
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Responsible for team development, coaching, professional guidance, and high performance of the team within direct area of responsibility and across the strategy department as part of the strategy leadership team.
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Leads and drives Strategy departmental initiatives as a member of the leadership team.
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Decisions are guided by the enterprise strategy and actions directly impact the enterprise strategy.
Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:
Education Required:
Bachelor’s degree in business, healthcare or related field from an accredited college or university is required.
Experience Required:
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Minimum 10 years of experience in health systems management, business planning and / or strategic planning.
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Experience in cross-functional leadership and program management in complex organizations.
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Familiarity with academic medical health system operations, strategic planning processes, and leadership facilitation.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:
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Demonstrated executive presence among other leaders and executives.
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Demonstrated expertise in business planning and strategic planning.
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Demonstrated ability to be comfortable in ambiguity.
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Sophisticated and nuanced communication skills, including written, power point and verbal communications.
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Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to navigate complex systems.
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Knowledge of issues facing integrated health delivery systems.
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Knowledge of the health industry and major trends.
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Skilled user of Microsoft Office suite of tools.
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.
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