Chief of Strategy

PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE GREAT RIVERS

POSITION TITLE :
Chief of Strategy

STATUS :
Salaried, Exempt

REPORTS TO :
President and CEO

Must have or obtain the Flu, COVID Vaccines!

COMPENSATION:

$132,200 - $151,000

POSITION SUMMARY

Essential Functions include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Serve as a conduit, advisor, and project lead to the CEO and/or ST on major strategic projects, including strategic planning process.
• Advise and support leadership in approaching organizational change in a way that engages employees at all levels of the organization and achieve desired results most effectively and efficiently.
• Partner with the CEO to identify opportunities to engage the Board of Directors on strategic issues/high-priority topics.
• Partner with, and lead, the ST to manage annual and quarterly planning processes to ensure alignment with strategic plan and priorities; ensuring the strategic plan is a living document.
• Identify opportunities to integrate across functional teams; leverage strengths to take advantage of new opportunities and/or to address organizational challenges.
• Challenge conventional-thinking and promote an environment of open communication, creative problem-solving and a sense of urgency to meet organizational goals and objectives.
• Together with the ST, through project management and key initiative oversight, work to meet strategic goals with clear communication, elimination of silos, integrated work plans, and implementation with an eye towards coordinated accountabilities, objectives, and associated budgets.
• Maintain the organizational structure and processes necessary to manage the organization’s current activities and its projected growth. Influence organizational change as necessary to facilitate strategic initiatives and planned growth.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Periodic travel to affiliate locations may be required

Organizational Effectiveness

• Promote and facilitate integration, collaboration, and teamwork among all departments and locations throughout the organization.
• As a member of the Senior Team, be integrally involved in the strategic planning process with particular responsibility for leading, planning, expanding, implementing, controlling, and evaluating programs and operations to improve efficiencies and impact.
• Lead initiatives and develop tactics for advancing internal and external customer experience.
• Champion a culture of accountability in relation to the organization’s strategies and initiatives and work to ensure that equity is interwoven throughout the organization’s policies and strategic initiatives.
• Analyze the needs of organization and establish priorities for systems changes, design, and implementation to develop new and/or modify systems to improve and enhance operational effectiveness, efficiency, and cost containment.
• Ensure a consistent approach to reporting (internal and external) across the organization.

Public Health Leadership

• Determine PPGR’s role in the health provider ecosphere and what our opportunities are
• Determine how we measure success and how we evaluate our programming
• Lead on expansion and strategic consolidation of services as necessary
• Deepen organizational engagement on health equity work, expand partnerships and ensure organizational presence in public health coalition spaces