Manager, Strategy

Zelis • St. Louis, MO

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Zelis is modernizing the healthcare financial experience across payers, providers, and healthcare consumers, serving more than 750 payers, including the top five national health plans, regional health plans, TPAs, and millions of healthcare providers and consumers. Zelis leverages technology built by healthcare experts to identify, optimize, and solve problems holistically, driving measurable results for clients. The Manager, Strategy plays a critical role in driving growth for the Member Engagement & Transparency business, reporting to the VP, Strategy. This position operates at the intersection of strategy and execution, collaborating closely with business leadership to both shape future growth and ensure smooth operational functioning. The role is divided between key strategic projects, such as identifying, sizing, and evaluating new growth opportunities, markets, products, and partnership opportunities, and operational leadership, which involves operationalizing strategic initiatives and supporting the business's operating rhythm, including recurring meetings and planning cadences. This role demands a collaborative strategic thinker who can seamlessly transition between high-level strategy, creative problem-solving, and hands-on technical analysis.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience, ideally with a background in management consulting, investment banking, or private equity
• Bachelor’s degree (B. A./ B. S.) from four-year college or university (required)
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills; comfortable building structured analyses from scratch
• Can interpret and use data to make well-founded business decisions, but also be comfortable and confident making decisions about abstract topics or in the absence of data
• Expert in data analysis and visualization in story-telling, motivating leaders to action based on diagnostics; advanced Excel and PowerPoint experience required
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex topics for executive audiences
• Superb interpersonal skills – high emotional intelligence, humility and low ego
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously in a fast-moving environment
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and moving between strategic thinking and tactical execution
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and communicate cross functionally to drive results
• Strong project management and time management skills
• An individual with the utmost professional and personal integrity
• Team player, effective communicator, persuasive and professional demeanor

Nice To Haves

• Startup or high-growth company experience is a plus
• Experience in healthcare, payments, or fintech is a plus but not required

Responsibilities

• Support strategic analyses to identify and evaluate new growth opportunities (e.g., growth strategy, new markets, products, customer segments, partnerships, or M&A themes)
• Build market sizing, financial models, and business cases to support investment decisions
• Conduct competitive and market/industry research to inform strategic recommendations
• Collect, analyze, and interpret complex data sets to provide insights into business performance
• Support senior leaders with clear, concise recommendations and executive-ready materials
• Support the development of long-term strategic plans and initiatives
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices to inform business planning and process improvement efforts
• Support functional owners to drive strategic initiatives forward from project recommendations through to implementation and operations
• Coordinate with various departments to ensure project milestones and objectives are met
• Track and measure progress and performance of strategic initiatives
• Support the operating rhythm of the business, including monthly and quarterly cadences
• Develop agendas, materials, and analyses to ensure meetings are efficient, data-driven, and decision-oriented
• Track follow-ups, decisions, and action items to drive accountability and execution
• Collaborate with Marketing and Product to ensure alignment across messaging and product roadmap as strategy projects determine
• Partner with Enterprise Strategy teams to assess potential partnerships and expansion opportunities that align with ME&T strategic objectives
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the organization

Benefits

• 401k plan with employer match
• flexible paid time off
• holidays
• parental leaves
• life and disability insurance
• health benefits including medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees