Strategy & Transformation Associate

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The Department of Strategy and Transformation have an exciting opportunity for a full-time Strategy & Transformation Associate to work on-site in Miami.

CORE JOB SUMMARY

The Strategy & Transformation Associate (H) contributes to University of Miami’s (UM) and UHealth’s (UH) success by providing insight & analytical support for key strategy/strategic planning initiatives and plays an integral role in helping define the future of the enterprise and drive critical business initiatives through analysis and communication of data. The Strategy & Transformation Associate (H) independently drives progress, proactively identifies and executes actions to deliver valuable outcomes without explicit direction. The incumbent helps to manage the project lifecycle for projects – including idea generation, initiative scoping & standup, approach and workplan development, analysis on priority topics, financial modeling, presentation development / delivery, and follow-through to value delivery. The incumbent provides recommendations with data-based insights and influences a wide range of stakeholders and functional teams.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS                                                                                                     

1. Acts as a strategic consultant/advisor for the broader UM/UHealth enterprise. 
2. Supports, leads, and influences the formulation and delivery of strategic projects and initiatives. Prepares 
project design and analytics approach to work for review and input by strategy leadership. Manages multiple 
work streams/projects efficiently. Develops strategic objectives and associated metrics to allow a ‘strategic 
view’ of organizational or specific initiative progress. 
3. Leverages knowledge, skills and relationships to develop frameworks, conduct analysis, generate insights, and 
communicate those insights to support / influence strategy and transformation (S&T) agenda. 
4. Manages, manipulates, and analyzes multiple large and complex financial, operational, and strategic data sets 
and sources. Undertakes quantitative and qualitative assessments, and conducts primary research, to support 
the development of evidence-based strategy. Distills analytical findings into actionable insights. 
5. Synthesizes analytics and key insights into presentation-ready documents. Presents findings to S&T team & 
mid-level stakeholder groups; Develops presentations that will be presented to large audiences, including 
UM/UHealth’s executive leadership team. 
6. Develops and maintains an understanding of strategic issues facing UM/UHealth through analyzing trends, 
horizon scanning, and building relationships with colleagues across the organization. 
7. Collaborates and builds rapports with all levels of the organization ensuring a positive image is conveyed to 
internal and external partners and stakeholders. 
8. Solicits and incorporates feedback effectively; understands different perspectives within the organization. 
9. Utilizes internal and external software/tools to gather and extract data and applications (e.g. Excel, 
PowerPoint, PowerBI, others) to interpret, analyze, and visualize high level data. 
10. Demonstrates high emotional intelligence with deftness in navigating complex organizations with multiple 
stakeholders. 
11. Contributes to team’s work and culture, supports colleagues, builds collective capabilities of S&T team, and 
plays a vocal part in team meetings. 
12. Manages, supervises, and develops interns as assigned 
13. Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS                                                                                                    

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Experience:

Minimum 3 years of relevant experience

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:

• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.

• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.

• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.

• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.

Department Preferred Experience:

• Consulting and/or investment banking experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:

• Ability to analyze multiple large and complex financial, operational, and strategic data sets and sources.

• Excellent quantitative and qualitative assessment skills.

• The ability to distill analytical findings into actionable insights.

• Excellent presentation skills.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status:

Full time

Employee Type:

Staff