Director, Site Strategy & Performance

Director, Site Strategy & Performance

About City of Hope, City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. Founded in 1913, City of Hope has grown into one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the U.S., and one of the leading research centers for diabetes and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope research has been the basis for numerous breakthrough cancer medicines, as well as human synthetic insulin and monoclonal antibodies.

With an independent, National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center that is ranked top 5 in the nation for cancer care by U.S. News & World Report at its core, City of Hope’s uniquely integrated model spans cancer care, research and development, academics and training, and a broad philanthropy program that powers its work. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and cancer treatment centers and outpatient facilities in the Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix areas.

The Director, Site Strategy & Performance is the senior strategy leader within the responsible for translating enterprise strategic priorities into actionable local/ regional plans, aligned investment proposals, and disciplined execution. This role serves as the primary bridge between the System Strategy Office and the entity, ensuring that enterprise strategy is effectively adopted, adapted to local market dynamics, and executed to achieve measurable growth, financial, clinical, and operational outcomes.

Operating within a hybrid system model, this leader ensures alignment with enterprise strategy, governance frameworks, and investment priorities while enabling local flexibility to respond to market conditions and operational realities. The role partners closely with system strategy leadership, entity executives, and operational teams to ensure a closed-loop system from strategy to outcomes at the entity level.

Translates enterprise strategy into aligned entity execution—ensuring local plans, investments, and performance outcomes are fully integrated with system priorities

• Translate enterprise strategy into entity strategic plans and roadmaps
• Ensure alignment to enterprise priorities, ISFP, and initiative portfolios
• Translate enterprise strategic priorities, growth objectives, and investment direction into entity-specific strategic plans and roadmaps
• Develop entity business cases and investment proposals
• Align with enterprise standards, analytics, and growth inputs defined by system strategy and finance.
• Lead development of entity-level business cases and investment proposals
• Ensure all submissions meet enterprise standards
• Adapt enterprise growth strategy to local market conditions
• Identify entity-specific opportunities and risks
• Adapt enterprise growth strategy to local market conditions, competitive dynamics and access needs
• Identify and prioritize entity-specific growth opportunities and risks
• Own execution of strategic initiatives at entity level
• Align with enterprise portfolio governance and execution standards
• Own execution of strategic initiatives at the entity level
• Partner with:
  Entity operations, Clinical leadership, PMO / execution teams
• Align with enterprise portfolio governance and execution standards
• Track KPI performance, identify risks, and drive corrective actions
• Track performance against:
  Strategic KPIs, Growth and financial targets, Operational metrics
• Identify gaps, risks, and underperformance
• Drive corrective actions to ensure value realization and outcome achievement
• Ensure adherence to enterprise governance and stage-gates
• Align entity leadership with system priorities

• Minimum Education:
  
  Master’s degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Finance, or related field.
• Minimum Experience:
  
  10+ years of experience in healthcare strategy, planning, or operations, with at least 5+ years in leadership roles within complex provider organizations

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

This position is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.

Each of us at City of Hope believes in and is dedicated to turning hope into reality. Every researcher, nurse, doctor, administrative professional or IT specialist brings his or her unique creativity and talent to the fight against cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening illnesses. Whether your interest is in the clinical, business, science or support service area, at City of Hope you will collaborate with the best and brightest colleagues, be challenged by engaging tasks and impact the lives of many people.