NewCo (Critical Care) CVP, Strategy

The Corporate Vice President, Strategy will partner with the CEO and executive leadership team to proactively shape and execute the company’s long-term vision.

The CVP will be responsible for:

• Drive and expand the “MPM channel” to ensure CC products/technologies (e.g., TruWave, Swan-Ganz, ForeSight, FloTrac, etc.) are available and well positioned across partner platforms and installed base. 

• Lead the identification and development of strategic partnerships with EMR & digital health companies in areas including technology enablement, data sharing/usage and analytics.

• Leading strategic planning, including setting corporate goals, defining key performance indicators (KPIs), and establishing metrics to track progress

• Overseeing the execution of strategic initiatives that drive organic growth and value creation

• Identifying, analyzing, cultivating, structuring, and executing on business development / M&A transactions aligned with the company’s strategic plans

• Managing ongoing relationships with external business partners and integration of acquired businesses to ensure achievement of business objectives

Key Objectives: 

• Serve as strategic partner to the CEO and leaders across Critical Care

• Drive thorough analysis of the market landscape, strategic opportunities and new market expansion

• Identify and build-out the business development and M&A funnel

• Improve the financial profile of Critical Care through a combination of internal initiatives and attractive external transactions that can deliver strong returns on invested capital

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the formulation of Critical Care’s strategic business plans and initiatives

• Oversee execution of strategic initiatives by the strategy and business functions teams

• Establish and lead a robust effort – which will include a rigorous idea generation and screening process – to generate potential inorganic growth opportunities

• Lead the evaluation and execution of strategic partnerships, and opportunities in emerging technologies and intellectual property licensing

• Analyze the universe of prospective market segments to identify potential acquisition targets that are aligned to the company’s strategic plan and innovation agenda

• Own and continuously improve the playbook for evaluating potential deal opportunities; rapidly identify and communicate business levers that define winning and losing

• Partner with cross-functional teams to move deals through evaluation, due diligence and closing

• Negotiate and structure deals that maximize value and mitigate risk

• Oversee project management for integration of completed transactions

Experience Required:

• 15+ years of experience in a diverse set of roles in healthcare strategy, M&A, management consulting, private equity/venture capital, or investment banking

• Deep knowledge of the healthcare ecosystem with a strong network of medical technology executives, investment banks and industry consultants to help identify and analyze target companies

• Extensive experience with mergers and acquisitions including market assessment, financial evaluation, due diligence, negotiation and closings

• Strategic thinker able to provide thought leadership; thrives on data-driven analysis and constant learning

• Strong problem-solving skills and a demonstrated ability to perform in-depth qualitative and quantitative analysis

• Ability to structure and manage complex projects with multiple workstreams over a wide variety of functional business problems

• Highly collaborative leader and motivator, teamwork oriented, low ego working style, with the ability to inspire teams towards Critical Care’s mission and purpose

• Ability to quickly gain trust and encourage collaboration with business leaders; can be candid and effectively influence others

Leadership Competencies:

Patience Focus:

• Creates a sense of urgency throughout the organization regarding the importance of patient needs.

• Fosters a patient-focused environment.

• Gathers input about how choices and actions may impact the business and how they serve patient needs.

Broad Perspective:

• Strategically addresses global events and trends that impact the industry or organization.

• Ensures alignment with the legal, financial, and operational policies of the regions/countries in which the organization operates.

• Cultivates an environment that makes others feel valued, regardless o