Associate Principal, Enterprise Partnerships

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Summary :

In this role, you will manage and oversee national accounts involving freestanding children's hospitals that are strategic in nature or critical to revenue retention and growth. You will be a strategic partner and trusted partner to individual health systems and the senior leadership throughout the organization for Vizient's services, understanding industry trends and the members' businesses, concerns, priorities , successes, and challenges. The territory will consist of clients located across the United States.

Responsibilities :

Develop and maintain a strong network of relationships with C-suite and key operational team for assigned accounts.

Research and track key children's healthcare market trends and data-driven insights that influence strategic priorities.

Identify service and solution growth opportunities and manage member evolution across assigned accounts, demonstrating awareness of the breadth and depth of Vizient's solutions.

Understand and shape solutions to meet member needs and enable the consulting process, applying knowledge of services, insights, and industry.

Partner with providers to drive their performance in cost, quality, and market share.

Facilitate scope approval and statement of work (SOW) discussions.

Manage forecast, revenue, service levels, profitability and growth of accounts, and total member value.

Identify and address interdependencies across projects ensuring connectivity between business units and ensuring Vizient solutions are utilized effectively to drive value / performance improvement at the provider level.

Resolve key service delivery issues, ensuring members are satisfied with delivery quality.

Direct a matrixed provider-facing team to deliver results.

Qualifications :

Relevant degree preferred. Master's degree desired.

10 or more years of relevant experience in healthcare consulting, solution-oriented sales, or hospital leadership. Strong expertise in data analytics, technology-driven solutions, and consultative client engagement is highly preferred.

Experience working across the enterprise, continuously connecting people and initiatives to drive results for providers and Vizient as a whole is needed.

Proven track record of managing large national accounts and achieving revenue targets strongly desired.

Demonstrated experience working with children's hospitals and a deep understanding of the challenges they face in serving their populations within resource-constrained environments preferred.

Strategic, analytical, and solutions-oriented approach to problem solving desired.

Strong communication and presentation skills.

Excels at setting goals, developing actionable plans, and mitigating risks.

Ability to manage time effectively while leading multiple strategic engagements.

Ability to travel regularly and expeditiously throughout the year to meet clients' needs and timetables.

Estimated Hiring Range :

At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $156,500.00 to $290,100.00.

This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here :

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