Associate, Strategy & Development

Job DetailsJob Location: Corporate Headquarters - Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: Graduate Degree PreferredTravel Percentage: 25%Job Shift: DayJob Category: StrategyWHY CHOOSE ECRI? ECRI is an inspiring place to work. We share a common mission to help healthcare organizations make smart, compassionate, and ethical decisions for patients. Consider these additional benefits of joining the ECRI team: Industry leadership: We have a long history and proven reputation in patient safety and medical technology research. On-the-job-learning: You will have the opportunity to work with specialists across medical science, patient care, healthcare management, and technology. Comprehensive healthcare benefits: We offer medical, dental, vision, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, and disability coverage. Retirement Savings: Our employees can participate in an employer-matching 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan. Additional benefits: ECRI offers additional benefits to our employees, including paid time off and holiday pay, paid leave for parents, tuition assistance, employee assistance program, access to LinkedIn Learning, and other voluntary benefit programs (e.g. accident insurance, identify theft insurance, flexible spending accounts). Volunteer Program: ECRI Cares, our employee volunteer program, provides a framework for us to work together and make a difference in the lives of others. All employees are provided 16 hours annually of paid time to volunteer at preapproved ECRI Cares charities during normal business hours. ABOUT ECRI At ECRI, our passion for safe, effective, and efficient care is ingrained into the fabric of who we are and why we are here. For more than 50 years, the people of ECRI have been unyielding in their work to protect patients from unsafe and ineffective medical technologies and practices. Now, with the acquisition of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), we have created one of the largest healthcare quality and safety entities in the world. As a non-profit, independent organization, we utilize an unbiased, evidence-based approach to develop guidance, and maintain our principles of integrity and transparent work. Our ethical standards have led us to adopt the industry's strictest conflict-of-interest policies, and they are why tens of thousands of healthcare leaders worldwide rely on ECRI to guide their clinical, operational, and strategic decisions across all sites of care. The Most Trusted Voice in Healthcare ECRI is proud to serve the healthcare industry, from providers and insurers to government agencies, and medical associations. Our areas of focus include: Patient Safety: empowering leaders to eliminate patient harm through the dissemination of best practices, guidance, benchmarking, and recommendations. Evidence-Based Medicine: providing clinical evidence to inform and support decisions on the effectiveness of medical technologies, procedures, genetic tests, and clinical practice guidelines. Technology Decision Support: arming hospital systems with unbiased insights, so they can optimize their supply chain. ECRI is the only organization worldwide to conduct independent medical device evaluations, with labs located in North America and Asia Pacific. ECRI is designated an Evidence-based Practice Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and a federally certified Patient Safety Organization by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. At ECRI, our passion for the truth drives us to go further and dig deeper in our pursuit to advance effective, evidence-based healthcare globally. The success of our organization relies on the kind of creative thinking that can only result from a diverse team of individuals. ECRI is proud to be an employer of choice with an inclusive environment for all employees. As part of this goal and in compliance with various laws and regulations, ECRI provides reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees. It's what makes ECRI unique, and why we are the most trusted voice in healthcare. POSITION SUMMARY The Associate, Corporate Strategy & Development is a key contributor to ECRI’s strategic agenda, working in close partnership with the Executive Director of Transformation and Innovation to advance ECRI’s mission to reduce preventable harm and promote safe and effective care for all. The TI team focuses on identifying prospective client needs in new spaces and markets where ECRI can develop and provide solutions, and this role is central to driving that work forward — independently leading rigorous analysis, owning discrete workstreams end-to-end, and translating findings into actionable recommendations that shape organizational direction. This role owns a wide range of strategic activities — including long-range planning, market and competitive intelligence, business development, corporate development, and cross-organizational initiative execution — and is expected to build and apply deep expertise in ECRI’s business segments, target markets, and unique competencies. This is a high-visibility role with direct exposure to senior leadership, designed for a quantitatively rigorous, self-directed professional who produces independently, structures complex problems with analytical precision, and translates financial and market intelligence into clear, executive-ready insights that drive organizational decisions. The right candidate gets their work