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The Vice President of Strategic Partnership Development will lead ATI's enterprise partnership strategy, with accountability for building a market-prioritized pipeline of strategic growth opportunities across health systems, payers, and other high-value healthcare ecosystem relationships.
Job Responsibility
Build, manage, and prioritize ATI's strategic partnership pipeline across health systems, JVs, MSAs, payers, employers, provider groups, and other healthcare ecosystem partners
Proactively source and cultivate new opportunities through market intelligence, executive networking, industry relationships, external advisors, and targeted outreach
Develop senior relationships with hospital system executives, payer leaders, employer partners, provider groups, corporate development leaders, and market influencers
Ensure partnership opportunities are aligned to ATI's enterprise growth priorities, district segmentation, channel priorities, and market-specific growth plays
Lead or co-lead the identification, evaluation, and prioritization of net-new market opportunities as a complement to ATI's existing-market segmentation work
Partner with Market Strategy & Growth, Real Estate, Finance, Operations, Sales, Clinical, Field Leadership, and external strategy resources as needed to assess market attractiveness, competitive dynamics, referral opportunity, payer / employer potential, operational readiness, and financial implications
Recommend the most appropriate growth pathway for priority net-new markets, including de novo development, acquisition, JV, MSA, payer / employer strategy, or other ecosystem relationship models
Lead strategic evaluation of partnership, JV, MSA, payer, employer, and acquisition-adjacent opportunities, including strategic fit, market relevance, financial potential, and operational implications
Partner with Finance, Legal, Operations, Clinical, Real Estate, Sales, and Market Strategy to support diligence, valuation, deal structuring, risk assessment, and go / no-go recommendations
Oversee preparation of executive-ready opportunity briefs, business cases, decision materials, and Investment Committee / ELT recommendations
Serve as senior relationship owner for high-priority strategic partnerships, JVs, MSAs, and ecosystem relationships
Establish executive governance expectations with strategic partners, including relationship cadence, escalation paths, performance expectations, and growth objectives
Oversee partner expansion planning, renewal strategy, relationship health, and long-term account growth in partnership with Ryan McGovern and future account management resources
Escalate and resolve high-stakes partner issues involving reputational risk, margin impact, contract deviations, or enterprise precedent
Lead and develop the Strategic Partnerships function, including Director MSA & Strategic Partnerships and future JV / strategic account management roles as the portfolio matures
Clarify role boundaries, handoffs, and accountabilities across strategic relationship ownership, partnership lifecycle execution, partner success, field activation, and operational delivery
Partner across Market Strategy & Growth, Sales, Field Operations, Marketing, Finance, Legal, Clinical, Real Estate, and Talent Acquisition to ensure partnership strategies are executable in-market
Provide executive-level updates to the CCSO, ELT, Board, and other stakeholders regarding pipeline health, strategic opportunities, partner performance, risks, and decisions needed
Requirements
Bachelor's degree required
Minimum of 10 years of experience in healthcare strategy, strategic partnerships, corporate development, business development, provider / payer strategy, consulting, or related healthcare growth leadership roles
8+ years in a senior leadership role with enterprise-level scope and responsibilities in healthcare
Demonstrated experience building and advancing strategic healthcare partnerships, including health system, provider group, payer, employer, JV, MSA, or acquisition-adjacent opportunities
Experience evaluating market expansion opportunities and translating market dynamics into actionable growth, partnership, or investment recommendations
Experience working across complex, multi-site healthcare organizations with matrixed stakeholders and distributed field leadership
Strong healthcare ecosystem knowledge, including health system dynamics, provider group strategy, payer models, employer healthcare needs, referral economics, and ambulatory growth trends
Proven ability to originate, develop, and advance strategic partnerships from early-stage relationship development through executive decision-making
Executive presence and credibility with C-suite leaders, Boards, health system executives, payer / employer leaders, provider groups, and external partners
Strong strategic thinking and market development capability, with the ability to connect market opportunity, partner landscape, financial potential, and operational readiness
Demonstrated ability to evaluate open / buy / partner options and translate market insights into actionable growth recommendations
Strong commercial judgment, including ability to assess revenue potential, EBITDA / margin implications, referral capture, leakage risk, partner value, and long-term strategic fit
Excellent relationship-building, negotiation, and influence skills, with the ability to navigate complex internal and external stakeholder environments
Ability to partner effectively across Market Strategy & Growth, Real Estate, Finance, Legal, Operations, Sales, Clinical, Marketing, and Field Leadership
Strong executive communication skills, including ability to prepare and present clear, compelling recommendations to the CCSO, ELT, Investment Committee, Board, and external partners
Comfortable navigating ambiguity, creating structure around emerging opportunities, and driving clarity in fast-paced environments
Ability to lead and scale a strategic partnerships function as ATI's JV, MSA, payer, employer, and strategic account portfolio matures
Results-oriented, collaborative, and disciplined, with a focus on enterprise value creation, partner outcomes, and long-term growth
Nice to have
MBA, MHA, JD, or similar advanced degree
Experience in outpatient care, ambulatory healthcare, physical therapy, musculoskeletal care, health systems, payer / employer partnerships, or adjacent healthcare service industries
Experience working with executive-level health system, payer, employer, or provider group leaders
Experience supporting open / buy / partner decisions, market entry strategy, partnership transactions, or acquisition-adjacent growth opportunities
Experience leading or building account management, partner success, or strategic relationship management functions