Sr Planning Analyst

Overview :

Baylor St. Lukes Medical Center is an 881-bed quaternary care academic medical center that is a joint venture between Baylor College of Medicine and CHI St. Lukes Health. Located in the Texas Medical Center the hospital is the home of the Texas Heart Institute a cardiovascular research and education institution founded in 1962 by Denton A. Cooley MD. The hospital was the first facility in Texas and the Southwest designated a Magnet hospital for Nursing Excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center receiving the award five consecutive times. Baylor St. Lukes also has three community emergency centers offering adult and pediatric care for the Greater Houston area.

Responsibilities :

Sr. Planning Analyst is responsible for coordination of planning analytics across the assigned Region. Develops, structures,and leads strategic data analysis, synthesis of data and communication of insights in support of the clinical portfolio. Provides analytical support for strategic and business development planning projects / studies / processes of a quantitative and qualitative nature necessary to meet local and system-wide strategic planning and business development requirements. Provides analytical support to the assigned Regions Chief Strategy Officer and administrative leadership team under the guidance of the System VP of Strategic Intelligence to meet local and system-wide strategic planning and business development requirements.

Essential Key Job Responsibilities

• Analytical Support : Provides support to the local business development and strategy functions, including : Analytical models for assessing and forecasting, special studies, market assessments and competitive analyses, quantitative analysis and justification for new business opportunities and capital projects, preparation of business case documents. Provides analysis of external and internal data sources and develops related presentations to support senior-level decision-making. Provide analytical support as needed to assist Marketing and Sales staff in the markets with identifying growth opportunities and tracking growth performance. Runs complex analyses, forecasts and builds databases and data models.
• Ad Hoc analysis / Business Development support : Conduct special research, data gathering, analytical and other project support as needed to promote strategic planning, business development and growth for the Region and associated markets. Monitors business plan results achieved and / or progress against identified benchmarks in order to assess the need for recommended changes to strategy or measures.
• Synthesis and Communication of analyses : Synthesizes and presents analytical findings, key insights and key recommendations to small and large group forums both verbally and in written formats. Produce presentations, reports, maps, graphs and other visual displays. May participate in organization strategic planning sessions and foster trust with organizational leadership and key stakeholders
• Project Support : Provide support, including project management, to assigned leadership in meeting system strategic planning and business development requirements including but not limited to Strategy Review / LRSFP, Certificate of Need, Medical Staff Development Plan, Community Health Needs Assessments, Network Integrity assessments, business plans and special ad hoc projects.
• OTHER DUTIES : Develop a feedback loop between Strategic Planning and internal clients to ensure relevance of analytics offerings. Shares initiatives across markets and with peers in other Regions to share best practices. Performs other duties and projects as assigned by manager

Qualifications :

Required Education and Experience :

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Training :

Statistical and analytical techniques

Appropriately prioritize projects of varying complexity and with competing deadlines.

DISCLOSURE SUMMARY :

The job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.