🚀 Director of Strategic Initiatives

CDL Nuclear Technologies

📍 Remote | ✈ Travel: 25% to 50%

🌟 Lead the Future of Healthcare Growth and Innovation

CDL Nuclear Technologies is seeking a highly strategic, analytically driven, and commercially minded Director of Strategic Initiatives to help shape and execute some of the most important growth opportunities across our organization.

This is not a traditional operations leadership role.

We are looking for an individual who thrives at the intersection of business development, finance, strategy, compliance, and healthcare innovation. You will serve as a direct extension of executive leadership, partnering closely with our Chief Business Development Officer to evaluate, launch, and scale new ventures that drive CDL's future growth.

From theranostics and specialty PET imaging to AI-enabled cardiac imaging and emerging healthcare partnerships, this role offers an opportunity to influence critical strategic decisions while helping bring new services and technologies to market.

If you enjoy solving complex business challenges, building financial models, navigating healthcare regulations, evaluating market opportunities, and working directly with executive leadership, this may be the ideal opportunity for you.

🎯 What You'll Do

📈 Strategic Growth & Business Development

• Evaluate and develop business cases for new growth initiatives, partnerships, and service lines
• Conduct market assessments, financial modeling, competitive analysis, and opportunity sizing
• Support acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and expansion opportunities
• Prepare executive recommendations and presentations for senior leadership and Board-level review
• Help move new initiatives from concept through implementation

💰 Financial & Commercial Analysis

• Build and maintain financial models supporting new business opportunities
• Analyze ROI, revenue projections, capital investments, and operating economics
• Evaluate vendor proposals, equipment purchases, and partnership structures
• Support budgeting and forecasting efforts for strategic initiatives

⚖ Regulatory & Compliance Leadership

• Partner with legal and compliance teams to evaluate new business models and market opportunities
• Assist with regulatory diligence involving Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, licensing, and healthcare partnership structures
• Help ensure new ventures are designed and implemented within appropriate compliance frameworks
• Navigate evolving reimbursement, billing, coding, and healthcare regulatory requirements

🤝 Cross-Functional Leadership

• Collaborate with sales, marketing, finance, revenue cycle, compliance, operations, legal, and business development teams
• Coordinate execution across multiple stakeholders and workstreams
• Translate executive strategy into actionable implementation plans
• Ensure alignment between commercial objectives, financial expectations, and operational capabilities

🏥 Healthcare Innovation & Market Expansion

Current strategic initiatives may include:

• Urology PET/CT programs
• Neurology PET/CT programs
• Theranostics expansion
• CCTA + AI initiatives
• Imaging service line development
• Strategic vendor partnerships
• Emerging healthcare technologies and service offerings

• What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years of experience in:

• Healthcare strategy
• Business development
• Consulting
• Corporate development
• Healthcare operations leadership
• Program implementation
• Strategic project management

• Demonstrated success leading complex initiatives involving multiple stakeholder groups
• Strong financial, analytical, and business case development experience
• Experience evaluating opportunities from concept through implementation and delivery
• Working knowledge of healthcare regulatory considerations, including:

• Stark Law
• Anti-Kickback Statute
• Healthcare compliance frameworks

• Outstanding executive communication and presentation skills
• Comfortable operating in an environment with ambiguity, rapid change, and competing priorities

* Preferred Qualifications

• Diagnostic imaging experience
• Nuclear medicine experience
• Radiopharmaceutical experience
• Healthcare consulting background (Accenture, Deloitte, Huron, Guidehouse, etc.)
• Revenue cycle, billing, or coding experience
• Experience launching a new healthcare service line or business unit
• Vendor management and contract negotiation experience
• Health system, ambulatory care, or physician practice experience
• MBA, MHA, MPH, or similar advanced degree

🧠 Who Will Thrive in This Role?

This opportunity is ideal for someone who enjoys:
• Building business cases and financial models
• Evaluating new revenue opportunities
• Influencing executive decision-making
• Navigating complex healthcare regulations
• Managing strategic initiatives across multiple departments
• Working directly with senior leadership
• Solving high-impact business problems

💙 Why Join CDL?

Comprehensive Benefits Package

🏥 Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

💰 401(k) with Company Match

📈 Career Growth & Leadership Development Opportunities

🏖 Paid Time Off & Holidays

💻 Remote Work Environment

👨⚕ Employee Assistance Program

💲 Flexible Spending & Health Savings Accounts

🛡 Company-Paid Life and Disability Insurance

📚 Continuing Education & Professional Development Support

✈ Opportunity to Work on Industry-Defining Initiatives in Healthcare Innovation