Group Director, Strategic Business Development
Epworth HealthCare is one of Australia's most respected healthcare organisations and Victoria's largest not-for-profit private hospital group. With a reputation built on clinical excellence, innovation and patient-centred care, Epworth is entering a period of significant growth and strategic investment. We are seeking an exceptional leader to join our organisation as Group Director Strategic Business Development.
This enterprise-wide leadership role will drive the identification, development and execution of strategic business development and growth opportunities across Epworth's diverse portfolio of hospitals, clinical services and emerging healthcare models.
This is a career-defining opportunity for a commercially astute leader seeking to influence the direction of one of Australia's leading healthcare organisations.
The Opportunity
As a key member of the Epworth senior leadership team, you will lead the development and implementation of business development and growth strategies that strengthen Epworth's market position, expand clinical services and create long-term enterprise value.
Working closely with the Epworth Executive and Hospital Executive teams, you will:
Develop and execute enterprise-wide growth, market expansion and business development strategies
Identify and assess emerging healthcare opportunities, partnerships, clinical service enhancements and new models of care
Support clinical service growth planning and strategic investment initiatives
Drive specialist medical engagement, recruitment and retention strategies aligned to Epworth's Strategic Plan




Translate market intelligence, healthcare trends and competitive insights into actionable growth strategies
Partner with executive leaders to shape Epworth's next generation of healthcare services and medical staffing
Build and maintain influential relationships with leading clinicians, specialists, referrers and industry stakeholders
Foster a high-performance business development team culture focused on growth, innovation and execution excellence.
The Person
You are an accomplished leader recognised for delivering growth, influencing at the executive level, and leading complex strategic initiatives.
You bring:
Senior experience in business development, healthcare growth, consulting, sales, commercial leadership or transformation
A proven track record of identifying and delivering significant growth opportunities
Strong commercial and financial acumen, including business case development, investment analysis and performance assessment
Outstanding stakeholder engagement, negotiation and relationship-building capability
The ability to balance strategic vision with operational execution
Experience leading multidisciplinary teams through growth and change
Strategic curiosity,



intellectual rigour and a strong bias towards action.
Candidates We Would Like to Meet
We welcome applications from senior leaders currently working in:
Private healthcare organisations
Health based sales and marketing roles
Healthcare consulting firms
Major professional services firms
Health technology and digital health organisations
Health insurers
Healthcare infrastructure and investment organisations
Experience in healthcare is highly regarded, however we are equally interested in exceptional commercial leaders who bring a fresh perspective and a demonstrated ability to drive growth in complex service industries.
Why Epworth
This role offers the rare opportunity to influence healthcare at scale.
You will join an organisation with:
A trusted and highly respected brand
Strong financial foundations
Significant growth opportunities
Executive exposure across strategy, operations and clinical service development
Access to some of Australia's leading healthcare professionals and specialists
A values-driven culture committed to excellence, innovation and patient outcomes
The chance to leave a lasting legacy on the future of healthcare delivery.
deliberateImpact Recruitment are the retained recruitment partner for Epworth HealthCare for this role. Any third party applications will be referred to deliberateImpact for review.
EpworthHealth are an equal opportunity employer and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
The successful candidate will be subject to relevant police and people checks.
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📌 Group Director, Strategic Business Development (Melbourne)
🏢 deliberateImpact Recruitment
📍 Melbourne