Senior Strategic Program Partner

Vizient•Nashville, TN

3d•$88,900 - $155,500•Hybrid

About The Position

Serve as the primary strategic partner for a portfolio of enterprise initiatives, working with business and technology leaders to align priorities, guide execution, and achieve measurable business outcomes. Collaborate with executive stakeholders to identify opportunities, shape strategic approaches, define implementation roadmaps, and guide initiatives from concept through execution and value realization. Manage a portfolio of initiatives, align business and technical teams, navigate organizational complexity, and keep work aligned with enterprise objectives. Strengthen strategic execution capabilities by improving portfolio management practices and influencing organizational decision-making. The role primarily supports the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) organization, partnering with its leaders to translate business strategy and priorities into coordinated plans, mobilize cross-functional execution, and drive measurable outcomes. Success requires business acumen, executive presence, systems thinking, and the ability to influence without formal authority in a highly matrixed environment. This is a hybrid role based at one of five office locations: Chicago, Irving, Centennial, Nashville, or Charlotte. The estimated salary range is $88,900 to $155,500, and the position is incentive eligible.

Requirements

Relevant degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Organizational Leadership, Operations Management, or a related field.
Seven or more years of experience leading strategic programs, business transformation initiatives, portfolio management, or related roles.
Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide, cross-functional initiatives with measurable business impact.
Experience partnering directly with senior executives and influencing strategic decisions.
Strong executive communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
Experience managing portfolios of initiatives, organizational priorities, and complex stakeholder environments.
Strong understanding of organizational change management, business transformation, governance, and strategic planning.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional planning and execution across business, process, data, technology, and change workstreams.
Demonstrated deep knowledge of AI tools, capabilities, outputs, and limitations, with the ability to apply AI effectively in complex business situations.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting P2P, procurement, finance, accounts payable, or ERP-enabled transformation initiatives.
Experience using project and portfolio management platforms such as Microsoft Project, Planner, Jira, Smartsheet, or similar tools.
Healthcare industry experience.
PMP, PgMP, or equivalent certification.

Responsibilities

Partner with senior business leaders to translate strategic priorities into executable initiatives and roadmaps.
Manage a portfolio of strategic initiatives, aligning work with organizational priorities, business objectives, and available capacity.
Facilitate strategic planning discussions to clarify objectives, define success measures, and establish execution approaches.
Advise leaders on prioritization, sequencing, investment decisions, and organizational trade-offs.
Identify opportunities to improve organizational performance through strategic initiatives and business transformation.
Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from opportunity identification through implementation and business value realization.
Establish governance structures, decision frameworks, and executive reporting to support successful execution.
Coordinate business and technical workstreams and manage dependencies across business units and shared services.
Develop data-driven recommendations and facilitate executive decision-making to resolve issues.
Monitor initiative health, organizational readiness, risks, dependencies, and portfolio performance.
Track progress and outcome realization across the P2P portfolio and help leaders assess whether initiatives are delivering intended business value.
Provide data-informed portfolio views and recommendations to support prioritization, sequencing, capacity, investment, and course correction.
Drive execution of P2P priorities by clarifying decisions, surfacing risks and trade-offs, removing barriers, and maintaining accountability for committed outcomes.
Connect related work across Procurement, Finance, Accounts Payable, Supply Chain, Technology, and other business partners to maintain alignment and manage dependencies.
Translate P2P strategic priorities into integrated roadmaps, initiative plans, milestones, success measures, governance, and clear ownership.
Serve as the primary strategic program partner to Procure-to-Pay leaders, developing an understanding of the organization’s strategy, priorities, operating context, and desired outcomes.
Partner with Process Transformation Partners to design and implement sustainable business solutions.
Support organizational change by aligning stakeholders, defining adoption strategies, and preparing leaders for implementation.
Ensure initiatives achieve intended business outcomes through measurable benefits realization.
Identify opportunities to strengthen execution, governance, and organizational effectiveness.
Build trusted relationships with executive stakeholders across business and technology organizations.
Prepare executive-ready presentations, recommendations, dashboards, and portfolio updates.
Influence strategic decisions without direct authority through communication, facilitation, and relationship management.
Facilitate cross-functional meetings that enable alignment, accelerate decisions, and remove organizational barriers.
Continuously improve portfolio management frameworks, governance practices, reporting, and execution standards.
Stay informed about industry trends, emerging technologies, organizational transformation practices, and strategic execution methodologies.
Apply AI fluency to business strategy, complex analysis, stakeholder communications, and decision-making.
Evaluate and refine AI-generated outputs for accuracy, relevance, and business impact, and promote effective and responsible AI use.