Boston Metro Area (Required)
Ideal backgrounds: Investment Banking, Private Equity, Management Consulting, Corporate Strategy, or Strategic Finance
Base Salary: $130,000 - $150,000 + Annual Bonus Opportunity
Compensation will be determined based on experience, education, specialized skills, and overall qualifications.
Travel: Approximately 25%
Shields Health Solutions is seeking a Strategic Operations Manager to partner closely with our Executive Leadership Team on high-impact growth, operational excellence, and strategic initiatives. This role offers exceptional exposure to senior leadership and serves as a proven pathway into broader leadership opportunities across the organization.
You'll work on the company's most critical business priorities—leading cross-functional projects, evaluating growth opportunities, building financial analyses, and helping drive strategic decision-making across a rapidly growing healthcare organization.
What You'll Do- Partner directly with executive leadership to execute key strategic initiatives and business priorities.
- Lead cross-functional projects from concept through implementation.
- Develop financial models, business cases, and analyses to support growth opportunities and partnerships.
- Work with regional operations teams to identify and execute revenue growth and performance improvement initiatives.
- Support executive decision-making through data-driven insights and recommendations.
- Assist with board presentations, executive communications, and strategic planning efforts.
- Evaluate new business opportunities, market trends, and operational improvement initiatives.
- Bachelor's degree required.
- 3+ years of experience in Investment Banking, Private Equity, Management Consulting, Corporate Strategy, Strategic Finance, or a similar analytical environment.
- Strong financial modeling, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint proficiency.
- Experience building executive-level presentations and communicating findings to senior stakeholders.
- Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
- Exceptional communication, collaboration, and project management skills.
- Direct access to Executive Leadership.
- Exposure to corporate strategy, operations, business development, and innovation.
- Opportunity to make a measurable impact on a high-growth healthcare company.
- Clear path toward leadership and growth-focused roles across the organization.
- Dynamic, collaborative, and results-driven culture.
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Solid computer skills are required, including proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) for communication, documentation, and data management, as well as, navigating the internet and web-based platforms. Data entry and computer skills will be evaluated through an assessment as part of the pre-employment process.
Shields Health Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Skills Required
- Located in Boston Metro Area
- Bachelor's degree
- 3+ years experience in Investment Banking, Private Equity, Management Consulting, Corporate Strategy, Strategic Finance, or similar analytical environment
- Strong financial modeling, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Advanced Excel proficiency
- Advanced PowerPoint proficiency
- Experience building executive-level presentations and communicating findings to senior stakeholders
- Exceptional communication, collaboration, and project management skills
- Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and web-based platforms
- Data entry and computer skills subject to pre-employment assessment
- Willingness to travel approximately 25%
Shields Health Solutions Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Shields Health Solutions and has not been reviewed or approved by Shields Health Solutions.
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Affordable Benefits — Employer-paid health insurance options and day-one eligibility materially increase total compensation beyond base pay. Company-covered premiums and comprehensive medical/dental/vision coverage are described as strong parts of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO with additional holidays and floating days forms a core part of the package. Paid parental leave further broadens time-off support.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Annual pay raises and eligibility for performance bonuses in certain roles enhance earnings over time. Together they support competitive cash compensation in many tech- and liaison-type positions.
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