Principal, Talent & Performance Strategy

Help shape how The Cigna Group builds talent, strengthens performance, and prepares leaders for what comes next. In this enterprise role, you will turn business priorities into clear, modern talent strategies that improve accountability, mobility, leadership, and workforce readiness. You will work with senior leaders and HR partners to design practical, data-informed, and AI-enabled solutions that are ambitious, compassionate, and built to scale.

Responsibilities

·    Lead the design and evolution of the enterprise talent and performance strategy, aligned with long-term business and workforce priorities.

·    Shape the performance management approach, including goal setting, assessment, calibration, talent reviews, and measures of impact.

·    Define leadership and employee expectations that connect business outcomes, culture, and Lead to One behaviors.

·    Design integrated approaches for talent identification, development, succession, internal mobility, and workforce readiness.

·    Translate business strategy into clear talent, leadership, culture, and performance solutions that HR and business teams can use and sustain.

·    Identify the cultural shifts and ways of working needed to support enterprise strategy and stronger performance.

·    Partner with the AI Workforce Innovation lead to test practical AI-enabled solutions for performance, talent, coaching, and the employee experience.

·    Use talent data, employee insights, and external research to improve decisions and simplify manager and employee experiences.

·    Create executive-ready recommendations, frameworks, presentations, and business cases that influence decisions and drive action.

·    Connect talent and performance strategy with workforce planning, learning, rewards, leadership development, and business needs across HR.

Required Qualifications

·    At least 7 years of experience in talent strategy, performance management, organizational effectiveness, management consulting, or a related field.

·    Experience designing enterprise talent, performance, succession, leadership, or culture frameworks that support business outcomes.

·    Strong consulting skills, including problem solving, solution design, executive communication, and storytelling.

·    Ability to turn complex business needs and data into simple, scalable strategies and recommendations.

·    Experience partnering with senior leaders and cross-functional HR teams to influence decisions and deliver enterprise change.

·    Comfort using data, insights, and technology to challenge current practices and improve the user experience.

Preferred Qualifications

·    Bachelor's or master's degree in human resources, organizational psychology, business, or a related field.

·    Experience applying AI or emerging technology to talent, performance, coaching, or employee experience solutions.

·    Experience in a large, complex, or highly regulated organization.

·    Background that blends strategy consulting, talent and performance expertise, and human-centered design.

How You Will Make an Impact

You will help create a connected talent system that makes it easier to assess, develop, move, and manage talent across the enterprise. Success will come from pairing bold ideas with practical design, clear measures, and strong partnerships. This role focuses on how talent is assessed, developed, moved, and managed; it does not own workforce demand planning or skills supply-and-demand analysis.

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.

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 133,600 - 222,600 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus and long term incentive plan.

At The Cigna Group, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you’ll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k), company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year, paid holidays, and leaves of absence. For more details on our employee benefits programs, click here.

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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The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.