Clinical Strategy and Transformation Lead

Role Summary:
This role operates as a cross-functional leader and trusted advisor to the Chief Medical Officer, functioning as a strategic partner and integrator across clinical and business initiatives. In addition to managing the coordination and governance of products/assets in clinical strategy and execution, the position will serve as a strategic advisor , ensuring alignment, clarity, and execution of priorities across the enterprise.

The individual will be recognized as the go-to person for coordination across markets, CEOs, and matrixed teams, driving strategic planning, governance, and executive communication. This includes developing compelling presentations and narratives for senior leadership , facilitating decision-making, and ensuring operational excellence across programs.

Expanded Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership

• Act as a trusted advisor to the CMO, providing strategic counsel and ensuring alignment of priorities across the leadership team.

• Drive executive-level communications, including creating high-impact presentations, dashboards, and briefing materials for senior leadership and Board-level discussions .

• Serve as a central point of coordination for enterprise-wide initiatives, ensuring clarity of objectives and accountability for outcomes.

• Facilitate leadership meetings, set agendas, track action items, and ensure timely follow-up.

Portfolio Program Governance

• Lead overall clinical portfolio schedule and progress (scope, milestones, interdependencies, status, budget, resources, issues, and risks).

• Provide a single source of truth for portfolio status reporting to Leadership, Advisory, and Executive Steering Teams.

• Proactively identify and escalate portfolio issues and risks, facilitating mitigation plans.

• Align with IT and portfolio organizations for Epic development/delivery, managing large, complex, and highly visible programs using Agile methodologies.

Cross-Functional Collaboration Change Management

• Partner with Finance, Operations, Sales, Technology, DA, and vendor partners to ensure integrated delivery.

• Lead communication and change efforts across all project teams, instituting a continuous feedback loop.

• Coordinate across markets to support change management for internal and external stakeholders.

Data-Driven Decision Support

• Analyze data to derive insights, inform decisions, and measure performance against KPIs.

• Support business case development and strategic planning processes.

• Identify and capture organization efficiencies and improvement opportunities.

Minimum Experience Skills:

• 5+ years of project/program management experience , preferably in healthcare or managed care.

• Proven ability to create executive-level presentations and strategic narratives that influence senior leadership decisions.

• Strong business acumen and ability to quickly learn new domains.

• Experience functioning in a heavily matrixed environment with demonstrated ability to influence without authority.

• Exceptional communication skills (oral, written, and visual), including storytelling and data visualization for leadership audiences .

• Critical thinker with a pragmatic approach to problem-solving and decision-making.

• Ability to balance long-term strategic initiatives with short-term operational priorities.

• Familiarity with automated processes, enterprise systems, and Agile methodologies.

Core Competencies:

• Strategic Thinking Business Acumen

• Executive Communication Presentation Excellence

• Leadership Influence Relationship Building

• Change Management Organizational Agility

• Analytical Thinking Data-Driven Insights

• Instills Trust and Drives Accountability

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