Head of Enterprise Strategy

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As Head of Enterprise Strategy , you will lead Varian’s enterprise strategic planning, portfolio prioritization, and long-range business direction. This role partners closely with executive leadership and global business leaders to align growth strategy, investment decisions, and operational priorities. You will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, translating market, clinical, technology, and competitive insights into clear strategic recommendations and execution plans.

The ideal candidate brings deep enterprise strategy experience combined with direct exposure to healthcare, oncology, cancer care delivery, or clinical transformation. Experience in healthcare consulting, provider strategy, oncology program leadership, clinical operations, or healthcare technology strategy is highly valued.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the annual and multi-year strategic planning process, shaping Varian’s long-term growth priorities and enterprise roadmap.
• Drive portfolio prioritization, investment governance, and resource allocation to improve enterprise performance and value creation.
• Develop strategic recommendations, business cases, and executive presentations for the ELT, CEO, and Management Board.
• Analyze market trends, competitive dynamics, healthcare policy, clinical innovation, and emerging technologies to inform strategic priorities.
• Partner across business lines to ensure near‑term initiatives align with long‑term enterprise objectives.
• Define and maintain enterprise dashboards, scorecards, and KPIs to track strategic progress and business outcomes.
• Lead strategy governance forums and manage the enterprise operating rhythm.
• Engage Key Opinion Leaders, healthcare systems, clinicians, and industry experts to bring external insight into strategic decision‐making.
• Connect commercial, operational, clinical, and product teams to ensure strategies reflect customer needs, clinical workflows, and patient impact.
• Lead enterprise transformation initiatives that improve organizational effectiveness, reduce redundancy, and accelerate execution.

Your Expertise

• Strategic leadership experience in enterprise planning, portfolio governance, corporate strategy, or business transformation within MedTech, oncology, healthcare technology, healthcare services, or related industries.
• Ability to translate complex market, clinical, operational, and financial information into practical business strategies.
• Strong understanding of oncology ecosystems, cancer care delivery, clinical workflows, radiation oncology, and healthcare innovation trends.
• Strong analytical skills in market intelligence, competitive analysis, financial modeling, forecasting, investment prioritization, and KPI development.
• Experience influencing senior executives and preparing strategic materials for CEO, Board, and executive‑level audiences.
• Exceptional executive communication, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience leading enterprise governance, operating rhythms, strategic planning cycles, and portfolio prioritization processes.
• Proven ability to drive alignment across matrixed global organizations and lead transformation initiatives.
• Experience as a cancer care consultant, oncology program leader, healthcare strategist, or clinical operations leader focused on care delivery, operational performance, or patient outcomes.
• Understanding of provider environments, including cancer centers, integrated health systems, academic medical centers, and oncology networks.
• Ability to connect frontline clinical realities with enterprise strategy through direct collaboration with physicians, radiation oncologists, nursing leaders, administrators, and healthcare executives.
• Experience working in or supporting clinical care environments such as cancer treatment centers, radiation oncology departments, infusion centers