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Highmark Health

The Senior Strategy Partner plays a critical role in driving the evolution and optimization of Highmark's Living Health Acceleration operating model. This individual will be instrumental in continuously enhancing the product operating model within PHE and with critical partners, ensuring it aligns with strategic goals and market demands. The Senior Strategy Partner will bring an external perspective on operating model and workforce optimization for the Product organization, collating and subsequently leveraging data to inform decision-making to enhance operating model performance and maturity. This role also encompasses leading strategic communications, managing leadership meetings, and spearheading special projects on behalf of the Product organization and leadership team, to advance the organization's goals and priorities.

Hybrid or remote. If you are within 50 miles of an office you are required to be onsite 3 days a week.

• Work with business/market owners to identify key business issues, apply the right analytical framework, develop solutions 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.

• 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.

• Master’s Degree in Business, or related field

• 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.

• 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.

• Understanding of the health care industry trends and challenges.
• Demonstrated relationship, influencing, collaboration, and teamwork skills. Needs to be able to lead cross-functional, cross-business 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.

• None

• 0% - 25%

• 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 – Occasionally
• 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.

$118,400.00

$196,800.00

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.

Highmark Health and its affiliates prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on any category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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