Chief of Staff

The Chief of Staff is responsible for supporting the President and Chief Executive Officer by facilitating and monitoring strategic and interdisciplinary initiatives and commitments, providing executive level support to system initiatives, acting as an adviser to ensure goals and objectives are being achieved and priorities are communicated effectively, and acting as a proxy when applicable. Creates and maintains internal and external relationships to enable organizational success.

The Chief of Staff is the key to ensuring that executives constantly remain in touch with their company by taking over daily duties, collaborating closely with employees to handle daily tasks on the CEO's behalf, identifying and addressing any issues that may arise, and filtering key information as it gets shared up through executive ranks.

Additional tasks:

1. Provide a strategic sounding board to the CEO and other executives to ensure goals and objectives are achieved and priorities are communicated effectively (Overseeing strategic business initiatives from ideation to implementation).
2. Provide the Chief Executive and other senior leaders with insight and analysis on the company's operations.
3. Cultivate a flow of relevant information with the executive team and other stakeholders.
4. Assess organizational risks related to achievement of system priorities and communicate those to the executive team.
5. Manage action items from key meetings for completion and desired outcomes.
6. Oversee system level initiatives aimed at identifying quality improvement, cost saving, and revenue opportunities. Evaluate their financial impact, facilitate their approval process, and support the implementation of selected initiatives.
7. Provide department leaders with recommendations and consultation to improve teamwork across the organization.
8. Assist the executive team members to determine and prioritize business strategies based on their schedules.

Requirements:

1. Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or other related field; Master's degree preferred.
2. Ten years of consulting and/or strategic project management experience with a focus on strategic planning and analysis, marketing/market research, competitive intelligence, and corporate business development.
3. Five years in a managed care setting.
4. Progressive management experience directly and indirectly managing people, motivating staff, and working with other management leaders.
5. Experience in leading transformational initiatives in large corporations, preferably in a health plan/managed care setting.

Other Skills:

1. Demonstrate the ability to obtain and filter information, identify key issues relevant to the achievement of long-term strategic goals.
2. Strong PowerPoint and digital and creative skills to create professional and polished end products and presentations required.
3. Ability to create strong, positive working relationships and positively influence all levels within the organization to drive change.
4. Expert project management skills to manage a variety of projects simultaneously.
5. Strong personal communication skills at all organizational levels, including high-level management.