Chief Growth & Innovation Officer

Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company; Cool Valley (MO); On-site; USD 272,000 - 408,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

Dental

Well-being and behavioral health

401(k)

Company paid life insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Leaves of absence

Job summary

The Cigna Group seeks a Chief Business Innovation Officer to build and lead the enterprise innovation system, identifying future growth opportunities and creating scalable platforms across healthcare, consumer, and technology domains. You will govern portfolios, incubators, and partnerships while aligning with executive strategy and enterprise priorities.

You will drive disciplined experimentation, validated learning, and commercialization pathways, reporting to the EVP, Enterprise Strategy,

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in innovation, new business development, venture building, product strategy, healthcare strategy, consulting, or related fields.
• Demonstrated success launching new products, services, businesses, or growth initiatives.
• Experience identifying and evaluating emerging market opportunities.
• Strong understanding of healthcare, consumer trends, technology disruption, and business model innovation.
• Proven track record influencing executive leaders and driving enterprise change.
• Exceptional strategic thinking, creativity, and commercial judgment.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in highly matrixed organizations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the enterprise innovation strategy and long-term growth agenda aligned to enterprise priorities.
• Establish and govern a balanced innovation portfolio spanning adjacent growth opportunities, cross-enterprise innovation, disruptive business models, and emerging growth platforms.
• Identify and prioritize opportunities with potential to create meaningful enterprise value and strategic advantage.
• Create visibility into innovation portfolio performance, investment allocation, commercialization progress, and value creation.
• Establish portfolio management disciplines that balance risk, investment, learning, and commercial outcomes across multiple innovation horizons.
• Ensure innovation efforts remain focused on enterprise-level opportunities with meaningful strategic and financial impact.
• Design and operate the enterprise innovation operating system, including opportunity identification, prioritization, governance, incubation, commercialization, and scaling processes.

Skills

Innovation strategy

Venture building

Healthcare strategy

Executive leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Business model innovation

Portfolio management

Job description

The Cigna Group seeks a Chief Business Innovation Officer to build and lead the enterprise innovation system, identifying future growth opportunities and creating scalable platforms across healthcare, consumer, and technology domains. You will govern portfolios, incubators, and partnerships while aligning with executive strategy and enterprise priorities.

You will drive disciplined experimentation, validated learning, and commercialization pathways, reporting to the EVP, Enterprise Strategy,