IT Sr. Strategic Planning Analyst

Position Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better.

At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better—advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Information Technology (IT) Senior Business Analyst will play a pivotal role in the IT department and serve as a strategic thought partner by leveraging analytics, operational acumen, and exceptional communication skills to drive performance and digital transformation at Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH). This role is responsible for crafting actionable insights from data, guiding high‑impact strategic initiatives, and serving as a liaison across the IT teams.

A key focus includes building strong relationships, internal communication frameworks, and promoting clarity, transparency, and alignment within a healthcare IT environment.

In this role you will develop IT strategy plans, assist with IT portfolio department planning, support IT communications, and help the IT department adopt new technology trends.

• Lead the development of dashboards and reports that support executive decision‑making and cross‑functional planning.
• Conduct predictive and scenario‑based modeling to inform resourcing planning and operational readiness.
• Identify patterns and inefficiencies within the IT operations and recommend improvements that align with departmental and organizational objectives.
• Document, analyze, and redesign internal processes to enhance operational efficiency and technology adoption.
• Collaborate with project teams and internal IT leadership to ensure strategic initiatives are data-informed and outcomes-driven.
• Partner with IT leaders on strategic planning, synthesizing operational data into compelling and forward‑looking insights.
• Develop and monitor the department’s strategy framework to ensure IT goals, updates, and metrics are conveyed across teams and leadership.
• Author internal reporting, executive summaries, and presentations that translate operational updates into actionable narratives.
• Support organizational change by ensuring timely and transparent communication of initiatives and expected outcomes.
• Represent IT in cross‑departmental working groups, steering committees, and strategic discussions.
• Assist with strategic IT communication planning and work with organizational partners to facilitate the communication needs of IT‑related matters (i.e., downtime, upgrades, action alerts) impacting the wider organization.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adhere to HMH organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, business administration, or a related field.
• Minimum of three years of experience with data analysis and modeling, preferably within business operations, healthcare, or IT.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the organization’s core business processes and operations.
• Proven experience with business and technical requirements analysis and methodology development.
• Ability to create systematic and consistent requirement specifications in both technical and user‑friendly language.
• Exceptional analytical and statistical skills with the ability to apply them as required.
• Demonstrated project management skills and proficiency with project management software, including planning and organizing.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high‑pressure environment.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Ability to conduct research into issues as required.
• Ability to present ideas in business‑friendly and user‑friendly language.
• Highly self‑motivated and directed.
• Attention to detail.
• Team‑oriented and skilled in working within a collaborative environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient with computer skills that include, but are not limited to, Google Suite and/or…