Strategy Analyst

Highmark Health • Pittsburgh, PA

23h • Onsite

About The Position

Support leadership of Highmark or its affiliates with strategy activities that contribute to membership and margin goals. The Strategy Analyst provides analytical and strategic-thinking support to project teams, helping them isolate business issues, design and execute analyses, develop technical content, support recommendations to senior leadership, and create components of go-to-market or operational strategies that inform strategic issues and decisions.

The role works with business and market owners to identify and define business issues, select analytical frameworks, develop solutions and recommendations, present findings to stakeholders, and own outcomes. Under the guidance of Strategy Consultants and Leadership, the Strategy Analyst participates in or leads small to medium-sized strategy projects or work streams, potentially with internal or external strategy consulting resources. The role also serves as a subject matter resource on membership, growth, and operational strategy, and may provide informal work guidance and project-based supervision.

This is an office-based position with a stated travel requirement of 0%–25%.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Life Sciences, or another related field; six years of relevant experience may substitute for the degree.
• 3–5 years of relevant, progressive experience in strategy or management consulting firms, or internal strategy groups of healthcare and related companies.
• Broad application of principles, theories, and concepts in strategic thinking, plus working knowledge of related fields.
• Strong PC application skills, including Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Knowledge of healthcare industry trends and challenges.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Business, Health, Economics, or another related field.
• Experience in health insurance operations and technology.
• Experience in operational improvement.

Responsibilities

• Work with business and market owners to identify key business issues, articulate problems, apply appropriate analytical frameworks, develop solutions and recommendations, represent findings to stakeholders, and own outcomes.
• Under the guidance of Strategy Consultants and Leadership, participate in or lead small to medium-sized strategy projects or work streams, with assistance from internal or external strategy consulting resources.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and resource to staff and stakeholders on membership, growth, and operational strategy issues.
• Provide periodic informal work guidance or direction to other team members and provide management with performance input and recommendations for development or training plans.
• Apply broad knowledge of concepts and principles to develop analytical frameworks, approaches, and methodology best practices for complex strategy issues, using ingenuity and originality to develop solutions.
• Perform other duties as assigned or requested.

What This Job Offers

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