Senior Internal Consultant - Strategy Management and Activation

Job Summary

The Senior Internal Consultant plays a pivotal role in advancing Rady Children's Health's strategic priorities across the enterprise, particularly in the context of post-merger integration and organizational transformation. This position supports the full lifecycle of strategy—from ideation and planning to activation and execution—ensuring alignment with organizational goals and readiness for high-impact decision-making. Serving as a senior internal advisor, this consultant partners with leadership to translate complex strategies into actionable initiatives, which may include managing strategic portfolios, leading individual projects, conducting special studies, or providing targeted support for strategy execution.

About the Role

Serving as a senior internal advisor, this consultant partners with leadership to translate complex strategies into actionable initiatives, which may include managing strategic portfolios, leading individual projects, conducting special studies, or providing targeted support for strategy execution. The role demands a high level of emotional intelligence and adaptability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholder groups, maintaining consistency in language, tone, and context across clinical, operational, and executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Translate complex strategies into actionable initiatives
• Manage strategic portfolios
• Lead individual projects
• Conduct special studies
• Provide targeted support for strategy execution

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a strategic planning role in a healthcare, consulting, or similar environment
• Experience with portfolio management
• Experience with development and use of frameworks such as SWOT, PESTLE, Balanced Scorecard, and OKRs
• Proven ability to influence C-suite and board-level decisions
• Excellent analytical skills
• Strong communication, facilitation and presentation skills
• Proficient in project management software and Microsoft products: Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Excel, Word and Power Point
• Demonstrated commitment to respecting differences and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Public Policy, Healthcare, or related field
• Project management and change management training
• Experience leading client engagements, developing strategic roadmaps, and managing change initiatives
• Healthcare strategy/transformation experience in areas such as service line planning, care model redesign, or population health initiatives
• Board-facing relations and experience in preparing written communications and presenting to executive leadership and governance bodies
• Proven expertise in being a thought partner and coaching senior leaders, helping them navigate complex organizational challenges and build strategic capability
• Global or multi-site experience managing initiatives across geographies or enterprise campuses
• Experience in mergers and acquisitions
• Organizational development, leadership development, team effectiveness, and enterprise change initiatives especially in a post-merger environment
• Experience in Innovation and Transformation roles in innovation hubs, transformation offices, or digital health strategy; experience launching pilots, scaling innovations, and navigating ambiguity
• Strategy roles with experience bridging technical and business teams providing expertise in enterprise architecture or program management for enterprise system management and data integration
• Master's degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Organizational Leadership, or related field
• Leverage Lean Six Sigma or Kaizen experience; Project Management Professional (PMP); Change management certification (i.e., AIM, Prosci)

Benefits

The current salary range for this position is $55.60 to $76.45 Rady Children’s Hospital is committed to compensation that is externally competitive and internally equitable. We demonstrate this commitment by conducting regular market reviews to remain competitive with organizations of similar size in the nonprofit, healthcare sector. The range listed above does not represent the full salary range for the position but is the expected hiring range for qualified candidates.