The Cigna Group

Compensation

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The job profile for this position is Business Project Senior Advisor, which is a Band 4 Senior Contributor Career Track Role. Excited to grow your career? We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply! Our people make all the difference in our success. 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. The Strategic Initiatives Senior Advisor will support the management of various consulting engagements in a variety of ways which may involve providing content/idea creation, working cross-functionally, and developing and managing strategic project and communication plans (written and verbal). More specifically, the individual selected for this role will be responsible for: • Supporting large (and sometimes leading less complex) cross-functional strategic initiatives: aligning charters/objectives, developing and executing program plans, metrics and timelines, managing and/or monitoring progress to execution. • Preparing for and leading program workstream meetings, proactively ensuring action items are tracked and followed up on. • Coordinating, preparing, and at times delivering executive leadership program updates. • Engaging in a variety of business support functions ranging from project/program management, to data analysis and financial modeling. • Analyzing complex situations, distilling the issues into strategic options and driving to appropriate conclusions. • Tactfully managing tight deadlines, scope, and converging opinions to solutions. • Ensuring projects deliver business operational needs, requirements, and value. • Developing and driving detailed communication plans, schedules, projected estimates, and resource plans. • Handling high-pressure environments with multiple competing priorities. • Flexing to accommodate for evolving program and business needs. • Staying informed of the changing healthcare landscape in order to provide relevant enterprise strategy guidance. Job Requirements Include: • 7+ years of relevant professional experience (healthcare, pharmacy, PBM, consulting, finance) highly preferred • Bachelor’s Degree highly preferred; Master’s Degree a plus • Exceptional project management skills and strong financial acumen • Interest and ability in solving problems, bringing teams together to resolve challenges, driving process improvements, leading expense reduction or margin driving initiatives • Ability to manage complex analysis from issue identification to proposal of potential solutions • Superb oral and written communication skills with a proven ability to communicate complex concepts to stakeholders at all levels of the organization • Excellent interpersonal skills and proven ability to perform in a matrix environment • Strong ability to work autonomously and deal with ambiguity • Ability to manage change, timelines and balance multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment • Advanced experience with Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Powerpoint, Word, and Visio • Ability to be flexible as priorities change, new areas have needs, or team capacity dictates • May require travel up to 15% 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. 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. Please note that you must meet our posting guidelines to be eligible for consideration. Policy can be reviewed at this link. Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.