Planning and Program Director (HYBRID)

In collaboration with the Chief Strategy Officer, establish the strategic vision for rural health transformation in the Southern Tier, ensuring the greatest impact can be achieved, and measurable change occurs at regular intervals.

Develop and build strategic partnerships with the governance team, health systems, public health departments, and other essential stakeholders to create buy-in and drive transformative change.

Set strategic direction and provide oversight for: needs assessments, community engagement, workforce strategy, rural health and social care integration and transformation, financial sustainability planning, and development of implementation-ready plans for RHTP and transformation initiatives.

Synthesize all deliverables approved by the NYS DOH into a cohesive implementation strategy, ensure resource allocation aligns with capacity, and secure governance endorsement of the multi-year plan.

Establish a Program Management Office (PMO) function for RHTP planning and performance work: standardize project management methodologies, tools, and reporting cadences; maintain integrated work plans, timelines, budgets, and risk/issue logs across sub-regions; ensure consistent, on-time, delivery of all deliverables and disciplined tracking of spend against budget.

Provide oversight and supervision for the Planning Team and the Performance Analytics team, fostering a culture of subject matter expertise, project management discipline, analytical rigor, and actionable insight, including future-facing strategic planning for regional collaboration.

In coordination with the Chief Business Intelligence Officer, provide strategic direction for the design and evolution of performance tracking frameworks, KPIs, and baseline reporting across all sub-regions, and guide the Analysts' development of dashboards and reporting tools, ensuring output goes beyond data display to provide narrative context, programmatic interpretation, and actionable implications for governance bodies and planning and implementation teams.