Senior Strategic Program Manager - Population Health

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Penn State Health
- Penn State Health Corporation

Location: US:

PA:
Hershey

Work Type: Full Time

FTE: 1.00

Shift: Day

Hours: 8:00a - 5:00p

The Senior Strategic Program Manager serves as a highly experienced strategic leader responsible for driving complex, enterprise-wide initiatives that support Value Based Care, Population Health, Clinically Integrated Network (CIN), and strategic partnership objectives. The position serves as a key liaison between executive leadership, operational stakeholders, external partners, and governance bodies to ensure alignment, execution, and achievement of organizational priorities.

This role provides strategic oversight and leadership for high-priority initiatives, facilitates collaboration across multiple organizations and business units, coordinates executive and board-level activities, and supports the development and implementation of innovative healthcare delivery and value-based programs. The incumbent operates with a high degree of autonomy, exercising significant independent judgment in the management of strategic initiatives that have organization-wide impact.

The percentage of time spent performing essential functions is 95%. Qualified individuals must have the ability (with or without reasonable accommodation) to perform the following duties:

Leads the coordination, integration, and execution of enterprise-wide strategic initiatives supporting Value-Based Care, Population Health, CIN, payer-provider partnerships, and healthcare transformation efforts in partnership with operational and executive leaders.

• Develops and implements project and program structures, governance processes, timelines, performance metrics, and accountability frameworks.
• Collaborates with executive leaders to identify strategic priorities and develop implementation plans.
• Anticipates and mitigates risks that may impact successful execution of organizational initiatives.
• Provides strategic analysis, recommendations and implementation support to executive leadership regarding program priorities, operational effectiveness and organizational opportunities.

Serves as a strategic liaison and trusted partner, supporting executive leadership priorities by facilitating alignment, communication and advancement of key initiatives.

• Coordinates complex, high visibility initiatives involving senior leaders, physician executives, operational leaders, and external stakeholders.
• Develops executive-level presentations, briefing materials, reports, and recommendations.
• Supports leadership decision-making through research, analysis, and synthesis of complex operational and strategic information.
• Ensures timely follow-up, communication, and execution of executive action items and strategic commitments.

Coordinates governance activities and executive-level meetings related to strategic partnerships and organizational initiatives.

• Develops meeting agendas, briefing documents, presentations, and executive materials for leadership and governing bodies.
• Tracks strategic commitments, key decisions, and follow-up actions resulting from leadership and governance discussions.
• Facilitates communication among internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment and accountability.

Serves as a primary coordinator and relationship manager for strategic partnerships involving health system, payer, academic, and community stakeholders.

• Builds and maintains effective working relationships with internal and external partners.
• Facilitates collaboration and communication across organizations to promote achievement of shared strategic goals.
• Supports execution of joint initiatives, operational priorities, and partnership objectives.

• Establishes and monitors key performance indicators, strategic metrics, and program outcomes.
• Analyzes operational and financial data to identify trends, opportunities, and barriers to success.
• Develops recommendations to improve performance, effectiveness, and achievement of strategic objectives.
• Prepares…