Senior Strategy Partner

Highmark Health

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role supports the executive leadership of the Organization by providing essential strategic activities. The ideal candidate will have experience in operating model work, particularly in chief of staff-like duties, and a proven ability to work effectively with executive leadership. Key responsibilities include supporting executive-level communication, running strategic planning forums for various business types, and possessing a working knowledge of product management and product companies. This position also involves providing analytical and strategic thinking, enabling project teams to address business issues through market research, scenario planning, forecasting, and competitive intelligence. The role requires developing technical content, assisting in crafting formal recommendations for senior leadership, and creating documents for critical strategic decisions. Furthermore, the individual will support the planning, communication, and management of enterprise strategy, as well as the execution of enterprise strategic initiatives through a disciplined process, with a focus on external research. This role can be hybrid or remote - if you are within 50 miles of an office you are required to be onsite 3 days a week.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, or related field, or relevant experience and/or education as determined by the company in lieu of bachelor's degree.
• 7 years of experience in strategic planning or related work experience
• 2 years of consulting experience (external or internal) or equivalent combination of experience and advanced degree
• Understanding of the health care industry trends and challenges
• Demonstrated relationship, influencing, collaboration, and teamwork skills. Needs to be able to lead cross-functional, cross-business unit teams in complex projects and handle internal politics of change
• Strong project leadership/management skills
• Strong emotional intelligence, with servant leadership mindset
• Focus on impacts to the customer of decisions rendered
• Proactive in driving change and continuous improvement
• Team management skills
• Deep analytical skills, with the ability to structure and perform complex analytics

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree in Business, or related field
• Extensive knowledge of health insurance and/or provider operations
• Experience in operational improvement, change management, capability roadmaps, and/or program management
• Thorough knowledge of membership, rates, financial, economic, and competitive data
• Significant experience working across teams and managing relationships in a matrixed environment
• Experience working with health plans, physicians, and other providers

Responsibilities

• Work with business/market owners to identify key business issues, apply right analytical framework, develop solution and recommendations, represent findings to stakeholders, and own the outcome.
• Manage major strategy projects comprised of internal and/or external consulting resources.
• Provide periodic informal work guidance/direction to junior team members; provide performance input and recommendations to management for development/training plans. May have supervisory responsibilities on a project basis.
• Develop analytical frameworks, approach, and methodology best practices to analyze strategy issues.
• Consult with business owners to identify, clarify, and resolve complex issues critical to the success of the initiative.
• Coordinate initiative impacts with other strategic initiatives to ensure alignment of the overall strategy.
• Work on other Enterprise level strategy projects as needed.
• Other duties as assigned or requested.
• Support the planning, communication, and management of the enterprise strategy

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees