Director, Health Plans Strategy & Executive Operations

Overview Serves as a strategic partner to the Chief of Health Plans, providing executive-level support for strategic planning, business performance, decision-making, and execution of key priorities. Synthesizes complex financial, clinical, operational, regulatory, quality, and member experience information into actionable insights, recommendations, and executive communications; coordinates the Health Plans leadership agenda and operating cadence; and translates strategic priorities into measurable objectives, milestones, and accountabilities. Works across Health Plans and enterprise functions, leads and coordinates high-priority cross-functional initiatives, monitors progress, risks, dependencies, and commitments, and promotes accountability and alignment. Supports executive and governance activities, including preparation for leadership, Board, committee, and regulatory discussions, and serves as a key liaison among the Chief of Health Plans, senior leadership, and enterprise stakeholders to facilitate effective decision-making and execution. What You Will Do Serve as a strategic partner to the Chief of Health Plans, providing analysis, perspective, and coordination to support decision-making and execution of key priorities. Prepare the Chief for critical meetings and engagements by synthesizing relevant business, financial, clinical, operational, and regulatory information and identifying key issues, decisions, and recommended actions. Manage the Health Plans leadership agenda and operating cadence, ensuring executive discussions are focused on strategic priorities, business performance, key decisions, and emerging risks. Anticipate issues and organizational dependencies requiring the Chief's attention and ensure appropriate context is available to support timely decision-making. Support executive communications, presentations, briefings, and other materials on behalf of the Chief of Health Plans. Coordinate and facilitate Health Plans strategic planning, annual priority-setting, and operating planning in partnership with the Chief and senior leadership. Translate strategic priorities into clear objectives, milestones, measures, and accountabilities and monitor progress against established goals. Coordinate regular reviews of Health Plans performance, synthesizing key financial, membership, quality, clinical, operational, regulatory, and member experience indicators. Identify significant trends, risks, opportunities, and performance gaps and provide insights and recommendations to support leadership decision-making. Partner with senior leaders to address issues affecting performance and maintain alignment with Health Plans and enterprise priorities. Maintain an integrated view of the Chief's highest-priority initiatives, decisions, and commitments and provide visibility into progress, risks, dependencies, and required actions. Lead or coordinate select strategic initiatives assigned by the Chief, particularly those requiring significant cross-functional collaboration or executive visibility. Convene and partner with leaders across Health Plans and enterprise functions to advance shared priorities, clarify responsibilities, and address execution barriers. Track key decisions and action items, promote accountability for follow-through, and escalation of significant risks or unresolved issues requiring executive attention. Serve as a key liaison between the Chief of Health Plans, Health Plans leadership, and enterprise stakeholders to facilitate alignment and effective communication. Support the Chief in maintaining visibility into significant regulatory, compliance, quality, financial, operational, and governance matters affecting Health Plans. Coordinate Health Plans preparation and content for executive leadership, Board, committee, regulatory, and other governance discussions, as appropriate. Partner with Legal, Compliance, Quality, Finance, Government Affairs, and other subject-matter leaders to ensure material issues and commitments are appropriately surfaced and tracked. Prepare concise executive summaries that clearly communicate relevant context, implications, decision points, and recommended next steps. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned. Qualifications Education: Master's Degree in business administration, healthcare administration, communications, or a related field required Work Experience: Minimum 5+ years in executive support, board relations, project management, or a related administrative leadership role Experience working with senior executives; healthcare experience required Pay Range USD $172,900.00 - USD $230,500.00 /Yr. About Us VNS Health has been committed to meeting the needs of New Yorkers for over 130 years. We’re one of the largest nonprofit home- and community-based health care organizations in the country, and today, more than 11,500 team members work together to make a difference in the lives of more than 99,000 patients and members on any given day. #J-18808-Ljbffr VNS Health