Vice President, Strategic Initiatives

Datavant is the data collaboration platform trusted for healthcare. Guided by our mission to make the world’s health data secure, accessible and actionable, we provide critical data solutions for organizations across the healthcare ecosystem - including providers, health plans, researchers, and life sciences companies. From fulfilling a single patient’s request for their medical records to powering the AI revolution in healthcare, Datavanters are building the future of how data is connected and used to improve health.

By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a driven and highly collaborative team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare.

Job Summary

The Vice President of Strategic Initiatives plays a critical role in helping develop and execute the Legal Insurance (L I) business unit’s medium/long-term strategic vision and major initiatives. This executive is responsible for assessing market and competitive dynamics, analyzing business opportunities, developing business cases and executing major strategic initiatives partnering with matrixed stakeholders across L I and Datavant. The Vice President of Strategic Initiatives reports to the President GM, Legal Insurance and is a key coordination point for his teams but is also responsible for ensuring close collaboration with the Chief Commercial Officer (sales/marketing), Chief Client Experience Officer, Operations, Product Development and other matrixed functions across the business.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Initiatives Execution Leadership

Partner with L I LT to define, prioritize, and drive execution of strategic initiatives

Market and competitive analyses, business case development, investment justification and execution in close partnership with Product, Finance and other stakeholders

Establish clear plans, milestones, and success metrics to ensure accountable delivery

Identify risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks early; provide proactive mitigation plans and transparent status reporting across functional stakeholders

Support strategic planning, investment prioritization, and performance tracking through structured analysis and insights

Cross-Functional Execution

Partner with Commercial, Operations, Product, Finance and HR leaders to move strategic initiatives forward and ensure alignment with broader company objectives

Drive or help manage critical cross-functional workstreams tied to top L I priorities

New Product and/or M A Integration

Lead efforts to establish and effectively launch / coordinate new products and revenue streams across the L I vertical representing the commercial and operations teams

Support the integration of any M A deals that impact L I across the full lifecycle of the transaction from initial diligence through deal execution and post close integration

Coordination across workstreams to ensure focus and accountability

Build and maintain collaborative partnerships with the full L I leadership team and all matrixed stakeholders to ensure alignment across all teams

Required Skills and Qualifications

Deep experience working in tech-enabled services businesses working closely with operational, commercial and technical teams and support functions (HR, Legal, Finance).

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of building relationships with customers and internal stakeholders.

Analytical mindset with experience in using data to drive decision-making, assist in prioritization by outlining options, pro/cons and recommendations to arrive at decisions.

Ability to operate with ambiguity, identify problems or areas of need and proactively develop solutions and recommendations with minimal input / guidance.

A history of building deep executive-level relationships across varied functions.

Qualifications

15+ years in operations, strategy, product, or related leadership roles, preferably in healthcare tech-enabled services or health-tech organizations.

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or related (MBA is a plus).

Proven track record of operating in a high growth environment and helping position teams and organizations for scale including the launch of new products/services.

Strong analytical and process optimization mindset, including demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders without direct functional ownership

Leadership and team management experience strongly preferred.

Experience using Salesforce, Asana, Visio/Lucidchart and other commercial and operations related tools.

We are committed to building a diverse team of Datavanters who are all responsible for stewarding a high-performance culture in which all Datavanters belong and thrive. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

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