Strategy Consultant - Risk Adjustment

Highmark Health

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

This job supports executive leadership of the Organization with a range of strategic initiatives, specifically focusing on the evolution of Risk Adjustment Accuracy Management (RAAM) and Highmark’s clinical data strategy. Providing analytical/strategic-thinking and leading project teams, particularly those bridging business and technical functions, to: 1) isolate complex business issues related to RAAM and interoperability; 2) design and execute analytics for studying these issues (market research, scenario planning, forecasting, etc.); 3) develop technical content and serve as a subject matter expert on clinical data exchange, interoperability standards, and related technologies; 4) support development of formal recommendations to senior levels of Highmark leadership, ensuring solutions maximize business value and adhere to technical standards; 5) create documents (go-to-market or operational strategies, technical roadmaps, etc.) that inform critical strategic issues and decisions, and 6) execute the initiatives. If you are within 50 miles of a Highmark office this role will be Hybrid onsite 3 days a week. T, W, Th. If you are outside of those 50 miles this role will be remote.

Requirements

• Masters Degree in Business, Healthcare, Economics or related degree
• 2 years of post-grad experience with strategy / management consulting firms (such as McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Booz & Company, Accenture (strategy Practice) or Deloitte (Strategy practice) ) or internal strategy groups of healthcare companies (such as Aetna, United Health Group, WellPoint, GE, )
• 6 years of related experience in Business or Healthcare
• Substitution Bachelor's degree and 3 years of relevant progressive strategic experience in lieu of Master's degree
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong PC application Skills (MS Office including PowerPoint and Excel).
• Knowledge of healthcare industry trends and challenges, especially in the context of interoperability.
• Hands-on experience working with and applying clinical data standards (FHIR, CDA, HL7, etc.).
• Experience leveraging data integration technologies and cloud platforms to address business needs.
• Proficiency in gathering and facilitating the translation of business requirements into technical requirements.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare IT security and privacy regulations (e.g., HIPAA).
• Strong critical thinking skills.
• Good communication and presentation skills across various audience levels.

Nice To Haves

• Extensive knowledge of Health Insurance and/or Provider operations, especially related to Risk Adjustment.
• Experience in operational improvement and process optimization.

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 with the help of internal or external strategy consulting resources.
• Serve as subject matter expert to Strategic Operations staff and stakeholders on membership, growth and operational strategy issues.
• 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.
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

What This Job Offers

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