Associate Vice President, Strategic Growth – Market Opportunity

Vizient, Inc

. Lead Vizient’s capability for identifying, assessing, and informing the prioritization of growth opportunities within the Strategic Market Research & Industry Insights function .

Posted 9/24/2026full-timeUnited StatesSeniorLead💰 $156,500 - $290,100 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading growth strategy and market opportunity assessments within the U.S. healthcare industry, leveraging quantitative analysis and cross-functional collaboration to inform decision-making and drive enterprise growth.

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Healthcare Industry KnowledgeGrowth Strategy LeadershipMarket Opportunity AssessmentQuantitative Analysis FluencyCross-Functional Collaboration

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Hard Skills

Market SizingForecastingTAM/SAM/SOM AnalysisOpportunity EvaluationDecision Framework ApplicationCompetitive Dynamics AssessmentRisk AnalysisInvestment Requirement EvaluationOpportunity Hypothesis DevelopmentBusiness Case Development

Soft Skills

CommunicationSynthesis of ResearchFacilitation of Executive DecisionsProblem-SolvingLeadership

Tools & Technologies

Microsoft Office SuiteExcelPowerPointWord

Industry Keywords

Healthcare EconomicsClient DemandEnterprise StrategyCross-Business-Unit Operating ModelsMarket AttractivenessStrategic FitSolution ImplicationsEnterprise Growth OpportunitiesCompetitive IntelligenceBusiness-Unit Strategies

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead Vizient’s capability for identifying, assessing, and informing the prioritization of growth opportunities within the Strategic Market Research & Industry Insights function
Lead assessments of organic, inorganic, adjacent, cross-business-unit, and other growth opportunities
Establish a repeatable, AI-enabled opportunity assessment process integrating market research, competitive intelligence, growth outlook, and business-unit context
Translate evidence into comparable assessments and decision-ready insights
Coordinate handoffs of selected opportunities to Corporate/BU Strategy, Corporate Development, and business-unit partners
Design, lead, and continuously improve the growth-opportunity assessment process
Define opportunity hypotheses, decision questions, scope, evaluation criteria, stakeholders, and required evidence
Assess client needs, business-unit strategies, products, services, capabilities, data, technology assets, partnerships, dependencies, overlaps, and enterprise synergies
Coordinate contributions from research, intelligence, business, marketing, R&D, product, strategy, and corporate development teams
Evaluate market attractiveness, competitive dynamics, right to win, strategic fit, solution implications, value, investment requirements, risks, trade-offs, and dependencies
Apply decision frameworks to recommend whether Vizient should deepen capabilities, enter adjacent spaces, coordinate across business units, develop solutions, partner, acquire, defer, or discontinue activity
Maintain the opportunity pipeline, decision record, and structured handoff of prioritized opportunities for strategy development, business cases, diligence, partnership, or execution

Requirements

What you’ll need

Relevant degree preferred; Master’s Degree preferred
10 or more years relevant experience required
Knowledge of the U.S. healthcare industry and its stakeholders, healthcare economics, evolving client needs, enterprise strategy, and cross-business-unit operating models
Significant experience leading healthcare-related growth strategy, market opportunity assessments, portfolio development, or a related discipline
Experience identifying, framing, evaluating, prioritizing, and advancing organic, adjacent, cross-business-unit, partnership, acquisition, and other enterprise growth opportunities
Strong understanding of opportunity evaluation elements, including client demand, market attractiveness and trajectory, competitive dynamics, right to win, strategic and solution fit, potential value, investment requirements, risk, timing, and execution dependencies
Strong quantitative and financial fluency in market sizing, forecasting, TAM/SAM/SOM, and internal business and commercial data
Ability to translate ambiguous enterprise or business-unit requests into opportunity hypotheses, assessment scopes, decision criteria, workplans, and actionable recommendations
Ability to synthesize market and client research, competitive intelligence, quantitative analyses, and internal performance and commercial data
Ability to lead cross-functional work with Marketing Insights, R&D, Product, business-unit leaders, Corporate/BU Strategy, and Corporate Development
Ability to design and deliver high-priority assessments, build repeatable workflows and decision standards, facilitate executive decisions, and communicate complex analyses clearly
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Benefits

Comp & perks

Extensive opportunities for personal and professional development
Inclusive work environment
Incentive eligibility
Comprehensive benefits plan