Job Summary:

Vanderbilt Health - Executive Search Team is conducting a national search for an Executive Director - Strategy & Consulting. The Executive Director - Strategy & Consulting is a member of the Health Professional Solutions, a VUMC subsidiary coordinating the development and management of emerging business enterprises. This is a highly visible role focused on building businesses and relentless execution for internal teams and external customers. This position reports to the Senior Vice President of Health Professional Solutions.

Department Summary:

Health Professional Solutions is a Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) fully-owned, for-profit subsidiary (LLC). HPS manages and grows current companies spun-out of the medical center, as well as incubates, supports, and launches new commercial enterprises. HPS works directly with our commercial businesses to lead, manage, and deliver consulting engagements to clients across the country.

Position Shift: 1st shift; Days

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded and your abilities challenged. It is a place where your diversity -- of culture, thinking, learning and leading -- is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

VUMC Recent Accomplishments

Because we are committed to providing the best in patient care, education and research, we are proud of our recent accomplishments:

* US News & World Report: #1 Adult Hospital in Tennessee and metropolitan Nashville, named to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll of the top 20 adult hospitals, 10 nationally ranked adult specialty programs, with 3 specialties rated in the top 10 nationally, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt named as one of the Best Children's Hospital in the nation, with 10 out of 10 pediatric specialties nationally ranked.

* Healthcare's Most Wired: Among the nation's 100 "most-wired" hospitals and health systems for its efforts in innovative medical technology.

* Becker's Hospital Review: named as one of the "100 Great Hospitals in America", in the roster of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs and to its list of the 100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs.

* The Leapfrog Group: One of only 10 children's hospitals in the to be named at Leapfrog Top Hospital.

* American Association for the Advancement of Science: The School of Medicine has 112 elected fellows

* Magnet Recognition Program: Received our third consecutive Magnet designations.

* National Academy of Medicine: 22 members, elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding achievement

* Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index: 6^th year in a row that Vanderbilt University Medical Center was a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.

Key Responsibilities:

• Successfully leading and managing multiple and/or complex projects in one or more HPS businesses or providing consulting delivery to external customers
• Ensuring meaningful value is delivered through a strong mix of best-practice project planning, business management consulting, business planning and relentless execution of key business initiatives
• Ability to work with HPS leadership and businesses to develop strategies, plan and execute key project and business initiatives
• Managing teams of HPS and business team members to accomplish key business objectives
• Ability to develop near-term, mid-term, and long-term business strategies and plans, ability to do market sizing and analysis and full-cycle business launch activities
• Developing trusted, long-term relationships with HPS team members, VUMC, HPS businesses and customers
• Facilitating cross-business and cross-team sharing to collaborate and identify new opportunities
• Teaching others how to develop valuable strategic and project management, business development skills, tools, templates, and frameworks
• Inspiring and motivating team members by embodying the VUMC's credo