PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE GREAT RIVERS

POSITION TITLE:              Chief of Strategy

STATUS:                                Salaried, Exempt

REPORTS TO:                     President and CEO

POSITION SUMMARY

The Chief of Strategy informs and directs the strategy of the organization. This position of the Chief of Strategy also serves as a strategic thought partner, advisor, and project manager to the CEO and the Senior Team (ST). This position may fulfill the cell phone reimbursement requirements.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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

Executive Thought Partnership & Strategic Planning

• 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

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position does not currently have supervisory responsibility but that may shift based on organizational need

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Master’s degree in Public Health or Social Work
• A minimum of 8 years of senior-level leadership
• Deep understanding of the Missouri health and policy landscape
• Experience in upper-level management in a not-for-profit organization
• ​​Strategic planning experience and maintaining a strategic plan over time
• Project management experience
• Exceptional interpersonal skills / emotional intelligence with the ability to manage relationships with a diverse set of colleagues
• Strong analytical skills and use of data to drive decision-making and to build consensus/support
• Strong written, communication, and organizational skills, including a track record of balancing and prioritizing multiple priorities simultaneously
• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships across a variety of stakeholders, influence others and manage laterally and up to ensure successful outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex problems and data to create business plans and service proposals; ability to think “out of the box” to develop opportunities for the organization

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Management of operations in a multi-site health care delivery system or hospital setting; thorough knowledge of health care administrative operations and fiscal management

PPGR maintains a strict policy prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, economic background, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital or relationship status, military service or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law.