The Cigna Group

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The job profile for this position is Strategic Planning Senior Director, which is a Band 5 Management 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. Job Summary As a member of the Dental & Vision leadership team, the Strategy, Execution & Innovation Lead will drive efforts to identify and oversee the development, implementation, and sustainment of strategies to grow and differentiate Cigna Dental & Vision solutions. Reporting to the VP of Dental & Vision, the role is accountable to shape long-term business strategy by partnering closely with teams across the value chain to understand stakeholder needs and the broader external environmental forces impacting the marketplace. The role will drive focus and transparency into progress against priorities, bring capability needs through the Enterprise Portfolio process, and successfully deliver enhancements in pursuit of business goals. In addition, the role will be responsible for all innovation and competitive intelligence analysis for the business. Duties & Responsibilities Key activities include, but are not limited to, the following: Strategy development and communication Drives the annual strategy process, including communication of business strategy to all levels of the organization. Leads competitive Intelligence and other market-facing teams to understand market trends and developments, and the influence on strategic assumptions and direction. Works closely with technology and functional-area partners to drive strategic alignment between business and technology roadmaps. Ensures that Dental & Vision activities are aligned with Cross-Enterprise initiatives and strategies. Project delivery Drive Dental & Vision participation in the Enterprise Portfolio process: Advocate for annual Enterprise Portfolio investments in Dental & Vision, ensuring strong business cases and N-1 prioritization for capability needs. Analysis of new capabilities and enhancements, including feasibility review, business case creation, and related business and technical analysis in support of Agile project mobilization and delivery. Oversight of business project delivery in close partnership with Agile delivery teams, including but not limited to business readiness and change management activities. Ownership of business intake process, evaluating annual and ad-hoc requests for business value and relative priority. Insights & Innovation Lead Enable and guide the ongoing assessment of market conditions, early stage companies and new technologies across the oral care and vision ecosystems to unearth and consider opportunities aligned with the strategy, interest and of value to Cigna. Partner with Cigna and Evernorth personnel in similar capacity across other solution lines to understand broader Enterprise innovation strategies and tactics, seeking aligned and synergistic opportunities. Guide a disciplined approach to testing and evaluating potential B2B relationships. Responsible for creating, promoting and delivering a culture and mindset of innovation throughout the dental & vision organization. Provide oversight and manage deployment of innovation funds in the identification, assessment and deployment of high potential and impactful solutions. Develop market insight capabilities, and as part of Dental Senior Leadership, leverage those insights to inform the company’s strategy, growth objectives and plan execution. Provide market insights that inform matrix stakeholders of key competitor capabilities, supporting accelerated growth. Guide business intelligence best practices in a bi-directional basis with Enterprise resources tasked with similar business intelligence responsibilities. Vision Product Business Lead Lead growth strategy for our Vision product (currently $30M Earnings/3 Million customers) Manage the overall relationship with EyeMed (our primary vision vendor) Partner with Buyer group leadership (National and U3000) to grow size of Vision as a part of the broader USE portfolio of products. Identify, champion, and implement new capabilities required to support growth. Chief of Staff & Management process lead Supports the VP of Dental & Vision to manage and execute the operating model, connecting all functions/teams to the overall Dental & Vision priorities and strategies. Drives annual creation of goals and key priorities for Dental & Vision line of business. Leads a management process that drives transparency into progress towards goals and initiatives, highlighting leading + lagging indicators of business performance, and driving consistent messaging across all levels of the organization. Creates scorecards and exhibits to track and report business health and performance. Ensures content is developed and aggregated for effective meeting management. Coordinates weekly, monthly, and quarterly team meetings, town halls, executive business reviews, and other ad-hoc meetings as necessary. Drives decision-making & alignment, escalating risks and opportunities. Qualifications, Knowledge, and Skills Bachelor’s degree required and advance degree preferred. Prior experience with a Dental/Vision health insurer required. 10+ years in Strategy Development, Execution and/or Product Strategy. Successful experience managing complex initiatives to completion in a highly matrixed environment. Self-starting leader that exhibits high levels of emotional intelligence and strong interpersonal skills. Ability to work independently while being thoughtfully collaborative. Strong written and verbal communications skills. Ability to clearly articulate messages to all levels of the organization. Able to develop and articulate a clear strategic vision and see through fruition. Willing to challenge the status quo with new ideas, approaches and solutions. Effectively pivots between strategic development and tactical deployment. 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.