Director, Strategic Planning

Sutter Health•Emeryville, CA

About The Position

This position implements programs and projects designed to enhance patient access and experience, aiming to establish Sutter Health and its regional affiliates as the preferred customer-centered system. The role involves directing strategic planning, business development, new product development, and overall business planning for Sutter Health and its regional affiliates. Key responsibilities include identifying opportunities for business development and new products, conducting feasibility studies in collaboration with Sutter Health executives, and ensuring that all strategies are directly linked to the strategic plan, operating unit business plans, and budget processes.

Requirements

Equivalent experience will be accepted in lieu of the required degree or diploma.
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Public Administration, or a related field.
12 years recent relevant experience.
Advanced knowledge of methods and techniques for strategic planning, business and product development, risk management and financing, marketing strategies and tactics, and communications planning within an integrated and highly matrixed environment.
Established knowledge of healthcare operations, physician group, ambulatory, and patient care financing.
Diverse and thorough knowledge of healthcare trends, industry direction, regulatory compliance, competitive intelligence, and market research with the ability to integrate the information into actionable strategic and long-range plans.
Established knowledge of the advanced managed care marketplace and strategies that promote enterprise-wide, integrated solutions for payers and plan sponsors.
Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with audiences across all areas and levels within Sutter Health as well as external organizations.
Ability to set priorities which accurately reflect the relative importance of job responsibilities and prioritize assignments to complete work in a timely manner.
Verbal and writing skills to effectively communicate with diverse groups such as executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
Ability to make presentations to persuade others to accept a specific opinion or action, or to provide information and instruction.
Advanced knowledge of developing creative financial solutions and make projections using present and future values, loan computations, and annuity calculations.
Ability to negotiate or exchange ideas, information, and opinions with others to formulate policies and programs and/or to arrive jointly at decisions, conclusions, or solutions.

Responsibilities

Implements programs and projects that enhance patient access and experience to make Sutter Health and its regional affiliates the customer-centered system of choice.
Directs the strategic planning, business development, new product development, and business planning for Sutter Health and its regional affiliates.
Identifies areas for business development and new products while completing feasibility studies in collaboration with Sutter Health executives.
Ensures appropriate strategies have a direct linkage between the strategic plan, operating unit business plans, and budget processes.