Jennifer Barbour

About Jennifer Barbour

I help organizations turn strategy into execution.As a Managing Director in Ankura’s Strategy & Performance practice, I work with executive teams to connect strategic vision to measurable results through well-designed operating models, transformation programs, and execution frameworks that strengthen operational delivery, performance management, and accountability. With nearly 20 years of experience leading large-scale initiatives, I bring a structured and results-oriented approach to defining and aligning on operational strategy, building execution discipline, and improving enterprise performance. I’ve led strategy execution and transformation efforts that helped organizations clarify priorities, strengthen leadership accountability, redesign operating structures, and achieve measurable business and operational outcomes.My work spans enterprise and technology transformation, organizational performance, and operational improvement across healthcare, manufacturing, and digital delivery environments.I’m passionate about helping leaders create clarity from complexity – turning ambitious goals into actionable operating plans and enabling teams to perform at their highest potential. Areas of focus:• Enterprise and operational transformation• Strategy and execution alignment• Operating model design and organizational effectiveness• Technology and digital delivery optimization• Performance improvement and process redesign• Change leadership and stakeholder alignmentIf you’re navigating transformation and want clarity, confidence, and lasting results – let’s connect.

Experience

1. Managing Director

   Ankura

   Mar 2022 — Present

   I lead enterprise transformation and operational excellence initiatives across healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, and technology sectors. I work with executive and operations leaders to align strategy, governance, and execution by designing transformation programs tied to strategic goals, defining operating models, and driving initiatives that deliver measurable improvements in cost, throughput, quality, and culture.Selected Highlights:• Enabled a for-profit health system to stabilize operations and implement a multi-year enterprise transformation through strategic planning, governance design, and change leadership.• Defined post-acquisition operating models and integration blueprints for healthcare and manufacturing organizations to align leadership and drive execution readiness.• Improved IT delivery performance and scalability for a global financial services firm by designing a digital solutions operating model and hybrid Agile framework.• Led a complex joint venture operating model design for a global manufacturer, coordinating alignment across partners and defining several hundred cross-functional services to enable execution readiness.

Education

• Arizona State University, W. P. Carey School of Business

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

• W. P. Carey School of Business – Arizona State University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

Skills

• Process Improvement
• Leadership Development
• Managed Care
• Quality Improvement
• Hospitals
• Value-Based Purchasing
• Scip
• Process Engineering
• Continuous Improvement
• Business Process Improvement
• Project Management
• Product Development
• Hcahps
• Change Management
• Leadership Development Coaching
• Kaizen
• Healthcare Management
• Training
• Testing
• Operations Management
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Program Management
• Management Consulting
• Lean Manufacturing
• Operating Room Turnover Efficiency
• Data Analysis
• Six Sigma
• Healthcare
• Healthcare Consulting
• Performance Improvement
• Root Cause Analysis
• Healthcare Industry