Senior Healthcare Strategy & Operations Advisor (UAE National)

About the role

A leading healthcare organization in Dubai is looking for an experienced Senior Healthcare Strategy & Operations Advisor to support its executive leadership. The role suits someone who has worked in a large hospital group, healthcare network, healthcare authority, academic medical center, integrated healthcare system or healthcare consulting environment. It is advertised as a full-time position.

Key responsibilities

• Evaluate healthcare market developments, patient demand and emerging service opportunities to identify growth and service enhancement areas.
• Assess proposals for new services, healthcare programs, expansion initiatives and strategic collaborations.
• Analyze operational and clinical performance information to spot trends, risks, capacity constraints and improvement opportunities.
• Translate complex healthcare data into clear insights, recommendations and executive-level reports.
• Review KPIs, benchmarks and performance indicators to support strategic and operational decisions.
• Identify ways to improve workflows, productivity, resource utilization and service delivery, and support transformation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Analyze patient access, patient flow, capacity and service utilization to find barriers and improvement opportunities.
• Develop business cases, strategic presentations, executive briefings and performance reports for senior leadership.
• Provide evidence-based recommendations on operational challenges, growth opportunities and emerging trends.
• Support senior governance meetings and strategic committees through analysis, recommendations and follow-up.
• Work with clinical, finance, digital health, corporate and operational stakeholders, and explore business intelligence, advanced analytics and emerging technologies to strengthen forecasting, planning and performance management.

Required profile

• 15+ years of progressive experience in healthcare strategy, healthcare operations, business development, performance improvement, operational excellence, healthcare analytics or healthcare consulting.
• Strong background in a large healthcare organization, hospital network, integrated system, healthcare authority, academic medical center or consulting environment.
• Proven experience supporting or advising C-suite, executive or senior healthcare leadership.
• Experience working with healthcare KPIs, performance data, benchmarking and analytical insights.