Full-Time

Assistant Vice President Strategic Program Execution

Vizient

Vizient

1,001-5,000 employees

Healthcare performance improvement and supply chain

Compensation Overview

$156.5k - $290.1k/yr

+ Incentive eligible

Centennial, CO, USA + 4 more

More locations: Edina, MN, USA | Chicago, IL, USA | Cape Girardeau, MO, USA | Irving, TX, USA

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Category
Project & Program Management (1)
Required Skills
Risk Management
Business Strategy
Data Analysis

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Requirements
  • The role requires 10 to 15+ years of experience in program management, transformation, or enterprise execution roles.
  • The candidate must have a proven track record driving large, ambiguous initiatives to completion.
  • The candidate must demonstrate strong executive presence and comfort working directly with senior leaders.
  • The candidate must be able to operate independently with limited direction and a strong bias toward action.
  • The candidate must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • The candidate must have experience operating in matrixed or highly complex organizations.
  • The candidate must have a background supporting large, enterprise transformations.
  • The candidate must be comfortable navigating informal influence networks.
  • The candidate must be able to challenge leaders constructively.
  • The candidate must demonstrate strategic thinking and a high level of business acumen.
  • The candidate must be able to shape and communicate a clear vision that aligns teams with organizational goals and inspires action at all levels.
  • The candidate must demonstrate the ability to guide and influence senior leaders, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams without formal authority to drive alignment and outcomes.
  • The candidate must be comfortable and confident interacting with executive leadership, including presenting complex ideas succinctly and compellingly.
  • The candidate must be able to align operations with strategic objectives and deliver measurable results.
  • The candidate must be experienced in interpreting complex data sets and deriving actionable insights that influence decision-making.
  • The candidate must have experience leading organizational change initiatives and ensuring adoption of new tools, processes, or strategies.
  • The candidate must be able to engage and align diverse stakeholders with varying priorities and objectives.
  • The candidate should have recognition as a thought leader in organizational strategy and data-driven operations, including the ability to represent the organization at conferences or thought forums.
Responsibilities
  • Own the integrated Data & Digital initiative portfolio, maintaining a single enterprise-wide view of priorities, sequencing, dependencies, and risk.
  • Establish and maintain governance frameworks that align strategic objectives with execution commitments.
  • Ensure portfolio decisions reflect enterprise priorities, capacity constraints, and measurable impact.
  • Translate executive direction into structured, outcome-driven execution plans with clear ownership, milestones, and performance measures.
  • Lead end-to-end delivery of the organization’s most critical, cross-functional initiatives.
  • Drive enterprise alignment by clarifying decision rights, roles, and accountability across business units.
  • Provide leadership with concise, high-signal views of initiative health, risk, and tradeoffs.
  • Surface emerging execution gaps and systemic blockers before they impact outcomes.
  • Inform strategic tradeoffs through data-driven insights and scenario analysis.
  • Institutionalize execution rhythm, reporting standards, and portfolio review processes.
  • Ensure initiatives are measured against outcomes and business impact, not activity.
  • Champion a culture of accountability, disciplined follow-through, and operational excellence.

Vizient, Inc. helps healthcare providers improve performance and lower costs. It serves academic medical centers, health systems, community and rural hospitals, and ambulatory care groups by delivering knowledge, solutions, and expertise through members. The company’s main products are in supply chain management, clinical and operational performance improvement, and strategic consulting. It uses data analytics and industry insights to help members optimize operations, increase efficiency, and improve patient outcomes. Revenue comes from membership fees, consulting services, and performance improvement programs, and the company expands capabilities through acquisitions such as Intalere to better serve its member base.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$2B

Headquarters

Irving, Texas

Founded

1977

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Empierus adds IT spend management just as 2026 IT inflation hits 5.66%.
  • Q3 2025 renewals included UNC Health, Duke-adjacent networks, and Hawaii Pacific Health.
  • Vizient's Winter 2026 outlook warns indirect spend inflation remains structurally elevated through 2027.

What critics are saying

  • Premier and HealthTrust attack Vizient's core GPO contracts as hospitals consolidate in 2026.
  • Endure's 2026 antitrust fight shows suppliers keep challenging Vizient's contracting power.
  • Hospitals can insource analytics and direct sourcing, shrinking Vizient's relevance and fees quickly.

What makes Vizient unique

  • Vizient serves more than two-thirds of U.S. acute care providers as member-owned infrastructure.
  • Its $156 billion contract portfolio creates unmatched purchasing leverage and pricing data.
  • Empierus, Kaufman Hall, and Syntellis deepen analytics, IT contracting, and advisory breadth.

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Benefits

Five weeks (25 days) of PTO

Nine paid company holidays & one floating holiday

Four weeks to work from anywhere in the U.S.

High-deductible health plans

Dental and vision coverage

Health savings account with company contribution

Flexible spending accounts

Headspace wellness app

401(k) retirement plan with company match up to 5 percent

Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance

Short-term illness and long-term disability coverage

Tuition assistance program

Discounts on cell phone plans, movie tickets, hotels & much more

Company News

Business Wire
Jun 15th, 2026
Vizient Acquires Empierus to Expand IT Spend Management and Cost Optimization Capabilities

The acquisition builds on Vizient’s continued investment in specialized expertise across indirect spend categories.

FinancialContent
Jun 11th, 2026
Vizient acquires Empierus to boost IT spend management for healthcare organisations

Vizient has acquired Empierus, a healthcare-focused advisory firm specialising in information technology contracting and cost optimisation. The acquisition strengthens Vizient's capabilities in managing indirect spend categories as healthcare organisations face mounting financial pressures, particularly in technology-related areas. With healthcare organisations spending over $55 billion annually on IT across cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence and digital transformation, the acquisition aims to help clients bring more technology spend under contract and reduce avoidable costs. Empierus delivered over $36 million in savings for Vizient clients in 2025 through an established partnership. Empierus employees will join Vizient's team of over 250 experts across indirect spend and purchased services categories. Existing client relationships and contracts will remain unchanged.

Associated Press
Apr 20th, 2026
Vizient unveils integrated supply chain platform to strengthen healthcare purchasing governance and performance

Vizient is showcasing integrated supply chain capabilities at the Spring IDN Summit in Orlando, designed to help health systems strengthen trust across purchasing, analytics and strategic partnerships. The capabilities include Procure-to-Pay, the only ISO 9001 certified healthcare solution managing the full purchasing process from order through payment; Procedural Analytics, which links pricing and patient data to identify variation and connect supply chain decisions to patient outcomes; and the Vizient Partnership Program, packaging analytics, contracting, purchasing and advisory services to improve enterprise non-labour spend. The healthcare performance improvement company serves over two-thirds of the nation's acute care providers. Its contract portfolio represents $156 billion in annual purchasing volume. Vizient is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

Business Wire
Jun 26th, 2024
Vizient to Acquire Kaufman Hall, Expanding Advisory Expertise for Healthcare Industry

Vizient announced that it has exercised its option to acquire the remaining interest in Kaufman Hall, a strategic advisor to the healthcare industry.

Business Wire
Oct 31st, 2023
Vizient Announces Acquisition of PrefTech OR, a Next-generation Physician Preference Card Management Technology

Vizient announces it has acquired PrefTech OR's next-generation, cloud-based preference card management software for healthcare providers.