Manager, Business Planning

We’re searching for a Manager of Business Planning, someone who’s ready to be part of the best ranked children’s hospital in Texas and among the best in the nation. In this position, you’ll provide leadership and support for our strategic planning efforts including, but not limited, to service line strategic plans and expansions, market assessments and competitive and economic landscape assessments. You’ll also be responsible for collecting, analyzing and interpreting information, anticipating emerging industry and socioeconomic trends and disruptors and benchmarking best practices. In partnership with Operations and Marketing, this position will translate internal and external data to identify and maximize strategic opportunities to improve patient reach, identify new business opportunities and drive strategic decision making.

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Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Leads cross-functional project teams focused on strategic planning. Areas of focus consist of service line market and peer assessments, market leakage and referral trends
• Creates business plans and financial assessments for new initiatives
• Develops proactive and reactive opportunities within existing and emerging markets  
• Identifies key relationships, trends, priorities and gathers intelligence within target markets; interprets this information and recommends points of entry and opportunities for development
• Leads long-term market and scenario analyses, leveraging macro socioeconomic and internal volumetric trends
• Drives patient and member segmentation and analyses patient behavioral trending such as digital adoption, census tract trends, etc.
• Provides outstanding customer service, develops strong relationships with executives, directors and all other leadership positions, identifies and resolves problems quickly and appropriately, and ensures communication is maximized
• Plans, leads and directs other types of special projects as directed by the Director

Skills & Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Master’s degree preferred
• 3 years of experience in finance, healthcare administration, business planning, entrepreneurship, process improvement or engineering required
• 5 years of experience in finance, healthcare administration, business planning, entrepreneurship, process improvement or engineering preferred
• Experience planning strategic initiatives in a large healthcare environment preferred 

About Texas Children’s

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years. 

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation. 

 To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

 Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.