Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives Program Lead (Secondment - 12 Months)

WHY PATIENTS NEED YOU

Embedded within the Strategic Operations, Global Support & Enablement organization, this role provides focused leadership for strategic programs that span organizational boundaries, partnering closely with leaders across AI & Agentic Engineering, Data & BI Platforms, Product, Architecture, and Business functions.

The Strategic Initiatives Lead excels in situations where the path forward is unclear. They create clarity from ambiguity, align diverse stakeholders around a common vision, and transform complex ideas into executable plans that deliver measurable business outcomes. Acting as a trusted advisor, orchestrator, and execution leader, they help accelerate decision making, remove barriers, and ensure strategic initiatives achieve their intended impact.

WHAT YOU WILL ACHIEVE

Strategic Initiatives Leads operate as a horizontal leadership capability within the Strategic Operations, Global Support & Enablement organization. While aligned to a common operating model and community of practice, each lead is dedicated to one or more executive priorities and serves as a trusted partner to senior leaders responsible for delivering transformative business outcomes.

These leaders bring together strategy, execution, technology, and organizational change to ensure complex cross-functional initiatives move from vision to value realization.

HOW YOU WILL ACHIEVE IT

Lead Strategic ELT Priorities from Concept to Value Realization

• Provide end-to-end leadership for high-priority executive initiatives, translating strategic objectives into actionable plans, measurable outcomes, governance structures, and successful delivery.

• Partner with executive sponsors to define vision, scope, success measures, risks, dependencies, and organizational readiness activities that enable effective execution.

Drive Cross-Functional Alignment and Execution

• Act as the connective tissue across business, engineering, product, operations, data, and platform teams.

• Facilitate decision making, resolve competing priorities, manage dependencies, and create alignment across stakeholders to accelerate delivery and business impact.

Partner with AI & Agentic Engineering Leadership

• Work closely with the VP of AI & Agentic Engineering to identify opportunities where AI, agentic systems, automation, and advanced engineering capabilities can transform business processes and accelerate value creation.

• Translate emerging technology opportunities into executable programs aligned with enterprise priorities and adoption strategies.

Partner with Data & BI Platforms Leadership

• Collaborate with the VP of Data & BI Platforms to ensure strategic initiatives are built on scalable, secure, and sustainable data foundations.

• Drive alignment across platform modernization, data capabilities, analytics, governance, and business adoption efforts.

Incubate Strategic Capabilities and New Ways of Working

• Support the development and launch of new AI, data, and digital capabilities from concept through early adoption.

• Establish the conditions for success by aligning stakeholders, assessing feasibility, defining operating models, and creating execution frameworks that enable scale.

Enable Executive Decision Making

• Create compelling narratives, executive communications, governance materials, and performance insights that support informed decision making.

• Provide visibility into progress, risks, dependencies, opportunities, and value realization across strategic initiatives.

Strengthen Organizational Capability

• Establish repeatable practices, tools, and operating models that improve the organization's ability to execute transformational initiatives.

• Share lessons learned, mentor teams, and promote modern approaches that increase organizational effectiveness and agility.

Critical Leadership Profile

The ideal candidate is known for:

• Creating clarity from ambiguity

• Leading through influence rather than authority

• Connecting strategy to execution

• Building alignment among senior stakeholders

• Translating technical complexity into business outcomes

• Navigating highly matrixed environments

• Accelerating decision making and delivery

• Bringing structure to complex, evolving initiatives

• Communicating with executive presence and credibility

QUALIFICATIONS

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