Associate Director, Business Strategy

This position's work location is fully remote with the ocassional time onsite as needed. The selected candidate may only work remotely from a New England state (ME, VT, NH, MA, CT, RI).

The Associate Director, Business Strategy advances institute-wide priorities by leading strategic and business activities across clinical, research, education and operational domains. Reporting to the VP, Business Strategy, the role partners with senior leaders to translate organizational goals into actionable strategies, evaluate opportunities, and drive outcomes through robust analytics and disciplined planning. Operating in a highly matrixed environment, the position coordinates complex, cross-functional projects, ensures effective governance and decision-making, and aligns stakeholders around timelines, resources, and metrics.

The Associate Director ensures rigorous evaluation of strategic options to balance growth, quality, access, and financial sustainability in support of Dana-Farber’s mission.

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 physician/researchers, and we work with amazing partners, including other Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals.

• Lead the development of business strategies and long-range planning for strategic initiatives across departments, service lines, disease centers, and business units.
• Develop long-term strategic plans,includingscenarioanalysis, initiative planning, implementationplanningand stakeholder engagement.
• Guidethe strategic planning processat various levels of the organization to ensure plans are data-driven and tied to organizational goals.
• Support leaders in crafting business plansand business/funding casesthat promote sustainable growth,operational excellence and the advancement of research or clinical initiatives aligned with leadership priorities and highest impact science and care.
  
  As needed, build rigorous business cases fornew programs, partnerships, capacity expansions, and technology investments.
• Transition ownership of strategic initiatives to implementation leads,maintaining collaboration, oversight, and progress/outcomes monitoring.
• Coordinate input/leadership across clinical operations, disease centers, research, finance, and external partners. Establish initiative charters, KPIs, and dashboards; manage governance forums and decision checkpoints; ensuretimelyfollow-up and accountability.
• Develop change strategies and communications plans; create clear presentations and materials tailored to executive and operational audiences.

• Ability to synthesize complex information, frame options, and recommend actionable strategies;
  Strong judgment and decision-making.
• Advancedproficiencyin Excel-based modeling (volume forecasts, pro formas, sensitivity/scenario analyses); ability to interpret financial statements and operational data; familiarity with cost accounting.
• Ability to design and track performance improvement initiatives and KPIs.
• Extensive financial literacy in healthcare and/or research.
• Ability to plan and execute change strategies; navigate ambiguity, resistance, and competing priorities while sustaining progress and adoption.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication; skill in presenting complex analyses clearly to executives; strong facilitation and stakeholder management; consensus-building across matrixed teams.
• Demonstrated success partnering with clinical, research,education,operational, and administrative stakeholders; ability to broker agreements andmaintainproductive relationships internally and externally.
• Strong time management, attention to detail, and…