Internal Consulting Strategic Initiatives - Evernorth Health Services (Hybrid) (Finance)
POSITION SUMMARY
The Evernorth Strategic Initiatives team functions as an internal consulting organization and provides broad support on senior-leader sponsored and high-impact/cross-functional programs across Evernorth. This role would lead strategic planning projects, provide content/idea creation, work cross-functionally, develop strategic planning communications (verbal and written), and be responsible for directing, managing and synthesizing strategic topics. Work may report through a senior-level functional leader and will require extensive collaboration with one or more teams within the Evernorth or the broader Cigna organization. The role executes and enables the strategy set by senior management and integrates policy and/or programs across several departments, and identifies significant improvement opportunities, innovation opportunities, and facilitates cross-business unit initiatives including business development.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Engage with executive stakeholders - proactively build relationships with senior leaders across business units to understand strategic needs, help identify opportunities, and if warranted scope new engagements.
- Facilitate decision making and alignment - design and lead executive-level steering committees, workshops, and/ or working sessions to align cross-functional teams to drive strategy into action
- Lead high-impact programs - work with business stakeholders to manage the end-to-end execution of some of the company's most complex and strategically significantly initiatives, ensuring alignment with business goals, timely delivery, and measurable outcomes.
- Provides business direction for a team of program or project resources and/or external consultants, coaches individuals on performance
- Serve as a thought partner - act as a trusted advisor to executives by providing strategic counsel, surfacing emerging issues, and offering perspective on business challenges and opportunities.
- Manage stakeholder communications - develop and deliver high-quality presentations, reports, and updates tailored to a variety of audiences including senior executives
- Support internal team development - contribute to the evolution of the SPO team by refining methodologies, tools, and knowledge sharing practices
- Promote continuous improvement - identify and recommend opportunities for process improvement, internal capacity building, and scaling best practice across the SPO team
- Mentor and guide team members - provide day-to-day guidance, coaching, and quality assurance for team members on team projects.
- Analyzes complex situations, distillation of the issues into strategic options and driving to appropriate conclusions
- Manages tight deadlines, scope and converging opinions to solutions in timely manner.
- Develops executive communications including presentation slides and analysis
- Handles high-pressure environment with multiple competing priorities
- Proactively maintains strong rapport with key leaders across the company, staying apprised of their strategic goals and program/support needs
QUALIFICATIONS
- 10 to 14 years relevant experience with bachelor's degree required, MBA or comparable master's degree highly preferred
- Previous experience in management consulting preferred but not required
- Demonstrated leadership capabilities with the ability to motivate and lead others effectively
- Interest and ability in solving problems, bringing teams together to resolve challenges, driving process improvements, leading expense reduction or margin driving initiatives
- Extensive project management skills using various programs to prepare and execute business plans
- Ability to manage complex analysis from issue identification to proposal of potential solutions
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage specific deliverables and workload within an environment of tight deadlines for self and for their team
- Excellent verbal and written communication and cross-functional interaction skills, including presentation
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
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.
About The Cigna Group
Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we're dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.
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