Platform Growth Associate Vice President

Advocate Health•Charlotte, NC

8d•$75 - $121

About The Position

The Platform Growth Associate Vice President leads the development, refinement, and execution of enterprise growth strategy, translating long-range priorities into investments, operating plans, and performance commitments. The role holds enterprise-level accountability for the performance, financial stewardship, risk management, and measurable outcomes of the platform growth portfolio, and leads complex initiatives aligned with Advocate Health’s strategic growth, business performance, and transformation agenda. The position works with senior executives and leaders across the organization to set priorities, allocate resources, manage partnerships and investments, and deliver strategic, operational, and financial objectives. It establishes governance, performance-management, and escalation mechanisms; provides executive-level portfolio reporting; and identifies opportunities, risks, and corrective actions. Depending on enterprise needs and the incumbent’s expertise, the role may focus on academics and research, innovation and strategic partnerships, data, analytics and AI, or growth and platform optimization portfolio management. The role also builds organizational and leadership capability by developing talent, coaching leaders, mentoring team members, and promoting accountability, innovation, collaboration, and disciplined execution. This is a full-time position scheduled for 40 hours per week. The listed pay range is $75.40–$120.65; the posting does not specify the pay period.

Requirements

Master’s degree in business, health administration, public health, or a related field.
Minimum 12 years of increasing experience in health systems, including responsibilities in innovation, partnerships, and strategic planning.
Experience in cross-functional leadership and initiative management in complex organizations.
Familiarity with academic medical center operations, innovation pipelines, and data and technology solutions.
Understanding of enterprise growth strategy, portfolio management, and transformation frameworks.
Financial and business acumen, including the ability to develop and analyze business cases and ROI analyses.
Working knowledge of data and analytics, governance, and advanced analytics and AI capabilities.
Ability to collaborate, engage stakeholders, and influence in a matrixed organization.
Strategic thinking and ability to translate vision into executable roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
Strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and project management skills.
Effective verbal and written communication skills, including executive-level presentation.

Responsibilities

Lead development, refinement, and execution of enterprise growth strategy in partnership with senior executives.
Translate long-range priorities into an integrated portfolio of investments, operating plans, and performance commitments.
Make and recommend decisions regarding strategic priorities, resource allocation, partnerships, investments, and portfolio direction.
Own executive-level portfolio performance reporting; evaluate progress against strategic and financial targets and initiate actions to address opportunities or barriers.
Maintain enterprise-level accountability for portfolio performance, financial stewardship, risk management, and measurable outcomes; establish expectations and take corrective action when results are off plan.
Lead complex, enterprise-wide initiatives aligned with strategic growth, business performance, and transformation priorities.
Apply structured, insight-driven approaches to define business problems, design solutions, and drive measurable outcomes.
Prepare and present briefings, presentations, and reports for executive leadership.
Mobilize leaders and teams across the organization to achieve strategic, operational, and financial objectives.
Establish and oversee governance, performance-management, and escalation mechanisms for timely decisions, accountability, risk mitigation, and sustained delivery.
Lead and facilitate cross-functional teams to align execution of strategic initiatives.
Support governance processes and communication structures that promote visibility, accountability, and informed decision-making.
Lead or support activation of enterprise differentiator areas, including academics and research; innovation and strategic partnerships; data, analytics and AI; or growth and platform optimization portfolio management.
Influence enterprise operating and investment decisions by presenting points of view, challenging assumptions, resolving competing priorities, and building alignment among senior leaders, governance bodies, and external partners.
Build organizational capability and leadership capacity by setting expectations, developing talent and succession pipelines, coaching leaders, and fostering accountability, innovation, collaboration, and disciplined execution.
Contribute to tools, processes, and templates that support consistent execution of enterprise strategy.
Mentor team members and support the maturity and growth of the strategy function.
Perform other related duties as required.