Enterprise Strategic Director, Signature Services - Cardiovascular

PeaceHealth•Vancouver, WA

About The Position

PeaceHealth is seeking an Enterprise Strategic Director to provide enterprise-wide strategic and operational leadership for cardiovascular services. In partnership with physician leaders, executive leadership, and regional teams, this leader will shape the future of cardiovascular care and lead efforts to grow, strengthen, and transform services across the continuum of care. The role develops and executes a unified system-wide strategy to advance clinical quality, improve patient outcomes, expand market presence, and support long-term organizational growth. Working in a complex matrixed environment, the director aligns community and regional plans into a cohesive enterprise strategy and brings stakeholders together to set priorities, align resources, and execute initiatives across multiple communities and geographies. The role works with operational leaders in ambulatory, acute, and post-acute settings to support annual budget, growth, and performance targets. It is accountable for annual cardiovascular service-line growth goals and for establishing KPIs covering growth, clinical quality, patient experience, operational excellence, and financial performance. The director identifies opportunities for program development, service expansion, and operational improvement while fostering physician partnerships and innovation. The position provides strategic and financial oversight, advances care models and geographic reach, monitors performance against goals, and supports compliance with organizational standards, policies, and regulatory requirements. The listed location is Vancouver, Washington.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, hospital administration, or a medical or clinical field.
At least 10 years of progressive experience in signature service lines, including demonstrated leadership within an integrated health system or managed care organization.
Proven ability to lead, influence, and drive results in a complex matrixed organizational environment.
Ability to build collaborative, productive relationships with system, regional, and community leadership.
Ability to partner effectively with ambulatory, acute, and post-acute organizations across PeaceHealth.
Understanding of using evidence in decision-making in acute and ambulatory care environments.
Excellent verbal, negotiation, and written communication skills, particularly with physicians, clinicians, and leadership at all levels.
Strong business acumen and negotiating skills in a complex, matrixed environment.
Strong customer-service and collaboration skills with diverse stakeholders and leadership at all levels.
Ability to build collaborative and respectful relationships with clinical, administrative, and physician staff and all levels of management.
Demonstrated ability to think strategically and innovatively, act as a change agent, and consider the needs of the system broadly.
Understanding of, commitment to, and ability to model PeaceHealth's mission, values, and leadership model.
Extensive knowledge of ambulatory regulatory compliance under state and federal healthcare guidelines and requirements.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in healthcare, hospital administration, a clinical or medical field, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Lead the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of programs, services, and care delivery models aligned with the strategic vision for signature services.
Analyze market trends and organizational performance, identify growth opportunities, and provide strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
Oversee the development and execution of new programs and services in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
Partner with clinical and administrative leaders to optimize staffing models, safe and efficient resource utilization, and achievement of performance targets.
Establish and implement a collaborative governance framework for oversight of assigned signature services.
Recommend reporting-structure enhancements to support coordination and high-quality care across the continuum.
Develop and execute strategic and long-term transformation plans with Signature Services Steering Committee and Operations Council members.
Collaborate with stakeholders to execute strategic initiatives, monitor and report progress, and ensure alignment with organizational standards, policies, and regulatory requirements.
Provide financial oversight, including management of operating revenue and expenses, and lead evaluation, prioritization, review, and approval of capital investments.
Drive operational excellence through expense management, cost containment, business development, and strategic planning.
Maintain knowledge of national financial, staffing, quality, and patient-safety benchmarks and work to ensure outcomes meet or exceed industry standards.
Cultivate collaborative relationships across signature services, with a focus on physician and clinician engagement and alignment among clinical stakeholders.
Develop and monitor KPIs and regularly communicate outcomes, trends, and progress to physicians, staff, and organizational leadership.
Champion continuous improvement, safety, and excellence in care delivery.
Build partnerships with physicians, operations leadership, and staff to improve patient outcomes, operational efficiency, patient experience, and workforce engagement.
Communicate signature-services performance and progress toward strategic and operational goals through reports, meetings, and presentations.
Address complex operational and strategic issues with legal, marketing communications, medical staff, and other stakeholders.
Support regional operations in meeting regulatory and accreditation requirements and represent PeaceHealth at local, state, and national levels.
Participate in professional organizations, stay current on best practices, and present innovations and outcomes at forums as appropriate.
Perform other duties as assigned.