Sales Effectiveness Advisor, Pitch Strategies - Hybrid

Cigna Group • Saint Louis, MO

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Advisor, Pitch Strategies partners with Evernorth Sales and Account Management teams to support acquisition and retention opportunities. Through audience-focused messaging, presentation development, presenter coaching, and storytelling methodologies, the role provides strategic support and serves as a trusted consultant to key stakeholders. The Advisor works across Sales, Account Management, Marketing, Product, and subject matter experts to align partners around a cohesive communication strategy that strengthens presentation effectiveness and customer engagement.

The role manages strategic pitch support from planning through execution, translating complex information into clear, compelling narratives and helping presenters communicate Evernorth’s value and differentiation. It requires strong project management, communication, and consultative skills, along with the ability to balance priorities and maintain quality across client-facing deliverables. The Advisor also contributes to the evolution of pitch strategy capabilities by applying best practices, sharing expertise, and identifying opportunities to improve tools, resources, and presentation readiness.

Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care, and benefit solutions intended to improve health and increase vitality. The company describes its work as innovating to make the prediction, prevention, and treatment of illness and disease more accessible.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• At least 5 years of experience in project management, sales effectiveness, presentation strategy, communications, training, consulting, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, client-facing projects involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Strong consultative, verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.
• Experience developing audience-focused messaging, executive presentations, and communication strategies.
• Ability to coach presenters and provide constructive feedback in preparation for high-stakes interactions.
• Ability to analyze complex business situations, synthesize information, and translate insights into actionable recommendations.
• Ability to build alignment across Sales, Account Management, and cross-functional partners.
• Strong organizational, project management, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Copilot, and SharePoint.
• For occasional or permanent work from home, an internet connection through a cable broadband or fiber optic provider with speeds of at least 10 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload is required.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with Salesforce, Allego, SCI-PAB, or related methodologies.
• Copy editing or writing experience.
• Health care experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end support for acquisition and retention engagements, including project planning, audience-focused messaging, presentation development, presenter preparation, and execution.
• Apply storytelling methodologies to translate business strategy and customer insights into clear, differentiated, and compelling presentations.
• Coach presenters on message and content delivery in relation to opportunity strategy and the meeting framework.
• Consult with Sales and Account Management stakeholders on communication strategy, presentation effectiveness, and the customer experience.
• Coordinate Marketing, Product, subject matter experts, and other contributors to align content, messaging, and delivery.
• Manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining stakeholder communication and attention to detail.
• Contribute to process improvements, training efforts, best practices, and tools that strengthen team effectiveness and presentation readiness.
• Review client-facing materials for accuracy, consistency, quality, and compliance before internal or external presentation.
• Leverage AI to enhance messaging, challenge content, and act as a collaborative resource in daily outcomes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level