Vice President, Strategy and Business Development

Vice President, Strategy and Business Development Internal Only

• Oakland, CA
• Highland General Hospital
• SYS Operational Transformation
• Full Time - Day
• Management
• $101.53 - $169.22/per hour
• Req #:
• FTE: 1
• Posted: February 18, 2026

Summary

Serves as an internal resource to Alameda Health System’s executive and leadership team and related strategic business units. This position is responsible for leading enterprise-wide strategic planning processes, developing and executing business development strategies for growth, creating comprehensive business plans, analyzing current and new services, pursuing revenue enhancement and cost reduction projects; provides technical advice, project management, and written deliverables to facilitate achievement of the health system’s budgetary and strategic objectives. This advanced professional also serves as the working lead, directing the work of analytical or strategy staff while independently performing sophisticated research, market, competitive, and financial analyses designed to maximize resource utilization, operational effectiveness, and achieve strategic growth objectives through new partnerships, service expansions, and market opportunities.

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

1. Analyzes and makes decisions on lease vs. buy options or capital purchase justification; calculates net present value, return on investment, documents and utilizes believable assumptions, understands and interprets vendor contracts correctly, summarizes and presents credible recommendations.

2. Analyzes and leads teams to determine new service lines and programs; develops work plans that include all relevant tasks and timeframes, performs comprehensive research, tests projections and assumptions for reasonableness, produces deliverables that meet the expectations of the requestor, provides credible data, utilizes appropriate financial and statistical formulas, models and trends, and makes operational decisions regarding data, incorporates an understanding of specific payor reimbursement issues and trends.

3. Analyzes the contribution of existing service lines and programs and recommends changes/additions; matches the format of the deliverable with the expectations of the requestor, utilizes appropriate, believable and credible assumptions, confirms the accuracy of data used in the analysis, incorporates feedback, utilizes specific contract reimbursement information, explains data irregularities.

4. Leads the development, execution, and ongoing management of the organization's multi-year strategic plan, including environmental scanning, goal setting, priority alignment, and performance monitoring in collaboration with senior leadership.

5. Leads market assessment and other annual strategic planning activities.

6. Performs analysis, makes recommendations, reports and presentations on organization-wide strategy, planning initiatives and issues that assist the organization in meeting its mission and goals, as assigned by senior management.

7. Helps determine strategic service lines and assesses business development initiatives and programmatic opportunities by working collaboratively with key staff, internal and external stakeholders.

8. Identifies, evaluates, and pursues new business opportunities, including partnerships, joint ventures, affiliations, and acquisitions to drive system growth and market expansion.

9. Builds and maintains strategic relationships with external stakeholders, such as physicians, community organizations, payers, vendors, and industry partners to support referral networks, service collaborations, and revenue growth.

10. Conducts internal and external needs assessments and provides recommendations, required research and develops supporting documentation for new service lines and related business opportunities – including establishment of clear business objectives, financial opportunity, and risk analysis.

11. Responsible for identifying opportunities to improve services and make recommendations based on extensive data gathering and research for the business planning, market assessment, and program planning goals of the strategic business units.

12. Develops and implements service line or business unit plans working collaboratively with service line administrators, department directors, physicians and other key staff.

13. Oversees the execution of approved strategic and business development initiatives, tracking progress, mitigating risks, and reporting outcomes to executive leadership.

14. Can make organizational recommendations and decisions regarding direction.

15. Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Required Education: Master’s degree in healthcare administration, or an MBA.

Required Experience: Ten years of experience working with health care information; Experience with clinical, and financial/billing healthcare data (ICD-9, CPT, DRG) within a hospital, healthcare payor, or health care services organization; healthcare strategy, project management experience in healthcare business, operations management, consulting or decision support; developing business plans, grant writing; experience analyzing data within relational database systems and tools – Excel Pivot table etc.

Preferred Experience: Experience working in Strategy, Business Planning for a Safety Net, and/or in the California market.

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