Strategic Planning Analyst

Job Description

The Strategic Planning Analyst supports strategic planning and business development efforts for the Strategic Planning Department through research, design and production of data analyses, preparation of reports and presentations, and maintenance of data and information. This position provides technical and analytic support for the Strategic Planning Department to assist the Organization in achieving its strategic goals, responding proactively to market opportunities, and complying with regulatory requirements, such as the Certificate of Need process.

The Strategic Planning Analyst requires strong qualitative and quantitative skills including statistics, use of analytical tools and planning databases, knowledge of health care planning and marketing, finance and operational data, as well as strong computer skills. This position requires the ability to translate qualitative and quantitative data into actionable information to inform decision‑making.

Schedule: 2 days onsite in Stamford, CT 9am-5pm, 3 days remote

• Compile, organize, format, analyze, interpret, report and present data to inform strategic planning, business/program development, and other informational needs of the Strategic Planning Department and the Organization. Prepare draft of narratives, research materials, tables, analyses, and other materials for review and inclusion in written planning documents. Provide timely and accurate analyses for all projects assigned.
• Support the planning, development, and execution of short and long‑term strategic initiatives across the organization through program/initiative management, meeting facilitation/leadership, document development, and analytical support.
• Utilize market data systems (such as CHIME, Sg2, and Marketware) and develop new and creative methods and analyses to help solve complex problems and improve the analytical efficiency of the Strategy and Business Development function.
• Design routine and custom reports such as market share, patient origin, utilization trends, physician utilization, network integrity, demographics, and forecasts and projections. Manage requests for new reports as well as modifications to existing reports in a timely manner. Design and prepare standard ongoing reports, Executive‑level presentations, and ad hoc analyses.
• Conduct project‑specific research to better understand the marketplace and/or determine the demand for health care services within a given market. Assess regulatory and licensure requirements, demographics, market competition, demand forecasts, and physician practice data.
• Monitor and analyze internal and external environments and identify trends and opportunities for consideration. Continually monitor healthcare news, research articles, and attend industry meetings as appropriate and proactively share internal and market insights with team members, executive leadership, service line administrators, operations, and clinical staff through quarterly reports, presentations, memos, newsletters, white papers, etc.
• Identify and compile competitive business intelligence.
• Select and use appropriate methodologies for decision making. Select data from a variety of sources to fulfill business needs by extracting key pieces and relating them to the specific project.
• Provide data and reporting to comply with regulatory requirements, such as the Certificate of Need process and the CT Office of Health Care Access and Department of Public Health requests. Actively monitor CON filings by other hospitals (in Connecticut and New York) and other important state regulatory activity.
• Assist the Director of Strategy with preparation of Certificate of Need applications and all related regulatory requirements.
• Provide support to the Director of Strategy by preparing data analyses and documentation to facilitate the development of strategic and business plans, feasibility studies, and various programmatic initiatives, and to respond to requests from consultants.
• Work collaboratively with Analytics and Innovation, Information Technology, Finance, and other applicable departments in the Organization to provide…