Strategic Planning Senior Director - Evernorth
About The Position
We are seeking a Strategic Planning Senior Director to drive critical workstreams and thought leadership for a multi-year Pharmacy Benefits Services external strategy. This high-impact role is designed for a visionary leader who excels at driving organizational change, aligning cross-functional teams, leading high performing teams, and delivering results in complex environments. You will be responsible for shaping strategy, overseeing execution, and leading a team. The strategy has the potential to impact and touch every line of business across Express Scripts. This role will be responsible for helping the organization realize new value creation from the strategies developed and deployed.
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years in strategic planning, management consulting, or transformation leadership roles in pharmacy and/or healthcare.
- Proven experience leading large-scale, multi-year projects.
- Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to influence and drive change across diverse stakeholder groups.
- Strong understanding of business operations, financial modeling, and project management methodologies.
- If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.
Responsibilities
- Drive External Strategic Planning: Develop and refine long-term strategies, set priorities, and establish key performance indicators to measure progress for key external events responsible for significant, measurable value creation.
- Strategy Enablement: Own major external initiatives (eg. Patient Advisory Board) that serves as a critical input and enablement vehicle for cross-divisional strategy.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Own governance process and operating model to collaborate with senior leaders, functional teams, and external partners to drive buy-in and support for external strategy enablement.
- Team Leadership: Lead dynamic team in highly complex environment, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and high performance. Influence high performing employees who do not report directly to you.
- Change Management: Champion change management efforts, including communication planning, training, and stakeholder readiness.
- Performance Tracking: Monitor workstream progress, identify risks, and implement corrective actions to keep projects on track.
- Reporting: Prepare and present regular updates to executive leadership, highlighting achievements, challenges, and recommendations.
Benefits
- medical
- vision
- dental
- well-being and behavioral health programs
- 401(k)
- company paid life insurance
- tuition reimbursement
- a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year
- paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
