Strategic Planning Analyst

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. is a healthcare services company that through its subsidiaries operates hospitals, nursing centers, home health, hospice and non-medical home care locations and a contract rehabilitation services business across the United States.

This position will support the strategic planning and leadership teams through collection, compilation and analysis of marketing intelligence, planning/developmental data, organizational data, financial data, performance measurement and sales data relating to the Kindred Healthcare and the Healthcare industry, in support of implementation of Kindred's strategic plan.

**Essential Functions:** * Collects, summarizes and validates market performance and management information, including competitor offerings (products, pricing and services.) Develops reporting models (scorecards, dashboards, and other metrics) to measure key performance indicators. * Extracts and/or collects data from multiple internal and external sources (Business Warehouse, SAP, sites of care, etc.) Verifies the relevance and correctness of the data. * Prepares interpretative reports, including tables, graphs and summaries derived from the data analysis. Makes recommendations based on the analyses. * Prepares presentations and communications for internal and external stakeholders, including customers, teammates in field operations, and executive/senior leadership. * Monitors, analyzes and reports variances from plan/forecasts, including benchmark comparisons. * Maintains documentation of past and current business process measurements. * Monitors healthcare market trends, planning scenarios and competitive issues that impact strategy and communicates results to strategic and operational planning areas. * Provides project management support for strategic teams and key strategic initiatives.

**Job Scope:** * Strategic Planning is structured around five functional areas in support of Kindred's overall population health management strategy. A strategic planning analyst supports each of the functional areas: * Enterprise & Strategy Alignment * Supports 3-5 year enterprise strategy and annual refresh * Performs competitive intelligence & landscape analysis * Facilitates the alignment between strategy and operations * Supports and/or manages special projects as assigned * Strategic Growth Planning / Network Development * Supports strategic growth planning in Kindred's current and future Integrated Care Markets * Supports coordination of network development pipeline reporting and management * Provide additional support to Integrated Care Markets as needed * Product Development * Supports the design, standardization, implementation, and analysis of Kindred's clinical and population health management product offerings * Payment Model Innovation * Supports, analyzes and helps coordinate Kindred's participation in bundled payment, shared savings, risk, and ACO preferred provider agreements * Operational Execution * Helps coordinate and facilitate implementation and operational execution related to Kindred's executed contracts with external healthcare organizations **Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:** * Experience utilizing data warehouse and software programs to collect, maintain, manipulate and present data. * Experience in practical application of statistical analysis to business problems and situations. * Excellent verbal and written communication skills required. * Highly motivated, self starter with the ability to adapt to change, exercise initiative and use independent judgment. * Superior organizational and project management skills. * Proven ability to develop camaraderie with teams, to elicit group participation and to help team members become comfortable working with each other. * Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint, Word & Outlook **Qualifications:** * Bachelor's degree in health administration, business administration, finance or related field required. MBA, MPH, or other related Master's level degree preferred. * 2 years experience in healthcare and/or strategy operations role within a complex organization.