Chief Strategy Officer, Mount Carmel Health System

Trinity Health•Columbus, OH

About The Position

Mount Carmel Health System is one of the largest health systems in Central Ohio and a member of Trinity Health. It serves more than 1.3 million patients annually and includes hospitals, physician practices, ambulatory and urgent care sites, and community-based programs. The Chief Strategy Officer reports directly to the President & CEO and is a member of the executive leadership team. The role leads enterprise strategy, growth, business development, and transformational initiatives across the health system. The position is based in the greater Columbus area. 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 strategic planning, management, operations, and organizational culture. The incumbent attends board meetings and reports on strategic initiatives and progress toward organizational goals. The position oversees a small staff and works across system resources in a highly matrixed environment.

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; healthcare experience is preferred.
Knowledge of the healthcare environment and key issues involving hospitals, ambulatory care, and physician alignment, along with in-depth knowledge of healthcare strategic financial planning.
Strong management skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
Strong strategic planning, facilitation, and development skills, with a proven record of working with cross-functional teams.
Significant experience in project management, comprehensive business planning, financial analysis, and modeling.
Excellent interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with executives and professional staff.
Comfort with a high-visibility role and a track record of positive external relationships.
Ability to work in a complex matrix reporting environment.
Excellent customer-service orientation and ability to work effectively with regional personnel, governance, physicians, patients, and community groups.
Strong leadership and influencing skills, including the ability to work effectively within a system and achieve results through others.
Advanced interpersonal, management, and organizational skills.
Honesty, integrity, and caring, with 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

A Master’s degree is strongly preferred.
Multi-hospital experience, experience working in a complex delivery system, and experience with a medical group or health insurance are strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate Trinity Health’s mission, vision, and values in leadership behaviors, practices, and decisions.
Serve as the business strategy partner to the HM Chief Executive Officer.
Oversee and implement an effective HM strategic planning process integrated with Trinity Health’s strategy and planning process.
Lead efforts to create an integrated delivery system across the continuum of care and realize 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 create future-ready care models that support profitability under value-based healthcare.
Lead development of HM 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 consistent with Trinity Health’s mission and strategic plan.
Work with Trinity Health planning and M&A teams on significant transactions that support HM growth and positioning.
Identify and develop appropriate, low-cost, high-quality healthcare delivery responses to community needs.
Ensure patient care needs are met by developing a comprehensive delivery network within the region.
Participate with governing-body, management, medical-staff, and employee leaders 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 development of service lines that make sense for individual entities or the system.
Work with Marketing & Communications to promote programs and services that support growth in the markets served.
Ensure HM activities support the organization’s mission and values.
Develop strategies and operational processes to implement value-based care and lead organizational population-health efforts.
Develop analytical systems and methodologies to measure quality, cost, and overall effectiveness of population-health initiatives.
Collaborate on payer strategies to optimize quality and economic return in value-based payment models.
Attend board meetings and report on current strategic activity 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.