Enterprise Strategy & Execution Leader

The Cigna Group; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 193,000 - 322,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Life insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Well-being programs

Job summary

The Cigna Group invites a Strategic Planning Senior Director to lead enterprise strategic planning, align priorities across businesses, and translate strategy into measurable outcomes. You will partner with executive leadership to shape long-term priorities, investments, and governance across a complex, matrixed organization.

Responsibilities include driving annual planning, cross-functional collaboration, and executive communications while mentoring senior advisors within the enterprise

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or other advanced degree strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, investment banking, private equity, business development, or related strategic leadership roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-wide strategy development and strategic planning processes within complex organizations.
• Proven ability to influence senior executives and lead through ambiguity without direct authority.
• Exceptional strategic thinking, problem-solving, and executive communication skills.
• Strong analytical capabilities, including business case development, financial analysis, and strategic evaluation.
• Experience leading large cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholder groups.

Responsibilities

• Drive the annual enterprise strategic planning process, ensuring alignment across business, functional, financial, and portfolio planning processes.
• Coordinate development of multi-year strategic plans and strategy-linked financials across growth platforms, businesses, and enabling functions.
• Partner with Finance to integrate strategic priorities, financial scenarios, capital allocation considerations, and funding decisions.
• Facilitate planning forums, financial assumption reviews, cross-functional alignment sessions, and executive governance meetings.
• Synthesize business inputs into enterprise-level strategic insights, planning materials, executive presentations, and Board-ready communications.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Financial analysis

Leadership in ambiguity

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or related advanced degree

Job description

The Cigna Group invites a Strategic Planning Senior Director to lead enterprise strategic planning, align priorities across businesses, and translate strategy into measurable outcomes. You will partner with executive leadership to shape long-term priorities, investments, and governance across a complex, matrixed organization.

Responsibilities include driving annual planning, cross-functional collaboration, and executive communications while mentoring senior advisors within the enterprise