in front of people early, uses what they learn to move faster, and brings clarity to what needs to be done without being told to. They own their work from start to finish — tracking their own progress, and flagging problems the same day they surface along with a suggested way forward. They build relationships across the organization, bring in the right voices early, and see collaboration as a way to produce better work, not just check a box. They know when a decision needs to go up the chain and when to make a reasonable call and keep moving. The person who succeeds here doesn't wait for things to settle — they drive toward outcomes and keep the team informed along the way. Performance will be measured by how quickly you produce results, the quality of what you deliver, and how well you manage yourself in a fast-moving environment.   ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Reasonable Accommodation Statement: To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Essential Functions: • Strategic Initiative Rollout Partner actively with team members and cross-functional colleagues across ECRI's business lines — including consulting, product development, marketing, government affairs, and the enterprise PMO — to support the execution of new initiatives from concept through delivery. Collaborate with process owners, project leads, and stakeholders to ensure initiative workstreams are clearly scoped, milestones are tracked, and deliverables are met on time and to standard. Responsible for growing measurable outcomes; contribute to the definition, tracking, and reporting of KPIs for active initiatives and strategic priorities. Connect current initiatives to broader organizational strategy, always considering market trends, prospective client needs, and ECRI's mission to advance evidence-based, safe healthcare. Support the advancement of new business opportunities by conducting targeted research and analysis to help move prospective clients from awareness to assurance through ECRI’s consultative services. Contribute to healthcare providers, payers, policymakers, and other stakeholders — development of drafts and support leadership review and refinement. Manage the preparation of responses to RFPs, thought leadership materials, and strategic briefings with relevant market and competitive context.   • Strategic Planning Develop and maintain ECRI’s multi-year strategic roadmap — owning milestone tracking, dependency mapping, and progress reporting against organizational priorities. Contribute to the preparation of strategic planning materials for executive leadership and board-level audiences — researching, structuring, and producing presentations, briefings, and supporting analyses under the direction of senior team members. Advanced level of development of focused strategy roadmaps (e.g., international expansion, infection prevention and control, health equity) — synthesizing research, stakeholder inputs, and market context to support coherent strategic narratives for leadership consideration. Monitor macro-level trends across the U.S. and global healthcare landscape — including regulatory, technological, reimbursement, and workforce trends — to inform planning processes. Support key components of annual strategic planning cycles — facilitating data gathering, coordinating stakeholder inputs, and synthesizing findings into actionable outputs for executive decision-making.   • Market & Competitive Intelligence Independently conduct ongoing market research and analysis across ECRI’s key segments — including health systems, ambulatory care, care at home, payers, government agencies, and life sciences — developing findings and actionable conclusions without requiring direction on scope or methodology. Develop and maintain competitive intelligence profiles for peer and competitor organizations, tracking service offerings, positioning, partnerships, financial performance, and strategic shifts. Curate and synthesize data from analyst reports (e.g., KLAS, Gartner, Forrester, CB Insights), earnings calls, trade publications, and primary sources to build an accurate, current picture of the healthcare safety and technology market. Track emerging technologies relevant to ECRI's mission areas — including AI/ML in clinical decision support, health IT safety, patient safety platforms, and medical device innovation — and assess their implications for ECRI's positioning and service portfolio. Produce regular market intelligence briefings, sector coverage updates, and performance dashboards for leadership and internal teams — delivering the depth and rigor of analyst-grade research that directly supports strategy, business development, and corporate development decisions.   • Corporate Development – Partnerships & Acquisitions Support and execute due diligence activities, including transaction screening, organizational research, market positioning analysis, financial profiling, and capability mapping of potential targets — synthesizing findings into structured deal memoranda and analytical outputs that enable timely, data-driven leadership decisions. Build analytical frameworks and financial models to assess the strategic fit, market opportunity, comparable organizational benchmarks, and risk profile of business development opportunities — applying rigorous quantitative analysis to support investment-grade decision-making. Develop compelling business cases and transaction rationale documents that support executive decision-making on new opportunities — synthesizing market analysis, financial framing, and strategic narrative into executive-ready materials (including pitchbooks and deal briefs) in coordination with senior leadership, with clear linkage to ECRI’s strategic priorities. Coordinate with internal stakeholders — including Consulting, Legal, Finance, and Product teams — to gather inputs and build out recommendation materials. Maintain a pipeline of business development prospects and track progress across active opportunities using CRM and project management tools. Additional Responsibilities: • Other duties, as assigned. Accountability Metrics: • Timely delivery of assigned project workstreams and analytical outputs.   • Quality and accuracy of market intelligence, competitive analyses, and strategic briefings.   • Contribution to measurable progress against team KPIs and initiative milestones.   • Development and enhancement of collaborative relationships across ECRI business units. QualificationsPOSITION QUALIFICATIONS Experience: • 3–6 years of professional experience in investment banking, management consulting, corporate strategy, corporate development, transaction advisory, strategic planning, or a related analytical field. Prior experience in a coverage or deal execution role with exposure to financial analysis, due diligence, or M&A support is strongly preferred.   • Demonstrated experience independently leading cross-functional strategic initiatives, organizational transformation efforts, operational improvement projects, or growth-focused business initiatives — with accountability for outputs, not just execution support.   • Experience developing executive-level presentations, facilitating stakeholder discussions, and communicating complex concepts to diverse audiences.   • Strong quantitative and critical thinking skills, including proficiency in financial modeling and data analysis; ability to synthesize large volumes of market, financial, and organizational information into clear insights and actionable recommendations.   • Sound financial and business acumen with the ability to construct, structure, and communicate compelling business cases, transaction rationales, and investment theses to senior decision-makers.   • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare executive-level presentations and written deliverables for a wide range of audiences.   • Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously with attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy. Education: • Bachelor's Degree required; degree in business, public health, health administration, economics, life sciences, or a related field preferred.   • Master's degree (MBA, MHA, MPH, or equivalent) is a plus. Computer Skills: • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office 365, with particular strength in PowerPoint (executive presentations and pitchbook-style materials) and Excel (financial modeling, scenario analysis, and data-driven analysis).   • Experience with Smartsheet or similar project management and work tracking platforms preferred.   • Familiarity with CRM platforms, particularly HubSpot, preferred.   • Experience with business intelligence and data visualization tools (e.g., Microsoft Power BI, Tableau) preferred.   • Experience with market research platforms (e.g., Definitive Healthcare, PitchBook, KLAS, CB Insights) is a strong plus. Certifications and Licenses: • No specific certification required.   • Coursework or certification in strategy, healthcare management, data analytics, or project management is a plus. POSITION COMPENSATION The salary range for new employees in this position is $92,903.00 - $113,806.00 based on background, experience, and skills. In addition, new employees in this position are eligible for all of our benefit offerings, including, but not limited to, health and welfare benefits, 403(B) retirement savings, and paid time off (PTO). PHYSICAL DEMANDS This position operates in a remote environment and requires the individual to remain in a stationary position, whether sitting or standing, before a desk or other fixed workspace, most of their workday. In addition, this position requires the individual to occasionally move about their workspace to access and inspect work-related materials, such as file cabinets with physical files and standard office equipment. This position requires the ability to operate standard office equipment, including, but not limited to, a laptop, keyboard, mouse, webcam, and phone, as well as effectively communicate information and ideas to a wide variety of audiences in written and oral form. ADA STATEMENT ECRI is committed to equal employment opportunities and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). ECRI values diversity and inclusivity, and we strive to provide a work environment that accommodates employees with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please inform us so that we can provide the necessary support. ECRI believes that everyone should have an equal opportunity to contribute their skills and talents, and we are dedicated to making our workplace accessible and inclusive for all. EEO STATEMENT ECRI is committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status. We value diversity and believe that a diverse workforce enhances our ability to succeed. ECRI complies with applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and prohibits any form of discrimination or harassment based on these protected characteristics. #LI-Remote