Sr Consultant Corporate Strategy

HCSC; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 93,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) is seeking an emerging leader to support strategy development, planning, and implementation across transformation initiatives in our healthcare management programs. The role focuses on driving growth, improving affordability, and transforming our operating model enabled by technology, with emphasis on clinical-area transformation.

Candidate will collaborate with Healthcare Management leaders, manage complex projects, and help deliver strategic initiatives

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree with 5 years general industry experience or 2 years consulting at a top-tier firm.
• Experience with strategy development, planning and implementation.
• Ability to analyze and synthesize insights to inform decisions and priorities.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills with some oversight.
• Experience in managing complex projects with some oversight.
• Ability to collaborate across a matrixed organization and communicate effectively.
• Able to handle a fast-paced, evolving environment with multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Support leadership with strategy development, planning and implementation projects.
• Help drive growth and improve affordability of products and services.
• Transform operating model enabled by technology.
• Focus on transformation across clinical areas and collaborate with Healthcare Management leaders.

Skills

Bachelor/Master degree

Consulting experience

Strategy development

Analysis & insights

Critical thinking

Project management

Collaboration

Communication skills

Fast-paced environment

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Job description

Flex

IL - Chicago

TX - Richardson

Full time

R0049127

At HCSC, our employees are the cornerstone of our business and the foundation to our success. We empower employees with curated development plans that foster growth and promote rewarding, fulfilling careers.

Join HCSC and be part of a purpose-driven company that will invest in your professional development.

Job Summary

This individual has begun to develop expertise in strategy-related and/or transformation activities and is an emerging leader on the team without specific direct reports. The professional in this position will support leadership with projects related to strategy development, planning, and implementation to help drive growth, improve the affordability of our products and services, and transform our operating model enabled by technology. In this role you will focus on transformation across clinical areas and work closely with our Healthcare Management leaders.

Required Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree /Master's degree and 5 years of general industry experience or 2 years consulting experience at a top tier consulting firm.

• Strategy Development/Planning/Implementation: Growing knowledge of corporate strategy and/or transformation core skill sets; emerging experience formulating, planning, and/or implementing strategy and transformative efforts.

• Analysis/Synthesis/Insight Generation: Growing ability to conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis, provide insights and implications, inform decision making, and make recommendations/prioritize new opportunities to pursue.

• Critical Thinking/Problem Solving: Growing ability to proactively identify and resolve complex problems with some oversight.

• Project Management: Developing experience managing complex problems with some oversight.

• Collaboration and Interpersonal Effectiveness: Growing ability to build strong connections with people and teams, drive results by working across the matrixed environment, and work directly with leadership with some oversight.

• Communication Skills: Growing ability to communicate effectively through verbal, written and visual channels.

• Ability to work within a very fast-paced, quickly evolving organization and manage multiple, complex priorities.

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• Experience in the healthcare industry, especially in the health insurance sector.

• Experience with corporate strategy, growth, product, transformation efforts, technology-enablement, or business case development.

This is a Flex (Hybrid) role: 3 days in office; 2 days remote.

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Pay Transparency Statement:

At Health Care Service Corporation, you will be part of an organization committed to offering meaningful benefits to our employees to support their life outside of work. From health and wellness benefits, 401(k) savings plan, pension plan, paid time off, paid parental leave, disability insurance, supplemental life insurance, employee assistance program, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, plus other incentives, we offer a robust total rewards package for employees. Learn more about our benefit offerings by visiting https://careers.hcsc.com/totalrewards .

The compensation offered will vary depending on your job-related skills, education, knowledge, and experience. This role aligns with an annual incentive bonus plan subject to the terms and the conditions of the plan.

HCSC Employment Statement:

We are an Equal Opportunity Employment employer dedicated to providing a welcoming environment where the unique differences of our employees are respected and valued. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

Base Pay Range

$92,700.00 - $167,500.00

Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

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For more than 80 years, HCSC has been dedicated to expanding access to high-quality, cost-effective health care and equipping our members with information and tools to make the best health care decisions for themselves and their families. As an industry leader, HCSC also has been helping to make the health care system work better for all Americans. To remain a leader, we offer compelling careers that encourage resourcefulness, strategic thought and empower you to make a difference in the lives of our members and their communities.

Today, with the industry at an important crossroad, HCSC is reimagining health care and looking for original thinkers who aren’t afraid to make innovative contributions. We are an Equal Opportunity Employment employer dedicated to workforce diversity and a drug-free and smoke-free workplace. Learn more about HCSC, our commitment to our members and the opportunity you’ll have to improve health care delivery in an open, collaborative environment.

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