Senior Strategy Consultant, Provider Relations

VSP Vision Care; United States; Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

VSP Vision Care seeks an accomplished strategy professional to drive enterprise initiatives and support CEO-level planning. You will research market trends, develop long-term plans, and collaborate with leaders to define high-impact programs. Strong communication and data-driven mindset are essential.

Ideal candidates will have deep healthcare/vision care experience, robust PowerPoint skills, and a track record of delivering actionable strategies while maintaining confidentiality and integrity.

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
• 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 or hybrid, must demonstrate a high level of engagement in virtual environments, including maintaining camera presence during meetings to support effective communication and team alignment

Responsibilities

• Conduct research and analyses to support development of plans to drive strategic and transformational initiatives across the organization and assist in developing business strategies for the CEO and Executive Team to improve profit, enterprise value, and competitive position
• Support the development of enterprise, pillar, and line of business strategies
• Support and drive longer-term strategic and business plans, and participate in annual operational planning process
• Coordinate and prepare content for Board of Directors and Committee meetings and ensure adherence to Board delivery timelines
• Develop insights on the vision care industry, broader healthcare and retail industries, technology and adjacent trends globally
• Continuously define strategy to stay fit-for-purpose in changing environments
• Collaborate with business leaders to identify strategic initiatives and outline pragmatic solutions
• Work with internal data and analytics to develop and maintain metrics to measure progress against strategic goals

Skills

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Data-driven analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Integrity and confidentiality

Energetic and innovative

Engagement in virtual environments

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration/finance/economics/marketing/statistics

Tools

PowerPoint

Job description

Responsibilities include:

• 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

Typically Has The Following Skills Or Abilities

• 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, and sustainability
• 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

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 typesofpersonal information, including protected health information, about ouraudiences, includingmembers, doctors,clients, brokers, business partners,andemployees. VSP Vision employees will have access to this sensitive personal information and are subject to follow Information Security and Privacy Policies.