Director of Enterprise Strategy & Transformation

Highmark Health; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 142,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Health is seeking a Director to lead the strategy, transformation, and funding initiatives across the enterprise, shaping long-range goals and driving cost reduction, process efficiency, and improved customer experience.

You will define strategic objectives, align execution across business units, oversee governance and reporting to the executive steering committee, manage budgets and resources, and mentor staff for high performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Healthcare Administration, Finance, Economics, Operations, Information Technology, or related discipline, or relevant experience and/or education as determined by the company in lieu of bachelor's degree.
• 7 years of strategy, transformation, operations, or consulting experience
• 5 years of management experience
• 3 years of experience in matrixed organizations
• Large data transformation experience that support enterprise data architecture, integrity, analytics, or member experience

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, staff, direct and control the day-to-day operations of the department; develop and implement policies and programs as necessary; may have budgetary responsibility and authority.
• Design and manage the enterprise strategic planning process.
• Define strategic objectives and long-range goals.
• Align strategy and execution across business units.
• Oversee funding processes, strategic portfolios, and technology-enabled transformations.
• Develop and lead strategic governance, coordination, and management of processes and functions within a matrixed organization.
• Responsible for all executive reviews and updates (e.g., executive level materials).
• Ensure that the balance of workload and assignment is correct across the team.
• Shared responsibility for all strategic processes and tools. Continuously assess team based on key metrics to achieve goals.
• Communicate and ensure best practices and strategic tools & processes are applied to address unique situations.
• Review identified risks across the projects and provide input and direction regarding potential remediation.
• Help resolve resource issues for projects through coordination with business unit leads.
• Support the resolution of any escalated issue for the project.
• Understand budget and resource utilization across the delivery domains.
• Provide business, portfolio and project reporting and analysis to executive steering committee.
• Actively engage in all red projects to resolve open issues.
• Be prepared to accept and manage escalations for projects in their domains.
• Have regular meetings with the stakeholders for critical projects.
• Ensure that any issues for project are properly escalated to senior leadership as appropriate.
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Problem Solving

Strategic Thinking

Leadership

Executive Storytelling

Business Acumen

Execution

AI Transformation

GenAI

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Healthcare Administration, Finance, Economics, Operations, IT, or related discipline

Master’s degree

Job description

Highmark Health is seeking a Director to lead the strategy, transformation, and funding initiatives across the enterprise, shaping long-range goals and driving cost reduction, process efficiency, and improved customer experience.

You will define strategic objectives, align execution across business units, oversee governance and reporting to the executive steering committee, manage budgets and resources, and mentor staff for high performance.