at Highmark Health in Springfield, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Company :
Highmark Health
Job Description :
JOB SUMMARY
Support leadership of Highmark, or its affiliates with a range of strategy activities essential to Highmark’s membership and margin goals. Strategy Analysts provide analytical/strategic-thinking and leadership support that enables project teams to: 1) isolate business issues; 2) help design and execute analytics for studying business issues (market research, scenario planning, forecasting, market share, profitability, etc.); 3) develop technical content (competitive intelligence, market trend analysis); 4) support development of formal recommendations to senior levels of Highmark leadership; 5) help create document components (go-to-market or operational strategies, etc.) that inform critical strategic issues and decisions.
This role will take on the following key responsibilities:
+ Oversight of best practices for business case building and modeling across PHE organization
+ Connects and integrates business cases across PHE to ensure optimal business value realization
+ Partners with business owners outside of Product Management to ensure business values are agreed upon and appropriated represented in respective business strategic plans (Admin, C2V, etc.)
+ Critical partner in validation of Product Management operating model and gearing ratio alignment across all PHE Product Management disciplines
+ Partners with VMO and WFP as required to fully integrate PHE implications into broader strategic and financial modeling
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
+ Work with business/ market owners to identify key business issues, articulate problem, apply right analytical framework, develop solution and recommendations, represent findings to stakeholders and own the outcome
+ Under the guidance of Strategy Consultants and Leadership, participate in / lead small to medium sized strategy projects/ work streams with the help of internal or external strategy consulting resources
+ Serve as subject matter expert (resource) to staff and stakeholders on membership, growth and operational strategy issues
+ Provide periodic informal work guidance/direction to other team members; Provide performance input and recommendations to management for development/ training plans. May have supervisory responsibilities on a project basis
+ Apply a broad knowledge of concepts and principles to develop analytical frameworks, approach and methodology best practices to analyze complex strategy issues, often applying ingenuity and originality to develop unique solutions
+ Other duties as assigned or requested.
EDUCATION
Required
+ Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Economics, Engineering or Life Sciences or other related degree
Substitutions
+ Six years of relevant experience in lieu of Bachelor’s Degree
Preferred
+ Master’s Degree in Business, Health, Economics or other related degree
EXPERIENCE
Required
+ 3-5 years of relevant, progressive experience in strategy / management consulting firms or internal strategy groups of healthcare and related companies
Preferred
+ Experience in Health Insurance operations and technology
+ Experience in operational improvement
LICENSES or CERTIFICATIONS
Required
+ None
Preferred
+ None
SKILLS
+ Broad application of principles, theories, and concepts in strategic thinking, plus working knowledge of other related fields
+ Strong PC application Skills (MS Office including PowerPoint and Excel)
+ Knowledge of healthcare industry trends and challenges
Language (Other than English):
None
Travel Requirement:
0% – 25%
PHYSICAL, MENTAL DEMANDS and WORKING CONDITIONS
Position Type
Office-based
Teaches / trains others regularly
Occasionally
Travel regularly from the office to various work sites or from site-to-site
Rarely
Works primarily out-of-the office selling products/services (sales employees)
Never
Physical work site required
Yes
Lifting: up to 10 pounds
Constantly
Lifting: 10 to 25 pounds
Rarely
Lifting: 25 to 50 pounds
Never
Disclaimer: The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.
Compliance Requirement : This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies.
As a component of job responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times. In connection with this, all employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy.
Furthermore, it is every employee’s responsibility to comply with the company’s Code of Business Conduct. This includes but is not limited to adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements.
Pay Range Minimum:
$78,900.00
Pay Range Maximum:
$146,000.00
Base pay is determined by a variety of factors including a candidate’s qualifications, experience, and expected contributions, as well as internal peer equity, market, and business considerations. The displayed salary range does not reflect any geographic differential Highmark may apply for certain locations based upon comparative markets.
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