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Full-time
bachelor degree, postgraduate degree
Posted 11d ago
Apply by Sep 1
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
The Sr. Director of Ambulatory Strategy & Policy serves as a principal strategic advisor to executive leadership, shaping the future direction of ambulatory strategy and service-line planning. This role leads strategic initiatives, monitors healthcare policy, and develops business cases to support organizational growth and sustainability.
Requirements
Candidates must possess at least a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, with a Master's degree strongly preferred. A minimum of 8 years of progressive leadership experience in healthcare strategy, ambulatory care, or related fields is required.
Full job description
Overview
The Sr. Director of Ambulatory Strategy & Policy serves as a principal strategic advisor to the Deputy CEO & Chief Strategy Officer and executive leadership, helping shape the future direction of CommUnityCare and the Central Health System’s ambulatory strategy. The role leads health center strategic planning and monitoring, ambulatory and service-line strategy, health center policy and market intelligence, and evaluation of strategic growth opportunities.
This leader translates complex policy, market, financial, clinical, and operational information into strategic choices and actionable recommendations. The position leads primarily through judgment, influence, facilitation, and credibility, bringing together clinical, operational, financial, and community perspectives to solve complex problems and advance organizational priorities.
*This is a hybrid position. Individuals in this position may work both at an approved off-site location and onsite at a primary location or multiple locations based on business needs.
Responsibilities
Health Center and Ambulatory Strategy:
Lead system ambulatory strategy using a disciplined strategic framework.
Identify where CommUnityCare should invest, grow, partner, and innovate to improve access, quality, equity, and long-term sustainability.
Facilitate executive and board strategic planning discussions and translate priorities into measurable action plans.
Monitor strategic plan progress and recommend course corrections.
Monitor federal, state, and local policy affecting FQHCs, Medicaid, HRSA, value-based care, and the healthcare safety net.
Conduct environmental scanning, competitive analysis, and scenario planning.
Prepare executive policy briefings, issue papers, and strategic options.
Develop and advance organizational policy and advocacy priorities in partnership with executive leadership and key internal and external stakeholders.
Support executive engagement with policymakers, associations, coalitions, and community partners on issues affecting patients, the health center, and the broader safety-net system.
Growth, Market & Partnership Strategy:
Develop business cases supporting new services, ambulatory expansion, and strategic partnerships.
Evaluate community needs, market opportunities, and partnership proposals, in collaboration with Central Health Strategy team.
Support enterprise initiatives that strengthen CommUnityCare's reputation as an safety-net health system.
Strategic Analytics:
Set strategic priorities and work plans for the Strategy Analyst in partnership with Business Intelligence.
Frame executive questions requiring analysis and translate findings into decisions.
Ensure analyses support board, executive, and organizational strategy.
Executive Advisory Role:
Serve as a trusted thought partner to the Deputy CEO and executive leadership.
Develop decision frameworks, briefing materials, and strategic recommendations.
Prepare leaders for engagement with governing boards, policymakers, and strategic partners.
Integrate perspectives across grants, partnerships, communications, market intelligence, policy, and operations to inform strategic choices and organizational priorities.
Develop decision frameworks, briefing materials, and strategic recommendations.
Edit and refine content to ensure clarity, impact, and accuracy.
Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor's Degree (higher degree accepted) Health Administration/Healthcare Management, Public Health, Public Policy/Public Affairs, Business Administration, Economics, Political Science/Government, Health Policy, or another related field - Required
Master's Degree (higher degree accepted) Master's degree (MHA, MPH, MBA, MPP, or related discipline) strongly preferred. - Preferred
Experience:
8 years or more of progressive leadership in healthcare strategy, ambulatory care, healthcare consulting, managed care, policy, or service line planning. - Required
Strengthening the health and well-being of the communities we serve.
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Founded
1971
Headquarters
Austin, TX
LinkedIn followers
5,899
CommUnityCare Health Centers is a not-for-profit 501(c) (3) corporation providing primary care health services to the medically underserved. For over 30 years, we served as the Community Health Centers, operating as a department of the City of Austin. In March 2009, we became CommUnityCare, operating independently from the City. CommUnityCare is proud of its past history of service to the community and looks forward to continuing to provide great care. Our vision as CommUnityCare is to increase access to care and to expand our range of services.
CommUnityCare operates 25+ health center locations in Travis County and central Texas. We offer comprehensive primary care services for the entire family including: family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, women's health services, behavioral health services, nutrition education, pregnancy and parenting centering programs, specialty services such as cardiology, dermatology, pulmonology and dental care.
Offices: 2115 Kramer Lane, Ste 100, Austin, TX 78758, US
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