Job Description
The Planning Analyst plays an integral role in assisting the Planning and System Development team in analyzing and quantifying strategic initiatives. The analyst will collaborate closely with the other AHS staff by providing objective data, analysis, and concrete and actionable business planning materials that enable leadership to surface issues, develop opportunities, make informed decisions, and achieve strategic goals. The analyst supports organizational and clinical service line performance and corporate strategy through the development of environmental assessments and accompanying strategic analyses. Monitors healthcare trends and proactively identifies and proposes strategy refinements as a result of market conditions. This position provides support for corporate initiatives including volume and capacity projections and assessments of other providers.
Responsibilities & Qualifications:
Participates in assessments of market position, developments, trends, demographics, strategic options in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
Scans the competitive and industry landscape for developments related to AHS’ ability to achieve its strategic goals and provide insights.
Supports growth initiatives, business planning, and market profiling for all development activities, affiliate markets, and emerging markets.
Collects and monitors complex financial, economic, and operational analysis based on national, state, regional and local data.
Supports strategic analytics planning on service lines in close collaboration with the Planning and System Development staff, supports service line leaders as needed and cultivates and maintains relationships with operations and finance staff.
Supports research to identify the scope of supply and demand for a service line, and supports the service line development work plan, identifying information and data needs.
Demonstrates proficient understanding of department's data analysis tools and software; creates targeted reports and creates demand forecasts and proposes strategic recommendations to director based on qualitative and quantitative analyses.
Develops comprehensive market overviews and analyses using inpatient state data sets and organizational data to identify trends, developments, and other key conclusions.
Using claims data files and other sources, creates reports on physician market activity and their connections for service line planning, strategic analyses, and business development.
Using GIS software to creates maps to help visually display data points and key information, including but not limited to dot density maps, heat maps, and healthcare locations.
Ability to communicate complex information clearly, concisely, and accurately in both written and oral form
Ability to work collaboratively with inter-departmental staff, physicians and/or senior leadership at a professional level
Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Master's degree in Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Business Administration or related field or bachelor’s plus equivalent experience.
Three to five years or more of progressive experience in the strategic planning, business development, administration, and operations management preferred
Demonstrates the ability to investigate and apply new technology developments in the field of data modeling.
Experience in business planning, data analysis and modeling.
Utilizes effective project planning techniques to break down basic and occasionally moderately complex projects into tasks and ensure deadlines are kept.
Experience with manipulating and analyzing large data sets including state discharge data, demographic data, mapping software, inpatient and outpatient calculators/forecasters, pivot tables, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Knowledge, Education and Skills Preferred
Experience with performing complex analyses for strategic market research preferred.
Experience and/or ability to learn multiple parallel processing/programming and software/programming languages such as SQL, SAS, and interactive data visualization products focused on business intelligence.
At Atlantic Health, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 22,000 team members. Headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:
- Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
- Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
- Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
- Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
- Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
- Atlantic Health Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
- Atlantic Health CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
- Atlantic Medical Group
- Atlantic Visiting Nurse
- Atlantic Mobile Health
- Atlantic Rehabilitation
We have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group.
We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:
- Chosen for 17 years by Fortune as one of the magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For."
- Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook Named by Newsweek as two of the “World’s Best Hospitals” in 2026.
- Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook ranked within the top three hospitals in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 Best Hospital rankings.
- Atlantic Health scored four “A” grades by The Leapfrog Group in its Fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grades, performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and injections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm.
- Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook are New Jersey's only hospitals to be named among America's 50 Best hospitals by Healthgrades in 2026.
- Named by Becker's Healthcare as one of the "165 Top Places to Work in Healthcare – 2026.
- Atlantic Health Morristown, Atlantic Health Overlook, Atlantic Health Chilton and Atlantic Health Newton all Forbes Top Hospitals for 2026.
- Named by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion & Diversity 2025.
- Atlantic Health rated LEVEL 9 - 2025 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired.
Atlantic Health offers a competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports the health, financial security, and well-being of all team members. Offerings vary based on role level (Team Member, Director, Executive). Below is a general summary, with role-specific enhancements highlighted:
Team Member Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members)
- Life & AD&D Insurance.
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement)
- 403(b) Retirement Plan: Employer match, additional non-elective contribution
- PTO & Paid Sick Leave
- Tuition Assistance, Advancement & Academic Advising
- Parental, Adoption, Surrogacy Leave
- Backup and On-Site Childcare
- Well-Being Rewards
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Fertility Benefits, Healthy Pregnancy Program
- Flexible Spending & Commuter Accounts
- Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft and Legal Insurance
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Note: In Compliance with the NJ Pay Transparency Act (effective Sunday, June 1, 2025), all job postings will include the hourly wage or salary (or a range), as well as this summary of benefits. Final compensation and benefit eligibility may vary by role and employment status and will be confirmed at the time of offer.
EEO STATEMENT
Atlantic Health, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran