Strategic Planning and Performance, Consultant - Commercial Growth and Strategy

Blue Shield of CA; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of California's Commercial Growth and Strategy department partners across Commercial Markets to execute go-to-market strategies, manage key vendor partnerships, and strengthen sales enablement through RFPs, quotes, and internal training.

The Strategic Planning and Performance Consultant supports development of strategies and action plans for critical market opportunities, designs actionable business solutions, drives cross-functional collaboration, and helps execute department

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 4+ years of relevant experience.
• 7+ years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience in the health insurance industry.
• Experience developing executive presentations and communications to support decision-making.
• Experience using Excel for analytics with the ability to develop and analyze performance reports and dashboards.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functionally with multiple stakeholders to drive change.
• Exposure to strategy development and execution preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support development of go-to-market strategies and action plans for critical Commercial market opportunities.
• Design actionable business solutions and recommendations.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration and executive communications.
• Assist with implementation of department priorities.

Skills

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

PowerPoint

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Your Role

The Commercial Growth and Strategy department partners across Commercial Markets' lines of businesses to execute go-to-market strategies, manage strategic vendor partnerships and customer solutions, strengthen sales enablement through RFPs, quotes, and internal training, and ensures implementation of new Commercial groups. The Strategic Planning and Performance Consultant reports to the Director of Commercial Markets Strategy. In this role, you will support the development of strategies and action plans for critical Commercial market opportunities, design actionable business solutions and recommendations, drive cross-functional collaboration, and execute key departmental priorities.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow - personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires a bachelor's degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree
• Requires 7 years of prior relevant experience
• Requires prior experience and understanding of the health insurance industry
• Requires experience developing PowerPoint presentations and executive communications that support decision-making
• Requires experience using excel for analytics with the ability to develop and analyze performance reports and dashboards
• Requires demonstrated experience working with multiple stakeholders and ability to coordinate cross-functionally to drive change
• Prefer exposure to strategy development and execution