Director Strategic Growth

About the role

Provides leadership, guidance, direction & accountability for advancing people, processes, programs & functional responsibilities within an area/scope of assignment for the performance, regulatory readiness & operational results of large, strategic/diverse disciplines, cross-functional teams, or departments/services over a large functional domain or multiple domains (e.g., regions, service areas or Regional Health Ministries (RHMS)).

Essential Functions

• Knows, understands, incorporates & demonstrates our Trinity Health Mission, Values, Vision, Actions & Promise in behaviors, practices & decisions.
• Provides advice, guidance & leadership to RHM & Market / Ministry leaders in developing strategies & in the achievement of performance goals.
• Enables collaboration across & within System Services, Service Areas, RHM & Regions to ensure consistency & integration of strategy & operations.
• Guides, trains, mentors & monitors colleagues while contributing to the development & implementation of RHM, Regional, Service Area & System Office-based strategic plans.
• Provides advice, guidance & leadership to System Services, Service Areas, RHM & Markets, including Merger & Acquisitions (M & A) & other growth opportunities.
• Leads standardization / systemness & optimization of policy, process, methodology & establishing a national community of practice.
• Oversees vendor / contract labor management including centralizing strategy & optimizing spend.
• Collaborates in system-wide strategy development & deployment of functional area priorities & initiatives.
• Responsible for supporting regional efforts to comply with functional area priorities.
• Serves as an organization-wide focal point for establishing functional strategies & governance over financials & staffing.
• Serves as an organization-wide focal point for establishing functional strategies & governance over financials & staffing.
• Communicates between System Services, Service Area function, RHM & Markets leaders.

Leadership

• Advises, guides & leads RHM & Market / Ministry leaders in developing strategies & achieving performance goals.
• Ensures collaboration across & within System Services, Service Areas, RHM & Regions to maintain consistency & integration of strategy & operations.
• Trains, mentors & monitors colleagues to enhance their skills & contribute to strategic plans.
• Develops & implements RHM, Regional, Service Area & System Office-based strategic plans.

Direction & Growth

• Advise, guide & lead System Services, Service Areas, RHM & Markets, including M&A & other growth opportunities.
• Lead standardization / systemness & optimization of policy, process, methodology & establish a national community of practice.
• Manage vendor / contract labor to optimize strategy & spend.
• Collaborate in system-wide strategy development & deployment of functional area priorities & initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with functional area priorities.

Strategic Support & Accountability

• Collaborate in system-wide strategy development & deployment of functional area priorities & initiatives.
• Support regional efforts to comply with functional area priorities.
• Accountable for the selection, evaluation & overall success of the functional leadership teams.
• Act as an organization-wide focal point for establishing functional strategies & governance over financials & staffing.
• Communicate between System Services, Service Area function, RHM & Markets leaders.

Operational Delivery

• Maintain a working knowledge of applicable federal, state & local laws / regulations, Trinity Health Integrity & Compliance Program & Code of Conduct, as well as other policies, procedures & guidelines.
• Measure & report Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) / metrics & value delivery.
• Implement & drive the financial & operational strategies for the assigned function / service area.
• Provide advice, guidance & leadership for the colleague life cycle.

Functional Role

• Contribute to strategic planning.
• Enable system & region-level strategy to address internal or external business & regulatory issues; provides functional expertise & ensures fulfillment of performance & service standards.
• Identify, define & solve complex problems that impact management & direction of the business; collaborate with Service Area, Regions & Health Ministries to ensure consistency & integration of strategy & operations.
• Provide decision support, operations & / or optimization leadership focus.
• Make decisions & manage risk that impact day-to-day regional, service area, or health ministry functional operations with potential for short- to mid-term impact on the enterprise as a whole.
• Oversee a direct staff that includes manager with direct reports or oversees large / complex programs with / without direct reports.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, healthcare administration, or related field.
• Seven (7) years’ experience in healthcare, with at least five (5) years’ experience in healthcare: business development & operations, sales, finance or business consulting with progressively increasing leadership responsibility.

Additional Qualifications (nice to have)

• Clinical experience.
• Master’s Business Administration (MBA) or Healthcare Administration (MHA) degree from an accredited school; equivalent experience considered.