Senior Director, Strategy and Program Development

Evolent

5d • $150,000 - $160,000

About The Position

The Senior Director, Strategy and Program Development provides leadership over Evolent's Oncology strategy. The role monitors the competitive landscape, vendors working on medical expense innovation, and the evolution of oncology business models. It also identifies and incubates priority programs through pilot to strengthen Evolent's risk-management capabilities and competitive differentiation.

The position maintains an external view of market, competitor, payer, regulatory, and oncology care-delivery trends; assesses gaps between the oncology product, market needs, and current performance; and builds and refreshes an 18–24 month oncology strategy and roadmap. It shapes a small number of new programs from concept through pilot, evaluates build, buy, or partner options, leads early-stage partner discussions and diligence in collaboration with Growth/BD, and defines pilot design, success criteria, and go/no-go decisions. Proven programs are handed off to Implementation, Product, Performance, and Operations for scaled delivery.

Evolent describes a work culture that supports work/life balance, flexibility, autonomy, diversity, and inclusion. The expected base salary range is $150,000–$160,000. Comprehensive benefits, including health insurance benefits, are offered to qualifying employees. The hiring process includes identity verification, a comprehensive background check, in-person I-9 verification, and may include drug screening. Final interviews may require onsite attendance. Employees must have high-speed home internet over 10 Mbps.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• 10+ years of healthcare management and/or healthcare consulting experience.
• Strong strategy skills.
• Comfort shepherding new ideas from design to conception.
• Strong Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word skills.
• Outstanding written and oral presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a disciplined external view of market, competitor, payer, regulatory, and oncology care-delivery trends.
• Run recurring internal gap assessments of the oncology product against market needs and current performance.
• Build and refresh the 18–24 month oncology strategy and roadmap.
• Shape and launch a small number of priority new programs from concept through pilot and demonstrate proof of value.
• Lead build, buy, or partner assessments for each program in collaboration with Product.
• Lead early-stage partner conversations and diligence with Growth/BD, which owns contracting and close.
• Ensure each program's value is categorized and aligned with the overarching archetype framework and remains cohesive with the other components of the oncology product.
• Define pilot design, success criteria, and go/no-go decision points.
• Hand off proven programs to Implementation, Product, Performance, and Operations for scaled delivery.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits, including health insurance benefits, for qualifying employees.
• Work/life balance.
• Flexibility to suit employees' lives.
• Autonomy to get work done.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior