VP Strategy & Growth OC Region
About The Position
The Vice President, Strategy and Growth for OCMC/Saddleback is the executive leader responsible for setting, validating, and driving the strategic priorities and operational alignment across the hospital and its aligned medical foundation. Reporting to the Chief Strategy Officer, this role acts as the on-site strategic owner, translating MemorialCare's growth vision into actionable, localized plans that drive market share, financial performance, and clinical excellence for the assigned campus. This role focuses on strategy, service line optimization, market analysis, operational alignment, and performance governance for the campus, working in close matrix partnership with the system-wide Business Development team, which holds accountability for external deal execution and physician liaisons.
Requirements
- Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in strategic planning, healthcare consulting, corporate development, or finance within a complex health system or academic medical center.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree (MBA or MHA) preferred.
Responsibilities
- Campus Strategic Plan: Develop and execute the strategic plan for the campus, ensuring deep alignment with the system's overarching mission, financial goals, and capital planning.
- Service Line Architecture: Conduct rigorous market, financial, and competitive analysis to identify opportunities and gaps within key service lines (e.g., Cardiology, Orthopedics, Oncology). Develop specific strategies for growing, optimizing, or sunsetting campus service line programs.
- Operational Alignment: Partner with the Hospital President and campus leadership to integrate strategic initiatives into daily operations, focusing on patient access, capacity management, and efficiency.
- Prioritization & Governance: Establish a formal prioritization and governance process for all campus strategic projects, ensuring resources are allocated against the highest-ROI initiatives. Maintain a strategic dashboard to track progress against key campus metrics.
- Market Deep Dive: Continuously monitor the local competitive landscape, payer dynamics, regulatory changes, and population health needs relevant to the campus market. Synthesize intelligence into clear, actionable recommendations for leadership.
- Business Rigor: Lead the development of comprehensive business cases, financial models, and feasibility studies for all significant campus investments, clinical program expansions, and technology investments, ensuring a strong, measurable ROI.
- Business Development Partnership: Serve as the strategic validator and internal 'customer' for the system-wide Business Development team. Inform their outreach efforts by providing insight on referral patterns, physician needs, and high-priority geographic expansion targets for the campus.
- Physician Alignment Strategy: In partnership with Medical Group leadership, develop strategies to optimize physician alignment, retention, and integration-including clinical employment, co-management, joint operating agreements, and new care model implementation.
- Innovation Champion: Identify and evaluate emerging clinical and operational technologies that will enhance the campus's performance, patient experience, or cost structure. Lead growth programs and champion their adoption.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Drive strategy creation and execution across clinical, finance, and operational teams. Serve as the primary strategic thought partner to the Hospital President and campus governing boards.
Benefits
- In addition to base pay, there may be additional compensation available for this role, including but not limited to, shift differentials, extra shift incentives, and bonus opportunities.
- Health and wellness is our passion at MemorialCare-that includes taking good care of employees and their dependents.
- We offer high quality health insurance plan options, so you can select the best choice for your family.
- Check out our MemorialCare Benefits for more information about our Benefits and Rewards
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
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