Senior Strategy Consultant, Provider Relations

VSP Vision; Rancho Cordova (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

VSP Vision seeks a senior strategic leader to drive cross-organizational initiatives and help shape long-term business plans from the CEO and Executive Team. You will analyze the vision care and broader healthcare landscape, develop pragmatic solutions, and track progress against strategic goals.

You will partner with business leaders to identify opportunities, create actionable metrics, and ensure timely execution of initiatives that enhance profit, value, and competitive position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, economics, marketing, statistics, or related field.
• Eight years of experience in corporate strategy, strategic planning, corporate development, strategy or management consulting, research, data analytics, market analysis, or competitive intelligence.
• Working knowledge and experience in the vision, healthcare or insurance industry.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with a focus on simplicity of messaging.
• Highly proficient in PowerPoint.
• Ability to use logic and think through future implications.
• Proven ability and willingness to work through details and execute.
• Integrity and confidentiality in handling information.
• Desire to explore all business areas to identify opportunities and outline solutions.
• Energy and enthusiasm for new ideas.
• Remote/hybrid engagement for WFH roles with camera presence in virtual environments.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research and analyses to support strategic initiatives across the organization.
• Assist in developing business strategies to improve profit, enterprise value, and competitive position.
• Support development of enterprise, pillar, and line of business strategies.
• Participate in longer-term planning and annual operational planning.
• Coordinate and prepare content for Board of Directors and Committee meetings.
• Develop insights on the vision care, healthcare, and insurance industries and related trends.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Communication

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics, marketing, statistics, or related field

Tools

PowerPoint

Job description

Responsible for conducting research and analyses to support the development of plans to drive strategic and transformational initiatives across the organization and assists in the development of business strategies in support of the CEO and Executive Team to improve company profit, enterprise value, and competitive position.

Support the development of enterprise, pillar, and line of business (LOB) strategies.

Support and drive the development of longer-term strategic and business plans, and participates in the annual operational planning process.

Accountable for ensuring adherence to Board delivery timelines, including coordination and preparation of content for Board of Directors and Committee meetings, as necessary.

Access, understand, and develop insights on the vision care industry (including insurance and materials businesses), the broader healthcare and retail industries, technology, and adjacent trends globally.

Remain cognizant of the changing environment, continually working at and defining strategy to ensure it is fit for purpose.

Collaborate with business leaders to identify and define strategic initiatives that will have overarching impact by developing creative, yet pragmatic solutions.

Work with internal data and analytics team, develop and maintain key qualitative and quantitative metrics to measure progress against enterprise strategic goals and success of related strategic initiatives.

Job Specifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, economics, marketing, statistics, or related field
• Eight years of experience in corporate strategy, strategic planning, corporate development, strategy or management consulting, research, data analytics, market analysis, or competitive intelligence
• Working knowledge and experience in the vision, healthcare or insurance industry
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with a focus on simplicity of messaging
• Highly proficient in PowerPoint
• Ability to use logic and think through future implications
• Proven ability and willingness to work through details and execute
• Personal and professional integrity with the ability to preserve confidentiality
• Desire to dig in to all areas of the business to help identify opportunities and outline solutions, metrics, etc. to move the business forward
• Possess energy and enthusiasm for new ideas
• For roles that are remote (i.e., Work From Home (WFH)) or hybrid (i.e., partial onsite at a VSP location and WFH), must demonstrate a high level of engagement in virtual environments, including maintaining camera presence during meetings to support effective communication and team alignment

Preferred Skills

• Deep understanding of healthcare delivery and practice models, and the key drivers of provider engagement, network participation, growth
• Keen understanding of healthcare ecosystem dynamics, interrelationships among healthcare stakeholders, and the factors that drive stakeholder value and engagement
• Intuitive understanding of the intersection between policy and business strategy/outcomes

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Compensation range for the role is listed below. Applicable salary ranges may differ across markets. Actual pay will be determined based on experience and other job‑related factors permitted by law. As a part of the compensation package, this role may include eligible bonuses and commissions. For more information regarding VSP Vision benefits, please click here.

Salary Ranges: $105,000.00 - $165,375.00

VSP Vision is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to age, gender, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. We maintain a drug‑free workplace and perform pre‑employment substance abuse testing.

Unincorporated LA County Residents: Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act, and any other similar laws.

As a regular part of doing business, VSPVision ("VSP") collects many different types of personal information, including protected health information, about our audiences, including members, doctors, clients, brokers, business partners, and employees. VSP Vision employees will have access to this sensitive personal information and are subject to follow Information Security and Privacy Policies.