White Rock Medical Center
Associate, Hospital Strategy & Operations
White Rock Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States, 75201
Strategy And Operations Associate
White Rock Medical Center, a 218-bed acute care hospital in East Dallas, is undergoing one of the most ambitious hospital transformations in the region. With new leadership at the helm, we're not just fixing what's brokenwe're rearchitecting how a hospital should run: operationally sound, financially disciplined, and deeply committed to the communities we serve. We are seeking a Strategy And Operations Associate to join our executive team. This role is not a stepping stoneit's a launchpad for future healthcare executives. If you're coming from private equity, investment banking, or top-tier consulting and looking for real operational ownership with a clear path to the C-suite, this is it. This is a high-intensity, high-reward role. You will operate directly under the Chief of Staff, with visibility across every department and challenge in the hospital. You'll take ownership of some of our highest-priority strategic and operational initiativesnot just building the roadmap, but executing it. This is a role for someone who wants to move from strategy slides to operational action. You'll work in the trenches with clinicians, department heads, and business leaders to rebuild hospital functions from the ground upand you'll be held accountable for real outcomes. The work is relentless, high-impact, and career-defining. In return, you'll gain the kind of end-to-end P&L, operational, and leadership experience that accelerates your path to becoming a COO, CSO, or CEO of a hospital or health system. What You'll Do Own Strategic Execution: Drive and implement initiatives across service line expansions, hospital acquisitions, joint ventures, and cost turnaround programs. You'll lead the processfrom ideation and modeling to implementation and performance tracking. Operate as an Internal COO: Sit at the table with leadership and take on operational challenges that span revenue cycle, inpatient throughput, ER capacity, surgical services, and outpatient growth. You're not just recommendingyou're running the play. Build Financial Intelligence: Develop detailed financial models, operational KPIs, service line P&Ls, and executive dashboards. Use this data to surface insights, influence decisions, and hold teams accountable. Drive Cross-Functional Impact: Partner with clinical, administrative, and support functions to improve outcomes and efficiency. From OR scheduling workflows to payer contract negotiationsyou'll be embedded in the heart of operations. Report to the C-Suite: Present findings, progress, and recommendations to executive leadership and the board. Your voice will carry weightand your performance will drive real organizational change. Who You Are 23 years of experience at a top-tier private equity firm, investment bank, or management consulting firm (healthcare or operations experience a plus but not required) Highly analytical and financially fluentyou can build robust models, but more importantly, you can use them to drive decisions Operate with a founder's mentality: You see inefficiencies and act on them, you take ownership when things go wrong, and you don't stop until it's fixed Insatiably curiousyou want to understand how a hospital works top-to-bottom, and you're excited to get deep into the operations, finance, and clinical workflows Ready to grindthis role will demand long hours, intellectual rigor, and emotional maturity. You must thrive in high-stakes, high-pressure environments Hungry for leadershipyou aspire to be a hospital executive and want a role that builds toward that every day Why White Rock Medical Center Executive Exposure & Mentorship: You'll work side-by-side with the CEO, CFO, and Chief of Staffnot in a rotational program, but as a core part of the decision-making team. Accelerated Leadership Path: We are building a pipeline of future healthcare operators. If you deliver results, we will invest in you. Our goal is to promote top performers into Director, VP, and C-suite roles. Unmatched Scope of Work: Unlike roles in consulting or finance where you see one slice of a business, here you will manage across functions. Strategy, operations, finance, technology, clinical workflowsyou'll learn it all. Impact at Scale: Your work will directly affect the care delivered to thousands of patients annually. Few roles at your level offer this kind of responsibilityand this kind of purpose. Location & Compensation Location: On-site in Dallas, TX (East Dallas) Compensation: Competitive base salary + performance-based bonus tied to project impact and hospital growth milestones Career Progression: Fast-tracked growth for candidates who demonstrate initiative, discipline, and results
White Rock Medical Center, a 218-bed acute care hospital in East Dallas, is undergoing one of the most ambitious hospital transformations in the region. With new leadership at the helm, we're not just fixing what's brokenwe're rearchitecting how a hospital should run: operationally sound, financially disciplined, and deeply committed to the communities we serve. We are seeking a Strategy And Operations Associate to join our executive team. This role is not a stepping stoneit's a launchpad for future healthcare executives. If you're coming from private equity, investment banking, or top-tier consulting and looking for real operational ownership with a clear path to the C-suite, this is it. This is a high-intensity, high-reward role. You will operate directly under the Chief of Staff, with visibility across every department and challenge in the hospital. You'll take ownership of some of our highest-priority strategic and operational initiativesnot just building the roadmap, but executing it. This is a role for someone who wants to move from strategy slides to operational action. You'll work in the trenches with clinicians, department heads, and business leaders to rebuild hospital functions from the ground upand you'll be held accountable for real outcomes. The work is relentless, high-impact, and career-defining. In return, you'll gain the kind of end-to-end P&L, operational, and leadership experience that accelerates your path to becoming a COO, CSO, or CEO of a hospital or health system. What You'll Do Own Strategic Execution: Drive and implement initiatives across service line expansions, hospital acquisitions, joint ventures, and cost turnaround programs. You'll lead the processfrom ideation and modeling to implementation and performance tracking. Operate as an Internal COO: Sit at the table with leadership and take on operational challenges that span revenue cycle, inpatient throughput, ER capacity, surgical services, and outpatient growth. You're not just recommendingyou're running the play. Build Financial Intelligence: Develop detailed financial models, operational KPIs, service line P&Ls, and executive dashboards. Use this data to surface insights, influence decisions, and hold teams accountable. Drive Cross-Functional Impact: Partner with clinical, administrative, and support functions to improve outcomes and efficiency. From OR scheduling workflows to payer contract negotiationsyou'll be embedded in the heart of operations. Report to the C-Suite: Present findings, progress, and recommendations to executive leadership and the board. Your voice will carry weightand your performance will drive real organizational change. Who You Are 23 years of experience at a top-tier private equity firm, investment bank, or management consulting firm (healthcare or operations experience a plus but not required) Highly analytical and financially fluentyou can build robust models, but more importantly, you can use them to drive decisions Operate with a founder's mentality: You see inefficiencies and act on them, you take ownership when things go wrong, and you don't stop until it's fixed Insatiably curiousyou want to understand how a hospital works top-to-bottom, and you're excited to get deep into the operations, finance, and clinical workflows Ready to grindthis role will demand long hours, intellectual rigor, and emotional maturity. You must thrive in high-stakes, high-pressure environments Hungry for leadershipyou aspire to be a hospital executive and want a role that builds toward that every day Why White Rock Medical Center Executive Exposure & Mentorship: You'll work side-by-side with the CEO, CFO, and Chief of Staffnot in a rotational program, but as a core part of the decision-making team. Accelerated Leadership Path: We are building a pipeline of future healthcare operators. If you deliver results, we will invest in you. Our goal is to promote top performers into Director, VP, and C-suite roles. Unmatched Scope of Work: Unlike roles in consulting or finance where you see one slice of a business, here you will manage across functions. Strategy, operations, finance, technology, clinical workflowsyou'll learn it all. Impact at Scale: Your work will directly affect the care delivered to thousands of patients annually. Few roles at your level offer this kind of responsibilityand this kind of purpose. Location & Compensation Location: On-site in Dallas, TX (East Dallas) Compensation: Competitive base salary + performance-based bonus tied to project impact and hospital growth milestones Career Progression: Fast-tracked growth for candidates who demonstrate initiative, discipline, and results