Clinical Care Management – Operations Senior Advisor – Evernorth
The Cigna Group
Clinical Care Management – Operations Senior Advisor
The job profile for this position is Operations Senior Advisor, which is a Band 4 Senior Contributor Career Track Role.
Role Description:
This position reports into the Cigna Clinical Care Management organization. Incumbent will be responsible for the department’s management process, producing Operational Dashboards, and partnering with clinical leaders to improve processes to meet metric targets. In addition, the incumbent will provide leadership visibility into the health of the department’s project portfolio, along with highlighting and mitigating risks. This role requires program management expertise, both to lead projects individually, as well as guide junior team members. Projects often involve developing new clinical solutions to improve the affordability and quality of care. The incumbent should have health care industry experience, although a clinical background is not needed. The incumbent should be comfortable tackling ambiguous challenges, developing solutions from concept to implementation, and working effectively with matrixed partners.
Responsibilities:
Strategic Planning:
Develop subject matter expertise related to aligned program(s) and understanding of internal/external landscape, strategy and business objectives
Gather, analyze and synthesize key insights/research (e.g., data, industry, market, key stakeholder, operational)
Provide counsel and advice to top management on strategy and multi-year roadmap development
Support the enterprise portfolio submission processes
Management Process:
Utilize established program and project management methodologies and best practices for effective governance, meeting preparation and management, execution, and monitoring results
Establish, support and iterate on governance structure, meeting cadences, and communication strategy to align with and inform key stakeholders on assigned programs and initiatives
Manage intake and prioritization of actions to support program goals
Ensure that program-level success metrics/KPIs/scorecards are established and measured
Create, enhance and maintain playbooks and repeatable framework(s)
Ensure creation of and maintenance of sharepoint(s) /information management
Execution:
Collaborate with enterprise partners in the design and development of new solutions, enhancements and process improvements; go-to person for the most complex program management assignments
Ensure appropriate actions are taken to effectively implement initiatives; may serve as project manager to lead initiatives and/or provide project management oversight and partnership as business/program lead
Effectively prepare for and facilitate various governance meetings, project status/communication meetings and work sessions.
Develop/utilize best practice standard project artifacts including charter, team/roles and responsibilities, high level timeline/schedule, issues and risk log, and a master project plan to support milestones and goals
Manage project plans, track milestones, and monitor execution
Status reporting and project/program communications
Effectively communicate with project/business participants and stakeholders by adapting style and messages to diverse audiences
Manage/escalate and resolve/mitigate issues and risks; Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify solutions
Facilitate effective decision making
Ensure timely, quality, collaborative execution and effective project documentation
Develop and nurture strong relationships with key matrix partners and effectively collaborate across the Cigna and Evernorth enterprise including but not limited to Commercial, Health Services, Pharmacy and Govt Product/Solutions, eviCore, Accredo, Clinical Operations, Network/Provider contracting, Analytics, IT, Segments.
Continually improve skills, knowledge and competencies by proactively participating in various internal and external training opportunities and stretch assignments.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred in business or relevant field
5 years of program management/project management and/or applicable business experience, with knowledge of industry best practices:
Demonstrated ability to drive results and produce quality deliverables
Strong strategic/critical thinking, analytical, and problem solving skills
Demonstrates ability to operate with an enterprise mindset
Action oriented and works with a sense of urgency, acting with speed and purpose
Highly accountable for contributions to team and organizational results; takes responsibility to execute to meet aggressive timelines.
Proven ability to learn and apply quickly
Strong interpersonal skills/high emotional intelligence
Strong influencing, negotiating and relationship building skills – instills trust; must be a team player with demonstrated ability to work well with others and collaboratively resolve issues
Strong organizational skills with accurate and precise attention to detail; ability to manage multiple priorities
Ability to be proactive, take initiative and work independently
Ability to deal with ambiguity, embracing change and helping others see it as an opportunity with ability to stay focused on goals while adapting to change.
Comfortable with raising questions, issues, ideas or suggestions to co-workers of all levels across all organizations
Can maneuver through complex political situations effectively
Strong communication and presentation skills, with ability to tailor information to multiple levels/audiences
High proficiency with MS Office- Powerpoint, Excel, Word, Project; demonstrated ability to prepare effective Powerpoint presentations
Travel potential – 10%
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.
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