VP, Corporate Strategy Officer

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St. John’s is leading and inspiring a shift in society’s views of elderhood. Join our family of dedicated, talented employees who are at the forefront of innovative senior services delivery in this community. St. John’s embraces living every day by fostering a culture that is friendly, respectful, responsive, compassionate, innovative, and fun for both employees and the elders and residents that call St. John’s home.

If this description speaks to you, continue reading about the opportunity of VP Corporate Strategy Officer. This is a full-time 40 hours per week position on the Executive Team at St. John’s Home.

Position Summary: Supports the Executive Team by providing process, structure, oversight and coordination to Strategic Initiatives, Large Construction Projects, Corporate Compliance, and Corporate Policies & Procedures.

Qualifications & Education Required

• Strong project and process acumen and ability to command the respect of peers and senior leadership group
• Experience in high level leadership roles with appropriate technical knowledge
• Demonstrated multi-disciplinary project management experience with successful 1M-$5M cost, scope/quality, and schedule responsibility.
• Committee/team lead experience, driving an action oriented approach that results in continuous business process improvement.
• Bachelors’ degree strongly preferred in business or healthcare field or 7-10 years’ associated experience to successfully oversee and manage the efforts of a number of committees and projects required.
• Project Management Certification preferred.

Core Organizational Competencies

• St. John’s Brand Characteristics - Embrace living by being Friendly, Respectful, Responsive, Compassionate, Innovative and Fun.
• Teamwork - Actively participates. Assists team members; offers encouragement. Acknowledges/welcomes others. Keeps team members informed. Recognizes achievements and efforts of others.
• Job Knowledge - Consistently demonstrates working knowledge of all aspects of job. Remains current on job related changes and trends.
• Planning/Organization - Demonstrates initiative; plans appropriately. Uses time, materials, resources effectively. Organizes work to ensure commitment and priorities.
• Productivity - Consistently maintains high activity and efficiently produces acceptable volume of work. Consistently meets deadlines and commitments.
• Quality - Consistently produces accurate, timely work which meets required quality standards. Pays attention to detail. Sets high standards of performance for self and actively seeks continuous improvement. Provides elder-driven care.
• Reliability - Consistently delivers on commitments. Can be counted on to accomplish tasks without follow up. Available when required and can be counted on to help or assist when needed. Responds in a timely manner.
• Demeanor - Embraces change with optimism. Addresses concerns appropriately. Positively communicates. Good listener. Consistently maintains a positive demeanor.

Position Competencies

• Knowledge and experience with design development, business process engineering, project management, procurement, contracting, financial management and strategic planning.
• Ability to facilitate a strategic planning process that establishes organizational direction and supporting initiatives, and communicate that plan to internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to shift focus on a moment’s notice to different projects, multi-tasker with strong organizational skills and follow-through discipline, with demonstrated success in a regulatory or government environment.
• Proven capability at developing and mentoring project teams and committee members in the pursuit of high performance, business results, and customer satisfaction.
• Proficiency in and experience with the implementation of project management tools, techniques and processes.
• Understand fundamentals of contracts and experience in managing contractors under the terms of a contract.
• Advanced knowledge and experience with the use of MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Ability to use Microsoft Access and Project is also desirable.
• Ability to prioritize, manage conflict and set clear direction in ambiguous situations.
• Excellent writing, communication, analytical and negotiation skills.

Position Responsibilities

Reporting directly to the CEO, the primary duties of the Corporate Strategy Officer include:

• Facilitate the strategic planning process with the Executive Team and the Strategic Planning Board Committee.
• Manage the portfolio of strategic initiatives to meet or exceed the functional, financial and business objectives the organization.
• Lead the certificate of need and grant application process.
• Build and maintain a diverse customer community comprised of town and municipal agencies, regulatory agencies, and multiple contractors. Must be able to collaborate internally and externally across multiple locations and businesses. Collaboration with board of directors, leadership team, project teams, project coordinators, managers and directors is critical to success.
• Serve as the primary interface with a focus on ensuring a smooth start-up and execution of strategic initiative/major project-related activities and a seamless transition to operations for on-going maintenance and close-out.
• Establish milestones & ensure adherence to project plan and schedule by conducting project team meetings, generating follow-up documents, managing open issues, facilitating team members’ job responsibilities, and soliciting management support in overcoming problems.
• Continuously interact with stakeholders to set expectations, review objectives, communicate relevant information, monitor progress & financial performance, negotiate deviations in plans and adjust resources as needed.
• Promote project management best practices.
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Enhance organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; explore opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Other duties as assigned.

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