Director/Sr. Director of Special Projects, Clinical Strategy and Value Based Care

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Partner directly with the clinical leadership team to shape strategy and translate the organization’s most important priorities into results.
• Serve as a strategic extension of the GVP, Clinical Transformation, managing priorities, representing the GVP's perspective with sound judgment, and anticipating and resolving team needs and risks so leaders are set up for success.
• Bring clarity to ambiguity by framing complex challenges into focused objectives, workstreams, milestones, and decisions.
• Lead high-priority, cross-functional projects from concept through adoption, aligning scope, timelines, resources, dependencies, and outcome targets.
• Connect clinical service lanes and functional teams around shared goals, building alignment through proactive communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Establish governance structures, decision rights, operating rhythms, escalation pathways, clear ownership, and accountability for results.
• Manage a portfolio of enterprise clinical initiatives by evaluating priorities, sequencing work, balancing resources, and addressing risks and interdependencies.
• Serve as a trusted thought partner to senior leaders by providing clear updates, recommendations, and executive-ready decision materials that clarify tradeoffs and enable action.
• Create high-value leadership forums by developing focused agendas, coordinating the right participants, documenting decisions, and driving follow-through.
• Lead change strategies that assess stakeholder readiness, address barriers, coordinate communications, and sustain adoption across teams.
• Collaborate with operational and innovation teams to design and implement differentiated, scalable capabilities that improve clinical and business outcomes.
• Develop business cases and recommendations that consider investment requirements, resource allocation, financial impact, return on investment, and value realization.
• Travel up to 15% to connect with teams and advance business priorities.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s Degree required, MBA or graduate degree preferred
• At least five years of experience in strategic or operational leadership, including a minimum of two years in project management.
• A track record of success in project management, strategy, consulting, or a comparable role supporting enterprise-level initiatives.
• Healthcare services experience is preferred, especially in payors, physician networks, value-based care, integrated care models, or healthcare financial operations.
• Demonstrated experience leading organizational change and achieving sustained adoption across complex, matrixed environments.
• Strong executive communication skills, including experience developing strategic narratives, presentations, and decision materials.
• Confidence navigating complex senior stakeholders, offering candid perspective and pushing back when needed.
• Experience designing governance models and managing a portfolio of interdependent enterprise initiatives.
• Ability to develop business cases, evaluate resource and investment decisions, and measure financial and operational value.
• High aptitude for AI and emerging technology, with a track record of using new tools to work smarter and drive innovation
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, with the ability to turn analysis into clear, executive-ready materials.

How You’ll Succeed

• You influence effectively without direct authority and bring diverse stakeholders together around shared objectives.
• You combine strategic thinking, analytical problem-solving, and strong business judgment to make sound decisions.
• You are resourceful and find practical ways forward, even when time or resources are limited.
• You take initiative, focus on outcomes, and follow through from concept to implementation.
• You communicate with clarity and confidence in writing, in conversation, and with senior executives.
• You create clarity around decision rights, accountability, priorities, and escalation pathways.
• You build trusted relationships and enjoy working across functions in a fast-paced, evolving environment.