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The Vice President, Pediatric Strategy and Business Development (VP) serves as the senior strategic leader for the pediatric services UCSF Health delivers across the continuum of care, including at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. The Vice President is responsible for shaping, articulating, and advancing a unified strategic agenda that supports the priorities for pediatric services and the broader UCSF Health enterprise vision.
Operating in a highly complex, matrixed environment, the Vice President partners closely with the UCSF Health Chief Strategy Officer, pediatric leadership, department chairs and chiefs, and peer strategy executives to define near- and long-term strategic priorities; lead annual and multi-year planning; and drive disciplined, data-informed decision making. This leader provides strategic insight into market dynamics, competitive positioning, partnership opportunities, and enterprise alignment, ensuring that pediatric strategies are innovative, feasible, and aligned with UCSF Health's organizational goals.
The Vice President leads integrated strategic and business development efforts-including service line planning, opportunity assessment, network and affiliation strategy, and new program development-leveraging strong analytics, cross-functional collaboration, and relationship building across clinical, academic, operational, and external stakeholders. As a key strategic advisor to senior leadership, the Vice President plays a critical role in identifying and executing initiatives that enhance the growth of pediatric services, strengthen UCSF Health's market position, and support transformation across the system. The Vice President fosters an environment of partnership, accountability, and cultural alignment, ensuring consistency and cohesion across enterprise priorities while tailoring strategies to the unique needs of pediatric services and the patients and families served by UCSF Health.
Leads enterprise-aligned strategic planning and business development initiatives for pediatric services across UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals and the broader UCSF Health system. In partnership with the UCSF Health Chief Strategy Officer and pediatric leadership, defines and advances strategic priorities that support both pediatric service line growth and UCSF Health's enterprise strategy.
Directs integrated strategy and business development activities including service line planning, market opportunity assessment, network and affiliation development, partnership strategy, and new program development. Provides strategic insight informed by market intelligence, competitive analysis, and healthcare industry trends to guide executive decision making and support UCSF Health's leadership in pediatric care.
Collaborates across clinical, academic, operational, and administrative teams to ensure alignment of pediatric initiatives with enterprise priorities. Oversees strategic planning processes, opportunity evaluations, and implementation planning to advance growth, strengthen market positioning, and support transformation across pediatric services.
Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, healthcare administration, or related discipline.
• Advanced knowledge of healthcare strategy, business development, partnership development, and market assessment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead strategic planning and growth initiatives within complex healthcare systems.
• Proven ability to identify, evaluate, and implement partnership and affiliation agreements.
• Highly advanced quantitative and qualitative analytical skills with the ability to translate market and financial analysis into strategic recommendations.
• Advanced leadership and influencing skills with the ability to collaborate with senior executives, physicians, and external partners.
• Strong financial and business planning skills including development of business cases and ROI analysis.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills with experience facilitating executive-level strategy discussions.
• Advanced ability to direct, influence and motivate staff, project team members, senior executives, physicians and leaders at partner institutions.
• Advanced ability to lead business planning, innovation development, and implementation for a multi-faceted health system.
• Highly advance knowledge of strategic business planning, development, and market assessment,
• Highly-advanced quantitative and qualitative analytical skills. Advanced conceptual skills.
• Advanced project management skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Highly-advanced verbal and written communication, facilitation, and presentation skills including the ability to positively interact with executives, providers, and staff at all levels.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in academic medical centers or integrated health systems.
• Experience in pediatric healthcare strategy or children's hospital systems.
• Master's degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, or closely related field.

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About UCSF
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10-campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. We bring together the world's leading experts in nearly every area of health. We are home to five Nobel laureates who have advanced the understanding of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, aging and stem cells.
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UCSF is a diverse community made of people with many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity and excellence - also known as our PRIDE values.
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About the Team
The Strategic Development Department is responsible for driving UCSF Health-s long-term strategic initiatives to enhance organizational growth, innovation, and operational excellence. This department plays a pivotal role in aligning UCSF-s mission, vision, and objectives with evolving healthcare trends and market demands. Through strategic planning, program development, and stakeholder collaboration, the Strategic Development Department supports UCSF-s ability to deliver world-class healthcare, research, and education.