Director, Growth and Integration

Middleton, WI (Hybrid)

$202K/yr – $303K/yrFull time

Posted 8 days ago

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Job Description

Work Schedule: 
This is a full time position, scheduled Monday through Friday with core business hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The role is hybrid, with a regular need to work onsite in Madison, WI to support organizational priorities. Off hours availability may be required.

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UW Health is seeking a visionary, relationship-driven leader to serve as our next Director, Growth & Integration.

In this highly visible leadership role, you will lead strategic growth initiatives across Wisconsin and Illinois, identifying new opportunities to expand access to world-class care while strengthening partnerships that advance UW Health's mission. This position combines healthcare strategy, business development, partnership growth, and market expansion, to help drive the future of our integrated health system.

We are seeking a Director, Growth and Integration to:

  • Collaborate with executive leaders, physicians, finance, analytics, and operations teams.
  • Evaluate growth opportunities, develop business cases, guide mergers and acquisitions activities, and oversee partnership integration efforts.
  • Play a key role in expanding high-priority clinical programs such as pediatric specialties, neurosciences, transplant, oncology, and other strategic service lines while positioning UW Health as the preferred destination for patients and healthcare partners across the region.

Ideal Candidate:

  • Accomplished strategist and relationship-builder 
  • Experience in business development, healthcare strategy, management consulting, corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, or growth leadership. 
  • Influential communicator who thrives in executive settings, can confidently represent UW Health externally, and has a proven ability to translate strategic opportunities into measurable organizational results. 

At UW Health, you will have:

  • An excellent benefits package, including health and dental insurance, paid time off, retirement plans, two-week paid parental leave and adoption assistance. 
  • Options for a variety of schedules and shifts that offer flexibility and allow for work-life balance.
  • Access to great resources through the UW Health Employee Wellbeing Department that supports your emotional, financial, and physical well-being.
  • Tuition benefits eligibility - UW Health invests in your professional growth by helping pay for coursework associated with career advancement.
  • The opportunity to earn a referral bonus for referring friends, former colleagues or others to apply for open, posted positions.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field such as Business Administration or Health Administration. Required
  • Master's Degree in Business or Health Administration. Preferred

Work Experience

  • 5 years of experience in entrepreneurial, business development, management consulting, mergers and acquisitions, healthcare strategy or related efforts in start-up to large organization environments. Required
  • 5 years of experience with an integrated health system with multiple markets Preferred

Our Commitment to Social Impact and Belonging

UW Health is committed to fostering a workplace that creates belonging for everyone and is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Our respect for people shines through patient care interactions and our daily work practices as we work to embrace the knowledge, unique perspectives and qualities each employee and faculty member brings to work each day. It is the policy of UW Health to provide equal opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

Job Description

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UW Health is an integrated academic health system that is home to the No. 1 hospital in Wisconsin (for the 14th year in a row) as ranked by U.S. News & World Report. We’re made up of six main hospitals, one JOA partner hospital in Madison and two hospitals located within the main hospital in Illinois. We also have more than 90 clinics across Wisconsin and northern Illinois. UW Health cares for more than 832,000 patients each year and employs more than 25,500 people — one of the region’s largest employers. Many of our 1,800 physicians are faculty members at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, one of the nation’s highly regarded medical schools.

Founded in 1918
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
10K employees