Sr Director Corporate Strategy - Platform

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Job Description

Lead efforts to support the enterprise in the areas of corporate strategy development and delivery. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Execute Platform Strategy - lead design and analysis of technology and vendor options to support future-state technology decisions, including assessment of build, buy, vend trade-offs.

• Future State Platform Blueprints - Support Enterprise Architects in determining future state architecture to meet business needs.

• Develop Platform Roadmaps - help develop multi-year plans for technology to meet business requirements, including expected costs and financial benefits.

• Acceleration of Key Priorities - provide platform expertise for large-scale, cross-functional strategic priorities, including M&A assessments and platform integration decisions, collaborating with lines of business and functional leadership.

• Represent the VP or Executive Director on cross-divisional and corporate committees as well as industry conferences and with technology partners.

• Responsible for helping to build, lead, and develop the corporate strategy team, teaching them how to do work efficiently and effectively and aligned with our corporate values.

• Maintain and grow a set of cross-functional relationships, particularly at the senior and executive leadership levels, to achieve goals and outcomes.

Required Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree / Master's degree / MBA and 12 years of general industry experience or 6 years consulting experience at a top tier consulting firm.

• 2 years of management experience.

• Strategy Development/Planning/Implementation: Strong knowledge of corporate strategy core skill sets; strong experience formulating, planning, and implementing strategy.

• Analysis/Synthesis/Insight Generation: Strong ability to lead quantitative and qualitative analysis, provide insights and implications, inform decision making, and make recommendations/prioritize new opportunities to pursue.

• Critical Thinking/Problem Solving: Strong ability to identify and resolve complex problems with minimal oversight.

• Technology: Robust understand of the modern technology stack (e.g., Cloud, AI, Analytics, Data, APIs, etc.)

• Project Management: Strong experience managing complex projects with minimal oversight.

• Collaboration and Interpersonal Effectiveness: Strong ability to build strong connections with people and teams, drive results by working across the matrixed environment, and work directly with senior leadership.

• Communication Skills: Strong ability to communicate effectively with all levels, including senior executives; robust verbal, written and visual communications skills.

• Team Leadership and Development: Strong experience leading and proactively developing team members.

• Ability to work within a very fast-paced, quickly evolving organization and manage multiple, complex priorities.

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• Advanced degree such as MBA, MHA, MD, JD, or PhD.

• Experience in the healthcare industry, especially in the health insurance sector.

• Prior technology delivery experience.

** Hybrid role offering up to 2 days a week WFH in our Chicago or Richardson, TX office.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employment / Affirmative Action employer dedicated to providing an inclusive workplace where the unique differences of our employees are welcomed, respected, and valued. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.