Company Statement
For the last 80 years, EmblemHealth has been taking care of New York’s heart and soul, its people. Today, health care is more complex than ever. That’s why we’re at the forefront of change. We work alongside our customers to offer access to high-quality, affordable care, help navigate the health care experience, and make good health achievable; because everyone deserves to be taken care of. We deliver on our mission every day by living our values with our colleagues, members, clients and partners. It begins with caring and respecting all those we work with. We believe a culture of diversity and inclusion is vital to serve our unique and diverse customers. We seek for continues improvement and innovation and believe being agile and nimble is our advantage. We bring a strong sense of partnership to every relationship – internally and externally. The EmblemHealth family of companies offers competitive health, welfare, and retirement benefits as well as incentive pay plans and more.
Strategic Initiatives Leader - Remote
Summary of Job
Conduct industry analysis and research to identify insights and recommend solutions that will support the enterprise strategic objectives. Proactively lead a program and/or complex projects by setting strategic direction; identify gaps and recommend enhancements related to new and/or existing products, services and workflows based on broad view of the organization. Collaborate and partner with other functional managers, other business areas across/within the enterprise and/or other business areas to ensure all workflow processes and interdependencies are identified and addressed. Collaborate internally to identify and build external partnerships. Support existing and potential partnerships by collaborating to drive and deliver projects. Lead the work and deliverables of multiple, complex projects or programs, from the planning stage to implementation, that impact multiple processes, systems, functions, and products. Align and drive strategic business initiatives and goals.
Responsibilities:
Competitive Intelligence and Market Strategy
• Coordinate and implement a comprehensive process for obtaining, analyzing, synthesizing and publishing competitive intelligence. Conduct advanced analyses with immediate and future views; develop solutions to complex problems. Interpret research findings to identify advancement opportunities and present these results in a concise way to leadership. Report on earnings calls for key competitors to highlight trends and develop a strategy team point of view.
• Partner with leadership on the development, coordination, and administration of business initiatives in support of enterprise strategic objectives.
Cross Functional Partnerships and Processes
• Work with project owner(s) to develop, align and refine program management oversight to maximize chances for successful delivery of projects.
• Communicate progress to Sr. Management via Management processes (i.e., Annual and Strategic Planning, Enterprise Strategy Team, and HCCI meetings).
• Capture follow-ups and takeaways from these meetings.
Programs and Partnerships
• Collaborate with external partners on project and program delivery internally.
• Support corporate development efforts by working with internal teams and external parties on roadmap development and transaction processes.
• Manage external partnerships by building relationships with key members of the team, understanding priorities, managing deliverables and timelines.
• Clearly and proactively manage and communicate priorities to execute internally.
• Build and manage internal stakeholder map to ensure engagement and delivery.
Strategic Project Management and Support
• Manage the development, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of critical, enterprise projects.
• Use data driving decision making to guide efforts; proactively lead projects by creating project timeline, identifying key milestones, and working cross-functionally for successful project completion.
• Develop project proposal/scoping and/or ROI analyses in partnership with finance and business analysis areas.
• Track progress and communicate project status on a regular basis to all impacted parties; work with the business, analytics and finance leads to ensure adherence to project timelines and budgets. Lead the business areas in working sessions to align with the enterprise strategy while providing coaching to the teams.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree (Required); Master’s Degree (Preferred)
• 10 – 12+ years of related, professional work experience (Required)
• 3 – 5+ years of healthcare experience, preferably in the health plan/payer/insurance space (Required)
• Prior experience related to management and strategy consulting (Required)
• Prior experience in investment banking, venture capital or private equity (Preferred)
• Ability to understand & interpret complex information and synthesize and communicate key information to all audiences (Required)
• Proven large scale project management and/or process improvement leadership including development and management of multiple projects/program(s); setting and meeting project milestones; negotiating for resources and ensuring appropriate resource allocation; and successfully managing multiple tasks/projects with competing priorities and deadlines (Required)
• Previous experience in a consulting environment (Preferred)
• Detail and solution oriented; ability to think independently and to identify and resolve issues and impediments to project success (Required)
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, interpersonal, negotiation); ability to build rapport and relationships (Required)
• Proficiency with MS Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams (Required)
• Technical experience with data lakes, tableau and access (Preferred)
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Pay Disclosure
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EEOC Statement
We are committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of our workforce to create opportunities for our people and our business. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or related condition, marital status, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Sponsorship Statement
Depending on factors such as business unit requirements, the nature of the position, cost and applicable laws and regulations, EmblemHealth may provide work visa sponsorship for certain positions.