Director Strategy and Planning, Alaska Service Area

The Role

The Director Strategy & Planning is responsible for planning and executing growth initiatives for the Providence Alaska Service Area. The role will focus on strategic planning for service lines and developing business cases to grow or expand facilities, clinical programs, service lines, and physician practices. The Director will also provide support to business development (e.g., partnerships, new investments, other external relationships), strategic project leadership, and resources to bolster planning and decision‑making efforts.

Additionally, this role will assist in service line strategic projects that intersect with other service areas within Providence Alaska, ensuring cohesive and integrated strategic efforts across the Division and System.

• Develop strategies and tactics, including project plans, for the service area to achieve growth and other key pillar goals.
• Create business cases, including presentations and analytics, to support key initiatives.
• Provide consultation, guidance, and support to service area leaders and teams in their assessment of potential strategic initiatives and business planning activities.
• Collaborate with physician leaders, department leaders, and community partners to establish and meet service line goals.
• Identify critical gaps or new, innovative offerings to ensure care and services offered position service lines for future success.

• Maintain knowledge of healthcare market trends and stay abreast of the evolving healthcare landscape.
• Conduct market research and assessment of national, regional, and local trends.
• Lead identification and implementation of strategy and planning standards for the service area.
• Identify internal and external resources to obtain strategic research and knowledge resources.

• Research, organize, and prepare responses to requests for business development‑related information from internal and external customers.
• Support partnership and joint venture planning, development, and coordination.
• Maintain and role model high levels of confidentiality related to strategic conversations and business plans.

• Identify opportunities to improve performance of Providence / Providence Swedish by coordinating efforts across service area boundaries.

• Master's Degree in Health Administration, MBA, or Master's in a related field.

• 5 years of general healthcare experience, including 3 years in a leadership capacity related to healthcare delivery.
• 10 or more years of healthcare experience or service line management (preferred).

• Strategic Growth Focus:
  Lead planning and growth initiatives that support the future of Providence Alaska service lines, facilities, clinical programs, and physician practices.
• Business Development Impact:
  Support partnerships, joint ventures, investments, and other strategic opportunities that advance organizational objectives.
• Collaborative Leadership:
  Partner with physician leaders, department leaders, community partners, and service area teams to establish and achieve strategic goals.
• Enterprise‑Wide Influence:
  Contribute to strategic projects that span multiple service areas, helping drive coordinated planning and performance across the Division and System.

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best‑in‑class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected.

Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100‑year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

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