Principal, Enterprise Clinical Technology & AI Strategic Initiatives
The Cigna Group
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Bloomfield • Connecticut • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $141,700 - $236,100 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Serve as a strategic advisor across The Cigna Group senior clinical and business leadership, translating enterprise and organizational priorities into actionable strategies, including annual planning and initiative prioritization.
- Identify emerging trends in clinical care integrating AI, digital health, and other emerging technologies to inform business planning.
- Engage external industry leaders, prospective partners, and other thought partners for strategy development and benchmarking.
- Partner with business units, finance, and other operating partners to create and validate business cases, along with KPIs/success metrics.
- Create and iterate on high-impact presentations, analyses, and briefing documents for C‑suite and enterprise committees, distilling ambiguity into structured, decision-ready outputs.
- Act as a catalyst for change, positioning The Cigna Group clinical team as a strategic growth engine within the broader enterprise.
- Support the program design and refinement of differentiated technology and AI offerings, tailored to specific clinical and business needs.
- Collaborate with matrix partners across Cigna business units, along with operational partners in technology and data and analytics to ensure alignment and execution.
- Ensure operational readiness and scalability of new clinical programs and services.
- Track and report on initiative performance, ensuring alignment with financial and clinical impact goals.
- Develop executive-level communications, including strategy memos and stakeholder updates.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or relevant advanced degree preferred.
- Minimum of 8 years with progressive experience in healthcare strategy, ideally with exposure to top-tier consulting or payer/provider strategy roles.
- Minimum of 4 years in clinical settings (e.g., hospital, outpatient clinical services, etc.)
- Demonstrated expertise in clinical innovation, product development, and emerging technologies in healthcare.
- Exceptional strategic thinking, problem-solving, and executive communication skills.
- Proven ability to deliver creative solutions to complex challenges.
- Financial acumen and experience with business case development.
- Experience working in a matrixed organization with strong internal relationship-building skills.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex topics into clear, actionable insights.
Benefits
- health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
clinical innovationproduct developmentbusiness case developmentKPI developmentdata analyticsAI integrationdigital health technologiesstrategic planninginitiative prioritizationperformance tracking
Soft Skills
strategic thinkingproblem-solvingexecutive communicationrelationship-buildingcreative solutionscollaborationchange managementpresentation skillsanalytical skillsadaptability
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMBA or relevant advanced degree