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Vice President of Corporate Development roles attract scrutiny in PERM labor certification because DOL requires employers to demonstrate no qualified U.S. workers are available at the prevailing wage for a senior executive position. Sponsorship at this level typically routes through EB-2, given the advanced-degree and progressive-experience requirements standard for the role.
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The Knight Cancer Corporate Development & Strategic Growth Leader is responsible for leading Knight Cancer’s growth strategy and capital deployment in partnership with the Executive Leadership Team and the KCG Board. The leader is responsible for the full corporate development lifecycle (identifying, valuing, structuring, negotiating, and closing acquisitions, affiliations, joint ventures, and partnerships), optimizes the performance of existing collaborative relationships (joint operating agreements, ventures, affiliations) expands the regional and broader cancer-care network through physician alignment, new-site and service-line development. Incumbent carries strategies through execution by overseeing integration, tracking performance against business cases, and applying lessons to future investments.
This position operates in partnership with OHSU and consistent with established agreements between OHSU and Knight Cancer Group. The Knight Cancer Group provides management, coordination, oversight and accountability for the Knight Cancer Institute, the cancer program at OHSU.
FUNCTION/DUTIES OF POSITION:
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Knight Cancer Growth & Capital Deployment: Partner with members of the Knight Cancer Executive Leadership Team (ELT) to develop and formulate and execute Knight's long-term enterprise growth strategy. Translate strategic priorities into actionable market, network, investment and development roadmaps. Identify, evaluate and prioritize organic and inorganic growth opportunities. In partnership with ELT, lead development of strategic and financial business cases supporting strategic growth investments. Establish frameworks for evaluating, prioritizing and monitoring Knight's portfolio of strategic investments for ongoing review with ELT and KCG Board of Directors. Support executive and governance decision-making regarding deployment of growth capital and organizational resources.
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Corporate Development, M&A & Strategic Partnerships: Support Knight Cancer’s corporate development activities across acquisitions, affiliations, joint ventures, partnerships and other transaction structures. Direct the transaction lifecycle from opportunity identification and strategic assessment through valuation, diligence, structuring, negotiation, approval and closing. Coordinate internal and external financial, legal, regulatory, operational and clinical resources supporting transactions to ensure successful activation and ongoing operations. Develop and maintain a disciplined pipeline of strategic opportunities aligned with Knight's long-term objectives. Represent Knight Cancer in partnership with ELT in discussions with potential partners, physician organizations, health systems and other strategic counterparties.
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Network Development & Market Expansion Lead: Development of strategies to expand Knight's regional and broader cancer-care network. Identify priority markets, clinical capabilities, physician relationships and partnership opportunities supporting network growth. Develop physician alignment, affiliation and partnership models appropriate to individual markets and strategic objectives. Builds relationships with external referring physicians and practices to grow new patient referrals, communicate Knight Cancer’s clinical capabilities, promote engagement between Knight Cancer providers and external referring providers, and facilitate patient access to care. Integrate ambulatory development, service-line expansion and new-site opportunities into Knight's broader growth strategy. Partner with clinical and operational leadership to ensure growth initiatives support Knight Cancer’s clinical, academic and patient-care objectives.
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Growth Execution, Integration & Performance: Translate approved growth strategies and transactions into detailed implementation and execution plans. Establish clear accountability, milestones, financial objectives and performance measures for major strategic initiatives. Lead or oversee integration planning associated with acquisitions, affiliations and other significant growth initiatives in partnership with relevant Knight Cancer and OHSU teams. Monitor performance against approved business cases and identify actions necessary to realize strategic and financial objectives. Ensure lessons from completed initiatives inform future investment and execution decisions.
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Enterprise Capability & Organization Building Assess: the organizational capabilities required to support Knight Cancer’s evolving strategic growth agenda. Recommend organizational structure, talent, analytical capabilities, governance processes and external resources required to execute the strategy. Build, reorganize and develop internal strategic growth and corporate development capabilities as organizational needs evolve. Establish repeatable processes and decision frameworks for strategy development, investment evaluation, transactions and integration. Develop a high-performing team and external advisory network appropriate to Knight Cancer's growth ambitions.
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Enterprise Leadership: Serve as a senior resource to ELT on major strategic and organizational priorities. Participate in enterprise planning, investment prioritization and other leadership activities extending beyond individual transactions or growth initiatives. Build productive relationships across Knight Cancer Group, OHSU, clinical leadership and external stakeholders necessary to advance strategic priorities.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree required in business administration, healthcare administration, finance or related field.
- Significant progressive leadership experience in corporate development, healthcare strategy, investment banking, health-system growth, network development or related fields.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex strategic initiatives and transactions from concept through execution.
- At least 10 years of experience in healthcare management, business planning, and/or business development.
- Senior healthcare executive with significant experience leading enterprise growth strategy, corporate development, transactions (JOA, PSA), network expansion and strategic partnerships.
- Experience working across clinical, physician, operational, financial and governance stakeholders in complex healthcare environments.
- Expert knowledge of finance and valuation methodologies and practical application required.
- Demonstrates superior skills in working with physician leaders and developing relationships with outside organizations.
- Demonstrated ability to translate strategy into executable initiatives, investment decisions and measurable operating and financial outcomes.
- Strong transaction capabilities, including strategic assessment, valuation, diligence, structuring, negotiation and integration planning.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication capabilities.
- Ability to operate effectively in a developing enterprise, build new capabilities and create structure where processes and organizational models are still evolving.
- Executive presence and judgment appropriate for representing Knight Cancer with senior internal and external stakeholders.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Advanced degree or relevant professional credentials preferred.
- Cancer care, academic medicine, physician enterprise, ambulatory network or other complex healthcare experience strongly preferred.
- Experience developing clinical network with successful activation.
- Rigorous physician recruitment planning, deployment, growth.
Why apply to OHSU?: We are Oregon's only public academic health center. In addition to caring for patients, we lead groundbreaking research. We also train the next generation of health care professionals. As Portland's largest employer, we give you opportunities to learn and advance in a system of hospitals and clinics across Oregon and Southwest Washington. All are welcome. OHSU welcomes people of all ages, ethnicities, genders, national origins, religions and sexual orientations. We are striving to build an anti-racist, multicultural institution and encourage people with diverse backgrounds to apply. To request reasonable accommodation, contact askhr@ohsu.edu
INTRODUCTION
The Knight Cancer Corporate Development & Strategic Growth Leader is responsible for leading Knight Cancer’s growth strategy and capital deployment in partnership with the Executive Leadership Team and the KCG Board. The leader is responsible for the full corporate development lifecycle (identifying, valuing, structuring, negotiating, and closing acquisitions, affiliations, joint ventures, and partnerships), optimizes the performance of existing collaborative relationships (joint operating agreements, ventures, affiliations) expands the regional and broader cancer-care network through physician alignment, new-site and service-line development. Incumbent carries strategies through execution by overseeing integration, tracking performance against business cases, and applying lessons to future investments.
This position operates in partnership with OHSU and consistent with established agreements between OHSU and Knight Cancer Group. The Knight Cancer Group provides management, coordination, oversight and accountability for the Knight Cancer Institute, the cancer program at OHSU.
FUNCTION/DUTIES OF POSITION:
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Knight Cancer Growth & Capital Deployment: Partner with members of the Knight Cancer Executive Leadership Team (ELT) to develop and formulate and execute Knight's long-term enterprise growth strategy. Translate strategic priorities into actionable market, network, investment and development roadmaps. Identify, evaluate and prioritize organic and inorganic growth opportunities. In partnership with ELT, lead development of strategic and financial business cases supporting strategic growth investments. Establish frameworks for evaluating, prioritizing and monitoring Knight's portfolio of strategic investments for ongoing review with ELT and KCG Board of Directors. Support executive and governance decision-making regarding deployment of growth capital and organizational resources.
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Corporate Development, M&A & Strategic Partnerships: Support Knight Cancer’s corporate development activities across acquisitions, affiliations, joint ventures, partnerships and other transaction structures. Direct the transaction lifecycle from opportunity identification and strategic assessment through valuation, diligence, structuring, negotiation, approval and closing. Coordinate internal and external financial, legal, regulatory, operational and clinical resources supporting transactions to ensure successful activation and ongoing operations. Develop and maintain a disciplined pipeline of strategic opportunities aligned with Knight's long-term objectives. Represent Knight Cancer in partnership with ELT in discussions with potential partners, physician organizations, health systems and other strategic counterparties.
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Network Development & Market Expansion Lead: Development of strategies to expand Knight's regional and broader cancer-care network. Identify priority markets, clinical capabilities, physician relationships and partnership opportunities supporting network growth. Develop physician alignment, affiliation and partnership models appropriate to individual markets and strategic objectives. Builds relationships with external referring physicians and practices to grow new patient referrals, communicate Knight Cancer’s clinical capabilities, promote engagement between Knight Cancer providers and external referring providers, and facilitate patient access to care. Integrate ambulatory development, service-line expansion and new-site opportunities into Knight's broader growth strategy. Partner with clinical and operational leadership to ensure growth initiatives support Knight Cancer’s clinical, academic and patient-care objectives.
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Growth Execution, Integration & Performance: Translate approved growth strategies and transactions into detailed implementation and execution plans. Establish clear accountability, milestones, financial objectives and performance measures for major strategic initiatives. Lead or oversee integration planning associated with acquisitions, affiliations and other significant growth initiatives in partnership with relevant Knight Cancer and OHSU teams. Monitor performance against approved business cases and identify actions necessary to realize strategic and financial objectives. Ensure lessons from completed initiatives inform future investment and execution decisions.
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Enterprise Capability & Organization Building Assess: the organizational capabilities required to support Knight Cancer’s evolving strategic growth agenda. Recommend organizational structure, talent, analytical capabilities, governance processes and external resources required to execute the strategy. Build, reorganize and develop internal strategic growth and corporate development capabilities as organizational needs evolve. Establish repeatable processes and decision frameworks for strategy development, investment evaluation, transactions and integration. Develop a high-performing team and external advisory network appropriate to Knight Cancer's growth ambitions.
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Enterprise Leadership: Serve as a senior resource to ELT on major strategic and organizational priorities. Participate in enterprise planning, investment prioritization and other leadership activities extending beyond individual transactions or growth initiatives. Build productive relationships across Knight Cancer Group, OHSU, clinical leadership and external stakeholders necessary to advance strategic priorities.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree required in business administration, healthcare administration, finance or related field.
- Significant progressive leadership experience in corporate development, healthcare strategy, investment banking, health-system growth, network development or related fields.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex strategic initiatives and transactions from concept through execution.
- At least 10 years of experience in healthcare management, business planning, and/or business development.
- Senior healthcare executive with significant experience leading enterprise growth strategy, corporate development, transactions (JOA, PSA), network expansion and strategic partnerships.
- Experience working across clinical, physician, operational, financial and governance stakeholders in complex healthcare environments.
- Expert knowledge of finance and valuation methodologies and practical application required.
- Demonstrates superior skills in working with physician leaders and developing relationships with outside organizations.
- Demonstrated ability to translate strategy into executable initiatives, investment decisions and measurable operating and financial outcomes.
- Strong transaction capabilities, including strategic assessment, valuation, diligence, structuring, negotiation and integration planning.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication capabilities.
- Ability to operate effectively in a developing enterprise, build new capabilities and create structure where processes and organizational models are still evolving.
- Executive presence and judgment appropriate for representing Knight Cancer with senior internal and external stakeholders.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Advanced degree or relevant professional credentials preferred.
- Cancer care, academic medicine, physician enterprise, ambulatory network or other complex healthcare experience strongly preferred.
- Experience developing clinical network with successful activation.
- Rigorous physician recruitment planning, deployment, growth.
