Senior Strategy Analyst

Senior Strategy Analyst

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Salary Range $90,000.00 - $165,750.00

Yale Medicine is the clinical arm of Yale School of Medicine. The Organization employs and administers over 1,500 physicians practicing in over 200 hospital and ambulatory locations across Connecticut. The Network Development and Strategy team works on key challenges facing the Organization, providing analysis and guidance that enable its leaders to make decisions that best advance Yale School of Medicine's clinical mission. Projects might include exploring new business opportunities, developing new ambulatory sites or clinical services, and optimizing for clinical or financial performance. At the direction of the Chief Strategy Officer and the Associate Director of Strategy & Analytics, the Senior Strategy Analyst will broaden their exposure to healthcare industry and its challenges and further develop analytical and leadership skills. The Senior Strategy Analyst will contribute to defining and completing strategic projects : collaborate with stakeholders and decision-makers across Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Health to understand their objectives and challenges, develop various market and financial analyses, including merger related due diligence and return on investment calculations. Analyst will interpret, prepare, and present information through charts, graphs, and other tools. The Senior Strategy Analyst will gain practical experience in a leading academic medical center and will enhance their skills in new program development, strategic planning, market research, financial and operational performance improvement, facility planning, change management and operations.

Required Skills and Abilities

1. Critical thinking to solve complex problems.

2. Ability to organize gathering of information about the market we operate in. This might include defining a patient population or service area, identifying key competitors or naming trends in a particular domain.

3. Data analysis skills : Ability to pull, combine and present information from discrete data sources, e.g. practice / hospital websites, US Census, public records, internal billing data, academic papers, etc Comfortable working with and manipulating large data sets, proficiency in software such as Tableau, Power BI, or basic competency in programing Python, R or SQL.

4. Financial modeling.

5. Strong written and oral communication skills (incl. presentations).

Principal Responsibilities

1. Leads analytical projects and programmatic planning engagements. Defines, analyzes and communicates key metrics and business trends. Manages strategic planning processes, including research and data gathering, data analyses and synthesis, process facilitation and monitoring and evaluation.

2. Guides project participants through the steps of visioning, environmental assessment, development of goals, objectives and strategies and tactical planning for implementation. Facilitates discovery and decision making by individuals and groups.

3. Conducts and manages research, data gathering, data analysis, modeling, projecting and scenario analyses, with the aid of planning technology and databases. Develops and harnesses the data that is available to identify existing business issues and key drivers and develop solutions and initiatives.

4. Leads and drives the analytical design. Prepares models of the impact of business decisions. Develops and maintains complex financial, business and analytical models. Tests and validates complex models. Analyzes data to provide in depth narratives that explain the issues at hand and potential solutions. Develops and communicates final recommendations.

5. Collaborates with cross functional teams to structure and execute business initiatives and develop work plans. Facilitates cross functional analysis, incorporating data and input from multiple functional teams. Defines and integrates issues, identify problems and synthesize solutions into a cohesive action plan. Integrates strategic and tactical plans. Incorporates strategic planning processes and principles into existing operating, financial and management practices.

6. Communicates effectively the broad perspective of business opportunities, needs and risks. Acts as a change agent.

7. Assesses technological products or services that have the potential to impact business performance or customer service. Leverages technology.

8. May perform other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience Bachelor's Degree and eight years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the essential functions that will be required of the position and should not be construed as a declaration of specific duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees will be assigned specific job-related duties through their hiring department.

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