01 · Academic medical center
Enterprise strategy execution at an academic medical center
Situation
MD Anderson Cancer Center needed its institutional strategic plan to turn into funded, governed, trackable work across a large organization.
What we did
- Strategy: Built the enterprise strategy execution framework: strategies, operational priorities, cornerstones, and enterprise risk management. Served as Operational Priorities Director for the Operational Priorities Program, whose executive sponsor was former FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn.
- Execution: Designed the funding, governance, and implementation framework for a $17M portfolio. Built implementation infrastructure for the strategic plan: a web-based project management tool and executive milestone reporting. Coached 6–7 program managers in a matrixed structure.
- Data: Executive milestone reporting across every project in the plan.
Result
65 projects and 500+ team members working on one system, with executive milestone reporting. Delivery included politically charged projects such as closing a research site and improving access across 20+ outpatient clinics.