What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President of Strategy, Planning and Business Development position at Hospital for Special Care?
Position Location:
Hospital for Special Care
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Work Shift:
First Shift
Department:
Administration
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Position Summary:
The Vice President of Strategy, Planning & Business Development is a key member of the executive leadership team, responsible for driving strategic growth, operational planning, and business development initiatives across the organization’s Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH). This leader will identify opportunities for expansion, enhance care delivery models, and develop strategic partnerships to strengthen the organization’s market position in the evolving post-acute care landscape. Responsible/oversees organizational marketing, communications, external affairs, philanthropy and planning.
The Vice President of Strategy, Planning & Business Development is a key member of the executive leadership team, responsible for driving strategic growth, operational planning, and business development initiatives across the organization’s Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH). This leader will identify opportunities for expansion, enhance care delivery models, and develop strategic partnerships to strengthen the organization’s market position in the evolving post-acute care landscape. Responsible/oversees organizational marketing, communications, external affairs, philanthropy and planning.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Planning & Growth:
- Develop and lead the execution of a comprehensive strategic plan to expand the organization’s LTAC footprint, optimize service lines, and enhance financial sustainability.
- Conduct market intelligence, competitive analysis, and feasibility studies to inform decision-making and identify growth opportunities in new and existing markets.
- Lead certificate of need (CON) applications, regulatory approvals, and licensure for LTACH expansions, acquisitions, and de novo developments.
- Drive value-based care initiatives and partnerships with acute care hospitals, payers, and post-acute care networks to improve outcomes and reimbursement models.
Business Development & Partnerships:
- Develops organizational planning process for service lines
- Identifies and evaluates joint ventures, and strategic partnerships to expand services and enhance regional presence.
- Develop and maintain relationships with health systems, physician groups, skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), home health providers, and managed care organizations to create referral networks and integrated care pathways.
- Evaluates in conjunction with the CFO reimbursement models to enhance revenue and patient access tied to service line development.
Financial & Operational Strategy:
- Collaborate with finance and operational leaders to develop business cases for capital investments, service line expansion, and facility growth initiatives.
- Support payer contracting strategies by analyzing market reimbursement trends and engaging with commercial and government payers. (CFO leads)
- Utilize data analytics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to track progress on strategic initiatives and ensure operational alignment with growth objectives.
Leadership & Organizational Development:
- Serve as a strategic advisor to the CEO, executive team, and board of directors on long-term growth opportunities and industry trends.
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and data-driven decision-making within the strategy and business development teams.
- Lead cross-functional teams to execute strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with clinical, operational, and financial priorities.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
- Robust project management skills and/or PMP required
- 10 years of experience in healthcare strategy, business development, or consulting, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role within an LTAC, post-acute, or hospital system.
- Deep understanding of the LTACH market, reimbursement models (Medicare LTCH PPS, DRG-based payments), regulatory environment, and post-acute care continuum.
- Proven track record in expanding service lines, developing access channels and establishing referral networks.
- Strong business acumen with experience in service line optimization.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills with key stakeholders, including hospital executives, physicians, and payers.
- Dynamic and influential leadership presence and ability to build and lead teams.
- Influence the strategic direction of a leading LTACH organization in a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.
- Ability to work in a mission-driven environment dedicated to improving outcomes for patients with complex medical needs.
- Competitive executive compensation package, including incentives tied to strategic performance.
Physical Demands
- Job requires periods of walking, standing and prolonged sitting.
- Job involves carrying of documents, books, chairs and small equipment (i.e. laptops.)
- Job requires frequent keyboarding and telephone use.
- Reaching and bending as related to accessing file drawers and shelves for documents.
- Positions would be sustained for not greater than 60 minutes
Cognitive Demands
- The position requires a command of the mission and goals of Center and its affiliates and what must be done to satisfy the goals
- Position requires independent problem identification, abstract reasoning and adaptability.
- Quick decision-making on issues with significant organizational impact is required.
- A high degree of selective attention, discernment, perception and concentration is necessary.
- The ability to multi-task and to move fluidly from topic to topic, including shifting from strategic topics to very tactical actions in the course of the day is required.
- Position requires a high degree of writing proficiency and attention to detail, adherence to all elements of style and ability to express self clearly.
- Position requires a high level of communication skill including expression of abstract/ complex ideas, ability to convey ideas and vision, use of negotiation, active listening and the ability to dialogue with multiple parties. Involves the use of skillful influencing, flexibility, patience and creativity to approach issues in a manner that the business can digest and manage.
- Position requires reading and auditory comprehension of abstraction and an ability to make inferences.
Work Demands
- The position works in a pleasant climate-controlled environment.
- The position requires flexibility that is required for this type of independent work.
- Occasional attendance at outside meetings to represent the Hospital and affiliates is required.
- Frequent schedule changes and irregular working hours to accommodate fluctuations in business needs is expected.
