Director of Strategic Initiatives

Overview of the

Position:

The Director of Strategic Initiatives supports the execution of HopeHealth's enterprise strategy by coordinating, tracking, and advancing strategic initiatives across the organization. This role partners closely with executive leaders, operational teams, and external advisors to translate strategic priorities into actionable workstreams, measurable milestones, and decision-ready outputs. The position plays a critical role in ensuring alignment between strategic plans, innovation efforts, transformation initiatives, and enterprise performance measures. While not a formal project management role, this position provides structured initiative coordination, timeline management, stakeholder engagement, and performance tracking for complex, cross-functional strategic work.

Education and Experience:

MBA, MHA, MPH, or other graduate degree in related field preferred Project management, process improvement, and/or change management experience required; knowledge and/or experience with Lean/Six Sigma methodologies preferred Experience working in a highly complex organization with matrix reporting relationships with some management experience preferred Required Skills /

Abilities:

Adaptability and innovation Good judgement/discernment Collaborative leadership Conflict management Emotional Intelligence Organizational and analytical skills

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None Essential Job Functions:

Key Responsibilities Strategic Initiative Execution & Coordination Support the planning, coordination, and execution of enterprise strategic initiatives, pilots, transformation efforts, and priority grant opportunities aligned with HopeHealth's strategic plan and enterprise scorecard. Translate high-level strategic priorities into defined work plans, milestones, deliverables, and success metrics under the direction of the AVP, Strategy & Innovation. Track progress across multiple concurrent initiatives, identifying risks, dependencies, and resource constraints, and escalating issues as appropriate. Maintain initiative trackers, dashboards, and documentation to support transparency and executive-level decision-making. Cross-Functional Collaboration & Facilitation Serve as a coordination point between strategy, operations, finance, clinical leadership, IT, marketing, and external partners to ensure alignment and follow-through. Facilitate working sessions, initiative check-ins, and stakeholder meetings; prepare agendas, synthesize discussion outcomes, and document action items. Support alignment between Strategy & Innovation initiatives and related work led through the Innovation Station and PMO. Analysis, Reporting & Executive Support Conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis to support strategic decision-making, including market research, benchmarking, internal performance analysis, and environmental scanning. Prepare executive-ready materials including briefing documents, summaries, slide decks, dashboards, and progress reports. Support development and monitoring of enterprise KPIs tied to strategic initiatives and transformation efforts. Continuous Improvement & Strategic Operations Apply continuous improvement principles to strategy execution processes to improve efficiency, clarity, and consistency. Assist in developing standardized tools, templates, and methodologies for initiative tracking, prioritization, and evaluation to include the use of project management platforms, mapping tools, etc. Maintain working knowledge of healthcare strategy, innovation, value-based care trends, and emerging best practices relevant to FQHCs and health systems. Additional Responsibilities Participate in strategic planning cycles, enterprise scorecard reviews, and select governance or leadership forums as assigned. Coordinate with external consultants and advisors supporting strategy, innovation, or growth initiatives. Perform other duties as assigned in support of the Strategy & Innovation portfolio.

Physical Requirements:

Must be able to lift 30 pounds. Vision and hearing corrected to within normal limits is required. Must have manual dexterity to key in data; utilize computer, grab, grip, hold, tear, cut, sort, and reach.