Why apply to OHSU?: We are Oregon's only public academic health center. In addition to caring for patients, we lead groundbreaking research. We also train the next generation of health care professionals. As Portland's largest employer, we give you opportunities to learn and advance in a system of hospitals and clinics across Oregon and Southwest Washington. All are welcome. OHSU welcomes people of all ages, ethnicities, genders, national origins, religions and sexual orientations. We are striving to build an anti-racist, multicultural institution and encourage people with diverse backgrounds to apply. To request reasonable accommodation, contact askhr@ohsu.edu
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Vice President of Corporate Development
Document your progressive leadership trajectory
PERM audits for VP-level roles often hinge on whether your experience record shows genuine career progression. Gather performance reviews, promotion letters, and org charts that demonstrate increasing scope of responsibility across M&A, strategic partnerships, or capital markets work.
Verify your prevailing wage category early
Corporate development VP roles can land in DOL wage levels III or IV depending on scope. Use the OFLC Wage Search to check the prevailing wage for your SOC code and metropolitan area before negotiations so your offered salary won't trigger a PERM denial on wage grounds.
Search Migrate Mate for green card sponsoring employers
Many companies willing to sponsor green cards for VP-level corporate development hires don't advertise it in job postings. Migrate Mate lists employers with verified green card sponsorship history by role, so you can target outreach to companies already familiar with the EB-2 PERM process.
Understand how EB-2 and EB-3 apply to your credentials
An MBA plus five or more years of progressive corporate development experience typically qualifies under EB-2. If your degree is in a field less directly tied to the role, your employer's attorney will need to structure the PERM job requirements carefully to match your actual qualifications under USCIS standards.
Ask about priority date strategy during offer negotiations
Nationals from India or China can face multi-year backlogs in EB-2. If you're in that position, ask whether the employer has used EB-3 downgrade strategies or whether the company has experience managing long-queue sponsorship cases for senior hires before accepting an offer.
Protect your priority date if you change employers mid-process
Once your original I-140 is approved, your priority date can carry over to a new employer's petition. If your I-485 has been pending 180 days or more, AC21 portability lets you move to a same or similar occupation without restarting. Confirm both conditions with counsel before resigning.
Green Card Vice President of Corporate Development: Frequently Asked Questions
Do employers routinely sponsor green cards for Vice President of Corporate Development roles?
Yes, though it's more selective than sponsorship for mid-level roles. Companies with active M&A pipelines, private equity-backed growth strategies, or cross-border transaction needs regularly sponsor EB-2 green cards for VP-level corporate development hires. The PERM recruitment test does require the employer to document that no qualified U.S. worker applied, which raises the stakes for the job description drafting stage.
How is green card sponsorship different from H-1B sponsorship for this role?
Green card sponsorship through PERM is a permanent immigration benefit, not a temporary work authorization. The employer files a PERM labor certification with the Department of Labor, which includes a prevailing wage determination and a formal recruitment process. After PERM certification, the employer files an I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS, and you then wait for a visa number to become available based on your priority date and country of birth. H-1B visa sponsorship, by contrast, grants temporary status and involves an LCA filed with DOL rather than a PERM application.
How can I find employers willing to sponsor a green card for a VP corporate development position?
Migrate Mate lists employers with verified green card sponsorship history filtered by role and location, which removes the guesswork of cold-applying to companies without sponsorship track records. At the VP level, targeting companies that have sponsored similar senior hires before is significantly more efficient than relying on job postings that rarely disclose green card sponsorship intent upfront.
Will my country of birth affect how long green card sponsorship takes for this role?
Yes. Employment-based green cards have per-country numerical limits, and nationals from India and China regularly face multi-year priority date backlogs in EB-2 even after PERM certification and I-140 approval. Nationals from most other countries typically see much shorter waits. Your attorney can walk you through the current Visa Bulletin to estimate your place in the queue based on your priority date and category.
Can I switch employers while my green card application is in progress?
It depends on where you are in the process. If your I-485 adjustment of status application has been pending for 180 days or more, AC21 portability lets you move to a same or similar occupation without losing your place in line. Separately, once your original employer's I-140 was approved, that priority date can be retained on a new employer's I-140 petition, which protects the queue position you've already earned.