Vice President of Strategy, Planning and Business Development

Description

Vice President of Strategy, Planning and Business Development

MaineHealth

The Vice President of Strategy, Planning and Business Development is a strategic architect and growth leader charged with shaping MaineHealth's enterprise direction and expanding its business opportunities. This role unifies the system's strategy and planning functions to create a single, high-performing platform that drives mission, market relevance, and margin.

This leader oversees the development of MaineHealth's enterprise strategy and long-range planning processes, ensuring alignment across service lines, regions, and corporate initiatives. Additionally, the VP spearheads business development; building and executing a pipeline of partnerships, ventures, and employer-facing solutions that diversify revenue and strengthen MaineHealth's position in the marketplace.

The VP is accountable for setting system-wide strategic direction, in partnership with MaineHealth Executive Team and Board, ensuring disciplined execution of planning processes, and advancing new growth opportunities that align with MaineHealth's mission and financial sustainability.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree required. Graduate degree (MHA, MBA, MPH) preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of experience leading strategy and planning functions in complex healthcare organizations. Demonstrated measurable results in business development and strategic planning.
• Knowledge of healthcare market dynamics, with exposure to employer solutions, value-based care, and diversified business models.
• Financial acumen, business case development, and capital planning experience.
• Experience navigating matrixed organizations and engaging senior leaders, boards, and external partners.

Essential Functions:

Enterprise Strategy & Planning

• Lead the annual balanced scorecard and multi-year strategic planning process for MaineHealth, ensuring alignment with the system's mission, vision, and scorecard.
• Oversee corporate planning, including service line strategy, market assessments, CON planning, and system-wide strategic capital requests.
• Manage the system strategy portfolio, coordinating cross-functional initiatives, monitoring progress, and ensuring strategic priorities are executed.
• Deliver strategic insights and recommendations to MaineHealth executive leaders and Board of Trustees.

Business Development & Growth

• Build a structured pipeline of business development opportunities, including partnerships, joint ventures, and employer-facing solutions.
• Lead due diligence, financial modeling, and negotiation for new ventures, service expansions, and external partnerships.
• Partner with operational and clinical leaders to incubate and scale new business models in areas such as direct-to-employer solutions, telehealth, digital care, and other diversification opportunities.

Leadership & Integration

• Build and lead a combined Strategy & Planning team, unifying staff from both legacy functions into a high-performing, enterprise-focused unit.
• Partner with Finance, Operations, Clinical Leadership, and IT to ensure form follows function in all strategic initiatives.
• Act as a trusted advisor to system and regional leaders, ensuring planning and growth efforts are coordinated across geographies.
• Cultivate a culture of bold thinking, disciplined execution, and continuous learning within the team.