Strategy Planning Analyst II

Strategy Planning Analyst II

Are you looking for a rewarding career with family-friendly hours and top-notch benefits? We’re looking for qualified candidates like you to join our Texas Health family.

• Work location: Texas Health Resources, Arlington, TX
• Core work hours: Monday-Friday 8:00a-5:00p. This position is hybrid remote/onsite within the DFW area.

Summary

The Strategy and Planning Analyst II (hereafter referred to as 'The Analyst'), will be a key contributor to a focused, highly visible team that regularly develops and executes robust analytics (quantitative and qualitative) which inform strategies and strategic objectives in support of the Texas Health Resources System and its Executive and Entity-Level Leaders, as they pursue THR's Corporate Strategic Objectives.

As an active member of a close working team, the Analyst will play a key role in: providing information and analyses to support strategic decision-making; undertake sophisticated due diligence, perform complex and competitive analyses which include sourcing internal and external data sources, including local market data, analysis of competitor activities, perform ad-hoc evaluations and distributing of key information as needed.

The Strategy and Planning Analyst II will provide exceptional analytical services to THR by:

• Performing and communicating analyses which identify, validate and refine strategies and recommendations for the THR System and/or its entities;

• Acting as a thought-partner with strategy team members and other THR personnel to deliver strategic problem solving;

• Interfacing with strategy team members in support of complex and multivariable problem solving, analyses, and information / data distribution;

• Analyzing market, service line, and competitive information and completing periodic reporting that effectively disseminates market and competitive information in a crisp, concise, and timely manner

• Preparing professional charts, graphs, maps, and presentation decks in support of strategic planning activities and other ad-hoc requests as needed by the System;

• Interfacing with market analytics and decision support functions that exist elsewhere within THR as necessary;

• Fulfilling miscellaneous ad-hoc market data requests and other duties as assigned.. 

Job Duties

Act as a thought-partner for strategy team members. Help them to identify key strategic issues, create a framework for analysis, and develop insights that provide a data-based analytical set of strategic choices.

Manage the resources used for and workflow of gathering and analyzing data, preparing reports, graphics, and maps for: assessments, briefs, strategic plans, business plans, service line support, medical staff planning, ad hoc requests and feasibility studies. Maintains efforts to ensure accuracy and timely completion of projects.

Analyze strategic and operational opportunities within and across the THR system and its assets. These assignments will require the use of: hypothesis-based problem solving, fact-based analysis, financial modeling, decision modeling, scenario planning, statistical analysis, regressions analysis, and other methods of quantitative analysis as needed to suit the specific problem at hand.

Gather key inputs for Strategy Briefs, Recommendations, and related Plans for the system and its entities (including system wide and service-line specific plans). Provide additional context and analysis that informs the team about forward growth rates by service line, market, system and geography.

Lead and engage in other ad-hoc analyses and information gathering / communications as needed to support the growth and development of the business and mission of THR. Maintain relevant training related to the role of an Analyst, its tools, processes, and systems required for their job. 

Effectively communicate at all times and disseminate market and competitive information in a concise and timely manner.

Work with strategy team members to design reports, including periodic market and competitive reports, which track key trends, monitor and evaluate competitors, highlight innovation opportunities and inform decision-making. Develop and incorporate additional inputs (3rd party research, SG2, Advisory Board, EIU and others) into periodic reporting. Work with strategy team to improve quality and usefulness of reporting over time. Regularly use THR's competitive intelligence databases. 

Contribute to the development and optimization of key THR analytic tools and processes. Demonstrate proficiency in working on projects which include, analyzing and tracking service line market sizes, competitor shares, competitor cost positions, and growth rates.