Strategy & Business Development Senior Advisor - Evernorth - Hybrid

Strategy & Business Development Senior Advisor

Role Summary

In this high energy growth organization, you will be empowered to make a difference, establish a reputation, and position yourself for continued growth. The ideal candidate possesses excellent leadership, collaboration and communication skills, and the ability to effectively influence colleagues.

As part of the Strategy & Business Development team, this position is responsible for management and development of various strategic analytics, insights and financial analysis across the business, in support of medium-term and long-term strategy development, execution decisions and prioritization. This role will work closely with business stakeholders, the strategy development and execution team, the finance team, and product and growth leaders for the purpose of achieving long-term strategy and short-term results in the most optimal way.

The individual will support the business in creating, implementing, and maintaining financial and business analytics to support comprehensive business strategy development, product strategy development, and execution priorities are well-defined, and data-driven. 

Details

• Develop, maintain, and use strategic analytics and insights for business and product strategy development.
• Provides analytical and financial support for strategy development and product strategy multi-year planning. Collaborate with Pharmacy & Care Delivery, Evernorth, and Enterprise Strategy teams for alignment.
• Develop, enhance, and update market opportunity model (market sizing, target markets/geos, revenue opportunity, etc) in collaboration with the business, finance partners and key enterprise partners.
• Develop and iterate recurring reporting for strategy development cycle, multi-year planning, and business or product level strategic information, including partnering with Competitive Intelligence teams.
• Develop and manage business cases and models for inorganic and cross-enterprise business development in coordination with strategy development, Product and Growth leaders for the business, GMs and BFOs,
• Developing materials (memos, PowerPoint, etc) for leadership in support of initiatives, business development, and business strategy.
• Organize and maintain matrix workgroups for business development projects, including high level project management.
• Build and maintain relationships with key partners and stakeholders across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in finance, strategic planning, and/or competitive intelligence, involving leadership in developing and maintaining complex financial models within a corporate environment.
• Excellent analytical and financial modeling skills with demonstrated ability to translate highly complex information for broad consumption.
• Strong expertise in finance and business acumen, particularly in pharmacy, PBM and care delivery business models.
• Individual thinker with the ability to identify and drive new/uncharted solutions, methodologies, etc.
• Ability to drive collaboration with cross-functional teams, strong relationship management skills with the ability to quickly learn and navigate the organizational in an effective manner.
• Excellent communication, strategic planning and organizational skills, appropriate for working effectively with higher levels of management.
• Self starter, motivated individual who works well under pressure. Must multi-task and prioritize to meet multiple deadlines.
• Flexible, resilient, comfortable with ambiguity, adaptable to a high-change environment and open to new concepts and/or processes.
• BS/A degree, MBA degree preferred.

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.

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.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for support. Do not email SeeYourself@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

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.