Strategic Planning and Execution Director

About the role

The Strategic Planning and Execution Director is responsible for strategic planning and customer insight work in partnership with business units and will be part of the Carelon Execution Center of Excellence which is nested within Carelon’s Strategy & Growth organization. Will work across Carelon businesses to accelerate Carelon's most critical priorities through strategic problem solving, capability building, and execution.

Responsibilities

• Manages strategic projects, reports and analysis.
• Led the development and direction of selected issues and projects.
• Supports complex, high-profile initiatives (at times multiple initiatives concurrently) at the direction of the VP of Growth & Strategy.
• Understands all aspects of the business and partners with executive leadership to define strategy and successful criteria for the future.
• Translates strategy into defined tactics, programs/projects priorities, and timelines to turn strategy into reality.
• Facilitates or leads discovery sessions with business unit and growth & strategy teams to define strategy, scope, and success criteria of key initiatives.
• Builds and leverages relationships to provide innovative solutions to complex business problems.
• Identifies and proposes opportunities to improve initiative’s results based on continuous monitoring and needs assessments.
• Propagates execution methods, techniques, or approaches that improve execution confidence and reduce risk.
• Develops and delivers Executive-level communications.
• Responsible for the development implementation and monitoring of line of business planning and project activities.
• Travels to worksite and other locations as necessary.

Requirements

• Requires a BA/BS degree in a related field and a minimum of 10 years of related experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities And Experiences

• Strong program management skills and a track record of working through ambiguity in a complex, multi-stakeholder corporate environment is preferred.
• Prior strategy or management consulting experience is preferred.
• Experience translating complex, technical information into presentation-friendly formats, including graphical displays, to a wide variety of internal and external executive audiences is strongly preferred.
• Healthcare domain experience on the payor or provider side preferred.
• Prior experience supporting complex, high-profile initiatives is strongly preferred.
• Program/project set-up, advisory, governance, and management experience is preferred.
• Developing and delivering Executive-level communications is preferred, as all internal clients are SVP+ Leaders.
• Master’s degree preferred.

Benefits

Carelon, a proud member of the Elevance Health family of companies, offers a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).

Pay

The salary offered for this specific position is based on a number of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors set by the Company. The Company is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local pay equity laws.

Schedule

The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation.

Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities – and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.