Are you looking for an opportunity to advance your career while working with an extraordinary team? At Merakey, we put heart and soul into everything we do. We are seeking an Executive Director of Enterprise Strategy & Strategic Planning to join our leadership team.
Position Details
The Executive Director, Enterprise Strategy & Strategic Planning translates Merakey USA’s enterprise strategy into a disciplined, measurable system of strategic planning and execution. Reporting to the Chief Strategy Officer, the role leads multi-year enterprise planning, annual strategic initiative alignment, Regional Affiliate strategy integration, performance measurement, and strategic foresight. The Vice President works across executive leadership and enterprise functions to convert strategy into actionable roadmaps, funded initiatives, measurable outcomes, governance, and executive/board reporting.
Key Responsibilities
- Enterprise Strategic Planning.
- Annual Strategic Initiative Alignment & Execution.
- Regional Affiliate Strategy Alignment.
- Market Strategy and Strategic Foresight.
- Executive and Cross-Functional Leadership.
Benefits
Merakey offers generous benefits that promote well-being, financial security, and work-life balance, including:
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus access to healthcare advocacy support.
- Retirement plan -- both pre-tax and Roth (after-tax) options available for employee contributions.
- DailyPay -- access your pay when you need it!
- On the Goga well-being platform, featuring self-care tools and resources.
- Access Care.com for backup childcare, elder care, and household services.
- Confidential counseling, legal, and financial services through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Tuition reimbursement and educational partnerships.
- Employee discounts and savings programs on entertainment, travel, and lifestyle.
- Access to Pryor Online Learning for free online personal development classes.
Learn more about our full benefits package - https://www.merakey.org/careers/benefits
About Merakey
Merakey is a non-profit provider of developmental, behavioral health, and education services. More than 8,000 employees provide support to nearly 40,000 individuals and families throughout 12 states across the country each year. Click here to watch a video about Merakey. Merakey strictly follows a zero-tolerance policy for abuse.
Merakey is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer! We deeply value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ethnic background, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or disability status. Moreover, we are committed to creating teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. Merakey welcomes all Veterans to apply!
Preferred QualificationsThe ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:
- Master's degree required.
- Preferred fields of study include Healthcare Administration, Business, Public Health, or a related clinical discipline.
- Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide strategic initiatives in complex, multi-state, multi-county, or multi-entity organizations.
- Strong understanding of behavioral health and human services delivery systems, including payer, regulatory, and community-based care dynamics.
- Proven ability to analyze data, develop business cases, lead complex projects, translate insights into actionable strategies, and influence leaders across matrixed organizations.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and executive presentation skills.
Skills Required
- Master's degree
- Master's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business, Public Health, or a related clinical discipline
- Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide strategic initiatives in complex, multi-state, multi-county, or multi-entity organizations
- Strong understanding of behavioral health and human services delivery systems, including payer, regulatory, and community-based care dynamics
- Ability to analyze data, develop business cases, lead complex projects, translate insights into actionable strategies, and influence leaders across matrixed organizations
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and executive presentation skills
Merakey Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Merakey and has not been reviewed or approved by Merakey.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is positioned as robust, with multiple medical plan options, telemedicine, care navigation support, and certain specialty medications available at no cost through an affiliated pharmacy.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off policies are structured with separate vacation, sick, and personal time allocations plus paid holidays, and vacation increases with tenure.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and practical supports include an employee assistance program, tuition support, caregiving resources, discounts, and early wage access that can improve day-to-day financial flexibility.
Merakey Insights
What We Do
Merakey is a leading developmental, behavioral health and education non-profit provider offering a breadth of integrated services to individuals and communities across the country. We leverage our size and expertise to develop innovative solutions and new models of care to meet the needs of individuals, their families, public and private healthcare funders and community partner organizations. We recognize that complex needs require a holistic approach. With our experience, expertise and compassion, we empower everyone within our communities to reach their fullest potential.
