Sr. Associate, Biz Dev & Strategy

Company: Partners Healthcare System
Location: Somerville
Posted on: May 1, 2021

Job Description:

About Us: As a not-for-profit organization, Mass General Brigham is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community by leading innovation across our system. Founded by Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Mass General Brigham supports a complete continuum of care including community and specialty hospitals, a managed care organization, a physician network, community health centers, home care and other health-related entities. Several of our hospitals are teaching affiliates of Harvard Medical School, and our system is a national leader in biomedical research. We're focused on a people-first culture for our system's patients and our professional family. That's why we provide our employees with more ways to achieve their potential. Mass General Brigham is committed to aligning our employees' personal aspirations with projects that match their capabilities and creating a culture that empowers our managers to become trusted mentors. We support each member of our team to own their personal development-and we recognize success at every step. Our employees use the Mass General Brigham values to govern decisions, actions and behaviors. These values guide how we get our work done: Patients, Affordability, Accountability & Service Commitment, Decisiveness, Innovation & Thoughtful Risk; and how we treat each other: Diversity & Inclusion, Integrity & Respect, Learning, Continuous Improvement & Personal Growth, Teamwork & Collaboration. General Summary/Overview Statement The Mass General Brigham Strategy and Business Development departments focus on strategic planning, transformation, partnerships, new business creation and business development initiatives across the entire Mass General Brigham healthcare system. This high impact, high visibility role works closely with department, hospital and system leadership on projects that will frequently be presented to the board of directors. In addition to leading analysis and planning around new strategies and leading analysis and the development of new clinical businesses, this role will work closely with broad multi-functional teams on supporting the implementation. These cross-system projects require strong project management, relationship (internal and external) management and analytical skills. This opportunity is action oriented and is a blend of both internal planning and analysis along with externally focused activities. It will be important for the person in this role be able to accomplish tasks through and with others, including peers, various hospital and MGB leaders, and external collaborators. Principal Duties and Responsibilities * Supervise others performing background research, analytics, and business planning around new strategies, business opportunities, and partnerships, including regional, national, and international opportunities * Manage all elements of the analysis involved in the development and updating of the Mass General Brigham system-wide strategy and the MGB system growth strategy * Define needs for, and review, market research and competitive intelligence to understand and size markets/opportunities, define scope of services and value proposition, etc. * Shape and manage the ongoing scanning and understanding of the healthcare market for strategic threats, insights and opportunities * Coordinate with digital leaders to understand market threats, insights and opportunities from a digital perspective * Perform complex business analysis, including financial, operational, and human capital analysis, around new strategies, clinical businesses and opportunities, and partnerships, and form the analysis into actionable recommendations and plans * Lead the development of business cases and financial plans, engaging and aligning related business leaders throughout the process * At times lead, and other times help a new business owner to lead, the setting up, launch and initial management of a new businesses, including but not limited to building governance, org design, program management ownership, and financial structure. * Lead due diligence on potential new clinical business opportunities and partnerships * Lead projects (e.g. new service lines, new businesses, new product), planning and decision making (e.g. investment trade-offs/prioritization, organizational design, customer targeting, etc.), working with broad sets of leaders across the organization to advise on and help implement strategic plans and new business opportunities * Develop and foster effective relationships and collaboration with leaders and stakeholders across the system, and with external partners and organizations, in order to be identified as a key strategic partner and further advance strategies, partnerships and new clinical business opportunities. * Select and manage external consultants as needed to pursue new strategies, new clinical business opportunities and partnerships * Other duties as assigned. * Master's in business administration, or related degree, with 2-3 years' post-MBA experience preferably in consulting, corporate strategy, corporate banking, or corporate development; or bachelor's degree with 6-8 total years of experience in consulting, corporate strategy, corporate banking, or corporate development * Prior healthcare experience a plus Skills/Abilities/Competencies * Strong understanding of operational and human capital considerations in business plan development and execution * Strong financial accumen * Able to build strong relationships with and effect alignment around internal constituents * Strong project management and organizational skills * Excellent verbal & written communication * Commitment to high quality service and attention to detail * Ability to coordinate and facilitate cross team / multi entity meetings * Ability to oversee and manage complex projects * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills * Ability to multitask and prioritize multiple project requests simultaneously * Proven ability to interact with others in a positive and responsive manner to build consensus through negotiation and diplomacy * Ability to provide direction as needed to team members, other staff and consultants. * Ability to handle stressful situations in calm and professional manner * Flexible and adaptable within a fast-paced, complex, multi-site environment with changing requirements

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