The Cigna Group

Senior Strategic Planning Advisor

The Cigna Group

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: St. Louis • Montana • United States

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Lead Multi-Year Transformation Initiatives: Coordinate large-scale, cross-divisional programs and processes that are integral to the PBS’s long-term strategic objectives.
  • Oversee multiple concurrent workstreams, ensuring alignment with business goals and seamless integration across departments.
  • Program Management Across Multiple Workstreams: Manage a portfolio of internal and external projects, each contributing significant value to the company.
  • Ensure all projects meet rigorous standards for compliance, quality, strategic alignment, schedule, and cost, while adapting to evolving business needs over several years.
  • Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration: Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
  • Facilitate effective communication and collaboration across diverse teams, leveraging insights and feedback to drive continuous improvement throughout the transformation journey.
  • Thought Leadership and Expertise: Serve as a recognized expert and “go-to” resource for complex Strategy Planning assignments.
  • Provide technical expertise and competitive intelligence across multiple disciplines, supporting the PBS’s evolution in a dynamic marketplace.
  • Strategic Analysis and Recommendations: Conduct comprehensive analyses to identify business use cases, capability requirements, and dependencies related to digital, technology, and data.
  • Translate business feedback and results into actionable recommendations that secure senior leadership sponsorship and buy-in.
  • Executive Support and Meeting Coordination: Support agenda development and coordination for key senior leadership meetings, including ELT-level presentations, weekly leader calls, and Town Halls.
  • Prepare compelling presentation materials and deliver insights on complex business issues to operational management and business unit heads.
  • Cross-Enterprise Partnership: Collaborate with peer roles across the enterprise to address initiatives impacting PBS and broader organizational issues.
  • Regularly engage with cross-functional area leads to ensure new processes are effectively socialized and adopted.
  • Project Enablement and Change Management: Drive the enablement of strategic business initiatives and special projects, managing multiple workstreams to achieve sustained transformation.
  • Disseminate critical data and information to partners, fostering a culture of transparency and informed decision-making.

Requirements

  • Bachelors Degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Engineering, Communications, Marketing or other related field preferred.
  • At least 5 years of experience in healthcare analytics and/or business strategy
  • Experience in corporate strategy, data and analytics strategy, general consulting and/or other related fields with a history of demonstrated business success
  • Strategic thinker with the ability to develop sophisticated quantitative analyses and synthesize the results into implications
  • Experienced in developing and analyzing complex financial models and other quantitative assessments including KPIs, ROI, P&L, etc.
  • Proven business acumen with experience researching marketing trends and consumer insights
  • Experienced in networking successfully across a large company by building trust, making decisions, focusing on stakeholder needs
  • Strong project management skills are necessary
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of shaping messages appropriately for a senior-level audience
  • Ability to travel up to 15%
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Retirement plans
  • Paid time off
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional development
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Soft Skills
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