Chief Strategy Officer, Mount Carmel Health System

Trinity Health•Columbus, OH

About The Position

Mount Carmel Health System, a member of Trinity Health, serves more than 1.3 million patients annually across five hospitals, an inpatient rehabilitation hospital, physician practices, ambulatory care sites, urgent care centers, and community-based programs throughout the greater Columbus region. The Chief Strategy Officer is a member of the executive leadership team and leads enterprise strategy, growth, business development, and transformational initiatives. The position is based in the greater Columbus area and reports directly to the President & CEO. The Chief Strategy Officer is responsible for strategic planning, business development, and population health for the assigned health ministry (HM). The role ensures the HM’s vision, mission, and values are reflected in the strategic planning, management, operations, and organizational culture of network partners. The incumbent attends board meetings and reports on strategic activity and progress toward organizational goals. The position oversees a small number of staff and works in a highly matrixed environment, using system resources to achieve objectives. The role leads the HM’s strategic planning and growth in alignment with Trinity Health’s mission and strategic plan; develops ventures, programs, partnerships, and market growth initiatives; and supports integrated care delivery, market consolidation, and appropriate responses to community healthcare needs. The Chief Strategy Officer also advances value-based care and population health through operational strategies, analytical methods to measure quality, cost, and effectiveness, and payer strategies that support quality and economic returns. The role works with leadership, governing bodies, medical staff, employees, and system teams, and may perform other duties as needed in the organization’s best interest.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Health Administration, or a related field.
Ten to fifteen years of related business experience in corporate development, consulting, strategic planning, or financial planning; preferably in healthcare.
Knowledge of the healthcare environment and key issues related to hospitals, ambulatory care, physician alignment, and healthcare strategic financial planning.
Strong management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.
Strong strategic planning, facilitation, and development skills, with a track record of working with cross-functional teams.
Significant experience in project management, comprehensive business planning, financial analysis, and modeling.
Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with executives and professional staff.
Ability to work in a complex matrix reporting environment.
Strong customer service orientation when working with regional personnel, governance, physicians, patients, and community groups.
Strong leadership and influencing skills, including the ability to work within a system, influence others, and achieve results.
Advanced interpersonal, management, and organizational skills.
Honesty, integrity, caring, and the ability to inspire and motivate others in support of Trinity Health’s philosophy, mission, vision, goals, values, and guiding behaviors.
Ability to adapt to frequently changing work priorities.
Ability to travel as needed to various Trinity Health sites.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree is strongly preferred.
Multi-hospital experience is strongly preferred.
Experience working in a complex delivery system is strongly preferred.
Experience with a medical group or health insurance is strongly preferred.
Healthcare-environment experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate Trinity Health’s mission, vision, and values in leadership behaviors, practices, and decisions.
Serve as the business strategy partner to the health ministry CEO.
Oversee and implement a strategic planning process consistent with and integrated into Trinity Health’s strategy and planning process.
Lead efforts to create an integrated delivery system across the continuum of care and pursue market consolidation opportunities in collaboration with Trinity Health’s M&A and Partnership Development team.
Develop and diversify ambulatory, post-acute, retail, and online health services to capture commercial revenues shifting to non-hospital settings and develop future-ready care models that optimize profitability under value-based care.
Lead development of health ministry strategy and business plans aligned with Trinity Health’s mission and strategic plan.
Plan and develop new ventures, major programs, joint ventures, and significant regional market growth initiatives; work with Trinity Health planning and M&A teams on significant transactions.
Identify and develop appropriate, low-cost, high-quality responses to community healthcare needs.
Develop a comprehensive regional delivery network to meet patient care needs.
Participate with governing body, management, medical staff, and employees in developing the mission, strategic plan, governing policies, and standards.
Provide internal consultation on emerging healthcare trends.
Address strategic initiatives including physician alignment, new contract development, and service-line development for individual entities or the system.
Work with Marketing & Communications to promote programs and services that support growth in the markets served.
Ensure health ministry activities are directed toward achieving the organization’s mission and values.
Develop strategies and operational processes to implement value-based care.
Lead organizational efforts to succeed in population health.
Develop analytical systems and methods to measure quality, cost, and overall effectiveness of population health initiatives.
Collaborate on payer strategies to optimize quality and economic returns in value-based payment models.
Attend board meetings and report on strategic initiatives and progress toward planning goals.
Perform other duties necessary in the organization’s best interest to support quality patient care, and exercise other powers determined by the Board of Directors or President/CEO.
Travel as needed to Trinity Health sites.