Senior Director, Strategy and Program Development

Evolent partners with health plans and providers to achieve better outcomes for people with most complex and costly health conditions. Working across specialties and primary care, we seek to connect the pieces of fragmented health care system and ensure people get the same level of care and compassion we would want for our loved ones. Evolent employees enjoy work/life balance, the flexibility to suit their work to their lives, and autonomy they need to get things done. We believe that people do their best work when they're supported to live their best lives, and when they feel welcome to bring their whole selves to work. That's one reason why diversity and inclusion are core to our business. Join Evolent for the mission. Stay for the culture.

The Senior Director, Strategy and Program Development will provide leadership over Evolent's Oncology strategy, including monitoring of the broader competitive landscape, vendor landscape for medical expense innovation, and evolution of oncology business models. This position will further identify and incubate priority programs through pilot before handoff that will further differentiate Evolent's risk management capabilities and competitive differentiation.

Maintain a disciplined external view of market, competitor, payer, regulatory, and oncology care-delivery trends

Run recurring internal gap assessments of the oncology product against market needs and current performance

Build and refresh the 18-24 month oncology strategy and roadmap

Shape and launch a small number of priority new programs from concept through pilot; demonstrate proof of value

For each program, lead a build / buy / partner assessment in collaboration with Product

Lead early-stage partner conversations and diligence with Growth/BD, who own contracting and close.

Ensure each program’s value is categorized and aligned with the overarching archetype framework and remains cohesive with other components of the oncology product.

Define pilot design, success criteria, and go/no-go decision points; hand off proven programs to Implementation, Product, Performance, and Operations for scaled delivery.

Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of healthcare management and/or healthcare consulting experience

Strong strategy skills

Comfort in shepherding new ideas from design to conception

Strong Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word skills

Outstanding written and oral presentation skills

To ensure a secure hiring process we have implemented several identity verification steps, including submission of a government issued photo ID. We conduct identity verification during interviews, and final interviews may require onsite attendance. All candidates must complete a comprehensive background check, in-person I-9 verification, and may be subject to drug screening prior to employment. The use of artificial intelligence tools during interviews is prohibited and monitored. Misrepresentation will result in immediate disqualification from consideration.

We require that all employees have the following technical capability at their home: High speed internet over 10 Mbps and, specifically for all call center employees, the ability to plug in directly to the home internet router. Evolent is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status. If you need reasonable accommodation to access the information provided on this website, please contact recruitingteam@evolent.com for further assistance. The expected base salary/wage range for this position is $150,000-160,000. As part of our total compensation package, Evolent is proud to offer comprehensive benefits (including health insurance benefits) to qualifying employees. All compensation determinations are based on the skills and experience required for the position and commensurate with experience of selected individuals, which may vary above and below the stated amounts.