Guided by our core values and commitment to your success, we provide health, financial and lifestyle benefits to ensure a best-in-class employee experience.  Some of our offerings include:

• Highly competitive total rewards package, including comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits as well as a 401(k) plan that both the employee and employer contribute

• Annual incentive bonus plan based on company achievement of goals

• Time away from work including paid holidays, paid time off and volunteer time off

• Professional development courses, mentorship opportunities, and tuition reimbursement program

• Paid parental leave and adoption leave with adoption financial assistance

• Employee discount program

Job Description Summary:

This job supports the executive leadership of the Organization with a range of strategy activities essential to ensuring the Organization's goals. Provide analytical/strategic thinking and leadership support that enables project teams to isolate business issues, design and execute analytics for studying business issues (market research, scenario planning, forecasting, market share, profitability, etc.), develop technical content (competitive intelligence, market trend analysis), support development of formal recommendations to senior levels of organizational leadership, create documents (go-to-market or operational strategies, etc.) that inform critical strategic issues and decisions, support the planning, communication, and management of the enterprise strategy, and/or support the execution of enterprise strategic initiatives through a disciplined process and approach.

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY

This job supports the executive leadership of the Organization with a range of strategy activities essential to ensuring the Organization's goals. Provide analytical/strategic thinking and leadership support that enables project teams to isolate business issues, design and execute analytics for studying business issues (market research, scenario planning, forecasting, market share, profitability, etc.), develop technical content (competitive intelligence, market trend analysis), support development of formal recommendations to senior levels of organizational leadership, create documents (go-to-market or operational strategies, etc.) that inform critical strategic issues and decisions, support the planning, communication, and management of the enterprise strategy, and/or support the execution of enterprise strategic initiatives through a disciplined process and approach.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with business/market owners to identify key business issues, apply right analytical framework, develop solution and recommendations, represent findings to stakeholders, and own the outcome.
• Manage major strategy projects comprised of internal and/or external consulting resources.
• Provide periodic informal work guidance/direction to junior team members; provide performance input and recommendations to management for development/training plans. May have supervisory responsibilities on a project basis.
• Develop analytical frameworks, approach, and methodology best practices to analyze strategy issues.
• Consult with business owners to identify, clarify, and resolve complex issues critical to the success of the initiative.
• Coordinate initiative impacts with other strategic initiatives to ensure alignment of the overall strategy.
• Work on other Enterprise level strategy projects as needed.
• Other duties as assigned or requested.
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EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, or related field, or relevant experience and/or education as determined by the company in lieu of bachelor's degree.

Preferred

• Master’s Degree in Business, or related field

EXPERIENCE

Required

• 7 years of experience in strategic planning or related work experience
• 2 years of consulting experience (external or internal) or equivalent combination of experience and advanced degree

Preferred

• Extensive knowledge of health insurance and/or provider operations
• Experience in operational improvement, change management, capability roadmaps, and/or program management
• Thorough knowledge of membership, rates, financial, economic, and competitive data
• Significant experience working across teams and managing relationships in a matrixed environment
• Experience working with health plans, physicians, and other providers
• Support the planning, communication, and management of the enterprise strategy

SKILLS

• Understanding of the health care industry trends and challenges
• Demonstrated relationship, influencing, collaboration, and teamwork skills. Needs to be able to lead cross-functional, crossbusiness
• unit teams in complex projects and handle internal politics of change
• Strong project leadership/management skills
• Strong emotional intelligence, with servant leadership mindset
• Focus on impacts to the customer of decisions rendered
• Proactive in driving change and continuous improvement
• Team management skills
• Deep analytical skills, with the ability to structure and perform complex analytics

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or disability.