VP Transformation Management

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The VP Transformation Management is responsible for leading and managing transformation and strategic initiatives within Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Working with the Senior Vice President, Hospital Transformation, the VP Transformation Management operationalizes transformation initiatives set by the Executive Leadership Team. The VP Transformation Management partners with operational and business leaders on developing strategies for the successful implementation of transformation initiatives.

Reporting to the VP Transformation Management are the consulting, governance lead and change management functions. The VP Transformation Management works to ensure these functions are designed and deployed to effectively support the Institute’s operations and business leaders in meeting large scale transformation efforts. Throughout the transformation initiative, the VP Transformation Management works closely with the initiative’s executive sponsors to ensure overall alignment with the goals and objectives of the initiative.

Located in Boston and the surrounding communities, Dana‑Farber Cancer Institute is a leader in life‑changing breakthroughs in cancer research and patient care. We are united in our mission of conquering cancer, HIV/AIDS, and related diseases. We strive to create an inclusive, diverse, and equitable environment where we provide compassionate and comprehensive care to patients of all backgrounds, and design programs to promote public health particularly among high‑risk and underserved populations.

We conduct groundbreaking research that advances treatment, we educate tomorrow’s physicians and researchers, and we work with amazing partners, including other Harvard Medical School‑affiliated hospitals.

• Takes the Institute’s transformation and strategic initiatives and working with executive sponsors, clearly defines an initiative’s scope, goals, objectives and deliverables.
• For transformation initiatives, establishes governance standards and structures with regular reviews to ensure ongoing alignment with the transformation initiative.
• Works closely with the Governance Lead on implementation and management of the governance model.
• Identifies value drivers and key performance metrics for measuring an initiative’s success.
• Provides status reports to executive sponsors on initiative progress.
• Works with SVP, Hospital Transformation to set transformation and strategic initiative priorities.

• Articulates the transformation initiative vision so as to garner engagement and commitment from operational leaders.
• Works with Governance Lead and operational leaders to develop an integrated delivery plan with timeline, dependencies and mitigation.
• Identifies and activates the appropriate resources across the functions of consulting, change management and transformation/project management to meet transformation plan needs.
• Confirms risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies (RAID) and responsibility assignment matrix (RACI) as defined by the Governance Lead.
• Confirms change impact analysis and stakeholder analysis and management as defined by Change Management lead. Partners with the Change Management lead on strategies that help Institute leaders, faculty and staff through the transformation and sustains the change.

• Works with Change Lead and change agents to build engagement and excitement for the transformation initiative.
• Holds project teams accountable to defined deliverables and timelines. Addresses any gaps and/or conflict within the project teams that may impede the team’s ability to meet its deliverables.
• Rapidly identifies the root cause of a problem, potential interventions and takes necessary action to resolve the problem.

• Defines and effectively communicates overall vision and direction for the Planning and Consulting team that aligns with transformation initiatives.
• Across the functions of change management, transformation management and consultant functions, ensure roles are properly defined with corresponding competencies.
• Regularly monitors team performance to ensure…