Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, Health Systems – Jarrard, Inc.

About Jarrard, Inc.

Jarrard Inc. is a U.S. Top 10 strategic communications consulting firm focused exclusively on healthcare and the unique opportunities and challenges inherent in this sector.  Founded in 2006, the firm has worked with more than 1,500 clients across 48 states and has led communications and political strategy on $75+ billion in announced M&A and partnership transactions. Jarrard partners with leaders across the spectrum of healthcare in high stakes moments of growth, innovation, change, and reputational/public affairs challenges.  This array of specialized services is tailored to support leaders in the most impactful parts of the ecosystem that are essential in transforming U.S. healthcare for the better.   In 2020, Jarrard Inc. joined Chartis, one of the nation’s leading healthcare advisory firms, and operates as a division under an independent brand.

Chartis is a comprehensive advisory firm dedicated to transforming healthcare. With an unparalleled depth of expertise in strategic, clinical, financial, and digital transformation Chartis helps leading academic medical centers, hospitals and health systems, integrated delivery networks, children's hospitals, physician enterprises, payers, and healthcare service organizations achieve transformative results.

Across both Jarrard and Chartis, we are fortunate to have extraordinarily talented people working in our firm – all brought together around our unifying mission “to improve healthcare”, a shared dedication to our core values, and the emphasis we place on creating an environment that enriches the experiences of our clients, our colleagues and our communities.

Jarrard has offices in Nashville, TN and as part of Chartis has offices in Chicago, IL, New York, NY, Washington D.C., and Boston, MA. Remote work is allowed.

For more information, visit jarrardinc.com and chartis.com.

Role Overview

The VP, Strategic Partnerships, Health Systems is directly responsible for developing business to achieve revenue targets that are integral to the growth and development of Jarrard Inc.’s practices and service lines. S/he must be skilled at leveraging the firm’s brand/reputation, building relationships with key executives and professionally generating and pursuing potential business leads.  The VP, Strategic Partnerships is an active business development role with a demonstrated knowledge of selling into the health systems market and an ability to create & leverage relationships to source and close leads.

Reporting directly to the Chief Growth Officer (CGO), this position works closely with leaders of the firm and of each practice, which requires excellent communication skills and relationship development capabilities. The VP, Strategic Partnerships coordinates the related Health Systems practice‘s business development efforts – both the proactive pursuit of new business and supporting the growth of existing client relationships as needed through our practice teams. The position also works closely with other members of the Growth Services Team to develop go-to-market campaigns and align business development strategy with the end markets served by the practice.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for achieving growth goals through sourcing new business leads within the practice.
• Focus primarily on health systems business development while supporting prospecting in other practices, as needed.  Coordinate the practice’s business development efforts – both the proactive pursuit of new business and supporting the organic development work of our practice teams.
• Be able to articulate the firm’s value proposition and differentiated approach to prospects & clients in order to source and close leads.
• Understand internal processes, leverage subject matter experts to support conversion of leads to new business and remain current on industry news in order to equate the firm’s value proposition to relevant market dynamics.
• Partner with practice team leadership to build and execute proactive business development plans to help each practice reach their growth goals.
• Open doors to new prospective client decision makers (typically the C-suite leaders of hospitals, health systems and other healthcare provider companies).
• Remain abreast of conferences and events that are important drivers of connection with prospects and clients, collaborate on related budget, marketing strategy, and represent the firm on-site.
• Support practice professionals with conference preparation, outreach, and meeting coordination to maximize ROI.
• Build and nurture referral network of complementary partners, such as other consultants, attorneys, investment bankers, private equity firms, etc., in order to develop sales pipeline.
• Be accountable for utilizing the firm’s CRM (Salesforce) to track and update the sales pipeline and accurately forecast new business opportunities both in financial terms as well as start timing & duration of engagements.
• Help set strategy for the practice’s overall marketing in close partnership with the JMarketing Team; execute new prospect outreach to generate pipeline.
• Collaborate with other colleagues within the Growth Services Team to meet the firm’s strategic goals.
• Work with BD Operations, JMarketing, and practice professionals to create resources needed to attract prospects and engage buyers in business development conversations and ensure proposals effectively position the firm to win business.  Participate in RFPs as needed.
• Support negotiations related to contract terms with clients and communicate terms to stakeholders as needed. 

What it Takes to be Successful

• Demonstrated “hunter” approach to sales that is required to build qualified pipeline and achieve practice growth goals through strategic, professional pursuit of new business partners & engagements
• Highest level of integrity and professionalism
• Executive presence with ability to interact well with senior leadership
• Exceptional client service attitude and demeanor for internal and external stakeholders
• Organized and detail-oriented
• Proficient in lead generation – marketing, referrals and networking, proposal development and other proven lead generation methods
• Healthcare provider experience and familiarity with the decision makers of healthcare provider organizations
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, highly-collaborative work environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including facilitation of group presentations
• Self-motivated and able to work independently, while being a part of a team
• Collaborative nature to effectively partner with practice leaders and Growth Services colleagues
• Regular travel to meet with prospects and attend conferences
• Effective listener and storyteller – both key to relationship building and consultative selling
• Problem-solving skills that include the ability to develop and propose solutions for clients
• Assertive personality, not afraid to cold call

Qualifications and Desired Skills

• Bachelor's degree
• 10+ years of business experience, minimum of 5 years in a sales role; experience with a professional services firm is desired as it’s a unique perspective that understands that what we are selling is the expertise and counsel of our colleagues
• Demonstrated achievement in B2B sales in healthcare
• Ability to work remotely; office options in Chicago, IL and Nashville, TN
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint; familiarity with CRM and accountability requirements for pipeline tracking (currently Hubspot)

What you can expect at Jarrard

• High-stakes work that makes healthcare better
• A highly collaborative, inclusive workplace with understanding and innovative co-workers who care as much as you do about making a difference in healthcare and in the lives of our colleagues
• Encouragement to ask probing questions and openness to new ideas
• Creative problem solving alongside clients who see you as a partner, not a vendor
• Investment in your growth and development via our competency-based talent development platform
•  Flexible work from home and office (in applicable geographies) model.
• Competitive pay and benefits
• Off-site retreats and someone always up for Celebrating the Wins -Remote

Salary range:. $165,000 - $185,000 plus commission.  The salary range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skills, experience, training, licensure and certifications, practice area, and other business and organizational needs. In addition, Chartis offers several benefits including medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, disability insurance, life insurance, 401(k) match, paid time off, wellness stipend, and additional voluntary benefits.

At Jarrard and Chartis, we pride ourselves on having a diverse workforce. We value and celebrate the uniqueness of individuals and the different perspectives the provide. We offer equal opportunity employment regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, or protected veteran status.