Nemours is looking for an Associate Vice President (AVP), Strategic Services. The Associate Vice President, Strategic Services provides system‑level leadership that aligns strategic growth initiatives with organizational performance imperatives. This role serves as a key enterprise leader responsible for translating long‑range strategy into actionable, measurable, and sustainable outcomes. The AVP leads the development, execution, and continuous improvement of the enterprise strategic oversight system, ensuring that strategy is cascaded effectively across system services, regions, and clinical and operational functions. The position plays a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction of the organization by overseeing multiyear planning cycles, stewarding strategic priorities, and guiding executive‑level decision‑making through data‑driven insights and disciplined performance management.

In addition, the AVP is accountable for managing a team responsible for enterprise portfolio management and regional strategic partnership. This includes mentoring and developing high‑performing staff, ensuring clarity of roles and expectations, and fostering a culture of strategic thinking, collaboration, and operational excellence. The AVP ensures the team is equipped to identify and evaluate opportunities, build business cases, manage complex initiatives, and support regional leaders in advancing market‑specific growth priorities. Through thoughtful leadership, the AVP creates an environment where strategic alignment, cross‑functional execution, and continuous improvement thrive, enabling the organization to meet its clinical, operational, and financial objectives.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Enterprise Strategic Oversight and Management
• Strategic Planning & Multiyear Road-mapping
• Enterprise Portfolio Leadership
• Regional Strategic Growth Partnership
• Executive Influence & Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Performance Monitoring, Evaluation & Continuous Improvement
• Strategic Communications & Executive Reporting
• Team Leadership & Talent Development

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in strategy, strategic planning, or enterprise transformation required; 7-10 years preferred.
• Demonstrated experience working with C‑suite executives and creating executive‑level communications.
• Strong data analysis and advanced Excel skills.
• Experience supporting or leading regional or market-growth strategy strongly preferred

About Us

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children's hospitals - Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida - along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships.

Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive.

Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.

Learn more at Nemours.org .