Senior Manager, Decision Support - Policy & Strategic Projects

Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Senior Manager, Decision Support - Policy & Strategic Projects. In this role, the successful candidate under the guidance of the Director of Decision Support Strategy & Value Improvement and Government Reimbursement & Policy Analysis (DSS & GOV), the Senior Manager of Policy and Strategic Projects will play a key role advising on enterprise strategy through project leadership, high‑impact analysis, and executive decision support.

The role spans a broad range of strategic, financial, and operational initiatives, including financial strategy and modeling, government reimbursement, healthcare policy, and strategic projects. The Senior Manager will deliver timely, actionable insights to leadership on evolving risks and opportunities, supporting informed decision‑making across the organization. The Senior Manager will partner closely with the DSS & GOV, Financial Planning, Budgets & Analysis, Government & Community Affairs, Strategy, Hospital Operations, and Regulatory & Compliance teams.

This role will work directly with the Vice President on select high‑priority initiatives, offering meaningful exposure to executive leadership and enterprise‑level decision‑making. The position is well‑suited for an analytically strong, proactive professional who excels at translating complex information into clear insights, leading projects from concept to completion, and contributing across a diverse set of organizational priorities in a dynamic healthcare environment.

The DSS & GOV team provides analytical services, cost accounting, and benchmarking to identify opportunities, inform sound business decisions, and address complex healthcare challenges. The team includes 28+ team members, 5 clinical leads, and a fully dedicated IT group.

• Lead and support high‑visibility initiatives that inform enterprise strategy, financial planning, and operational decision‑making.
• Perform financial modeling, scenario analysis, and impact assessments across a range of projects.
• Manage and analyze large internal and external datasets to support financial projections, benchmarking, and decision support.
• Apply structured problem‑solving and analytical rigor to complex, ambiguous, evolving questions.

• Partner closely with the Vice President and senior leadership on select initiatives by translating complex financial information into clear, concise, and actionable insights in executive‑ready written materials and presentations.
• Advise leadership on strategic implications, risks, and tradeoffs to support enterprise decision‑making.
• Develop and present compelling narratives that connect strategy, risks, and opportunities to financial impact.
• Represent the department in internal and external discussions related to healthcare finance, reimbursement, policy, etc.

• Manage projects end‑to‑end, including scope definition, timelines, stakeholder coordination, and deliverables.
• Collaborate across Finance, Government Affairs, Strategy, Operations, and Regulatory & Compliance to advance shared priorities.
• Support advocacy efforts and external engagement through data‑driven analysis and insights.
• Assist in the development of dashboards, tools, and presentations that improve transparency and decision‑making.

• Identify and lead initiatives to optimize reimbursement and mitigate financial risks associated with policy and regulatory changes, while partnering closely with the Vice President.
• Develop policy‑informed recommendations to support organizational strategy and federal and state priorities.
• Serve as an internal subject‑matter expert on the financial and operational impacts of healthcare policy and reimbursement changes by assessing federal and state healthcare policy developments relevant to organizational priorities (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, value‑based programs).
• Evaluate short‑ and long‑term financial and operational impacts and integrate policy and reimbursement insights to support value improvement…