Sanford Health ยท 1 week ago
Senior Strategic Planning Advisor
Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. They are seeking a Senior Strategic Planning Advisor to contribute to strategic initiatives, provide recommendations based on analysis of business issues, and facilitate the execution of strategic plans. The role involves engaging leaders, conducting community healthcare needs research, and developing strategies for community relationships.
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Responsibilities
Contribute in strategic initiatives spanning growth, go-to-market, and operational performance enhancement by directly scoping, planning, leading, and executing strategy projects
Provide strategic recommendations based on a thorough analysis of internal and external business issues and environmental factors, careful assessment of available information and determination of knowledge gaps, and translating research into trends with estimated business impact
Facilitate the execution of evaluation processes to assess and report on the progress of the strategic plan
Maintain continuous analysis of competitive landscape and industry trends
Engage leaders to understand, synthesize, and translate key information into meaningful insights to support setting strategic priorities
Facilitate setting medium- and long-term strategic priorities and aligning multi-year and annual resource planning and evaluation processes to those priorities
Manage a regular cycle of strategic plan checkpoints and ensure alignment with corporate and division strategies is maintained
Coordinate with staff and stakeholders to enhance transparency and communication of other functional priorities, goals, and objectives
Support the development of long-term strategic communications plans, including implementation of proactive messaging and rapid response for internal and external audiences
Conduct triennial community healthcare needs research in conjunction with area agencies
Utilize industry-standard techniques and analysis to determine community-based health needs, identify priorities of the communities served, and create solutions to drive improvements in community health
Assist in the development and execution of a system-wide strategy to plan, implement, oversee, measure, report and publicize community benefit contributions to multiple audiences including key local, state and federal stakeholders
Contribute to the development of strategies and programs to achieve positive and productive community relationships, with the goal of measurably improving the health status of the communities Sanford Health serves
Maintain professional relationships with community leaders, grant organizations, and government officials at state, local and regional levels while serving as the content expert in areas of community benefit
Remain current on health care trends and impact to community needs
Coach and develop high-performing associates and team while balancing workload and development opportunities
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Communications or health related field required
Three years' experience in an integrated healthcare system and strategic planning strongly required
Preferred
Master's degree preferred
Five years preferred
Certification in strategic planning or associated process preferred
Benefits
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
A 401(k) retirement plan
Work/life balance benefits
A generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance
Company
Sanford Health
Sanford is a healthcare company providing research, education and clinical care.
Funding
Current Stage
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2025-11-20
2025-11-01
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