Strategy Analyst

Highmark Inc; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Health in Pittsburgh seeks a Strategy Analyst to support leadership with analytics and strategic activities aimed at membership growth and margin performance. You will isolate business issues, design and execute analyses, and help develop formal recommendations for senior leaders.

Under guidance from Strategy Consultants and leadership, you will lead small to mid-size projects, serve as SME on membership, growth and operational strategy, and contribute to training plans while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Engineering or Life Sciences or related field.
• Six years of relevant experience in lieu of Bachelor's Degree.
• Master’s degree in Business, Health, Economics or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify key business issues with owners and articulate problems.
• Lead small to medium strategy projects with the help of internal or external resources.
• Serve as SME on membership, growth and operational strategy issues.
• Provide informal guidance to team members and contribute to training plans.
• May supervise on a project basis.
• Apply frameworks and methodologies to analyze complex strategy issues.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Strategic thinking

MS Office

Healthcare trends

Education

Bachelor's degree relevant field

Experience substitution for degree

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Company : Highmark Inc.

JOB SUMMARY

Support leadership of Highmark, or its affiliates with a range of strategy activities essential to Highmark's membership and margin goals. Strategy Analysts provide analytical/strategic-thinking and leadership support that enables project teams to:

• 1) isolate business issues;
• 2) help design and execute analytics for studying business issues (market research, scenario planning, forecasting, market share, profitability, etc.);
• 3) develop technical content (competitive intelligence, market trend analysis);
• 4) support development of formal recommendations to senior levels of Highmark leadership;
• 5) help create document components (go-to-market or operational strategies, etc.) that inform critical strategic issues and decisions.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with business/ market owners to identify key business issues, articulate problem, apply right analytical framework, develop solution and recommendations, represent findings to stakeholders and own the outcome
• Under the guidance of Strategy Consultants and Leadership, participate in / lead small to medium sized strategy projects/ work streams with the help of internal or external strategy consulting resources
• Serve as subject matter expert (resource) to staff and stakeholders on membership, growth and operational strategy issues
• Provide periodic informal work guidance/direction to other team members;
• Provide performance input and recommendations to management for development/ training plans.
• May have supervisory responsibilities on a project basis
• Apply a broad knowledge of concepts and principles to develop analytical frameworks, approach and methodology best practices to analyze complex strategy issues, often applying ingenuity and originality to develop unique solutions
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

EDUCATION

• Required Bachelor's Degree in Business, Economics, Engineering or Life Sciences or other related degree
• Substitutions Six years of relevant experience in lieu of Bachelor's Degree
• Preferred Master’s Degree in Business, Health, Economics or other related degree

EXPERIENCE

• Required 3-5 years of relevant, progressive experience in strategy / management consulting firms or internal strategy groups of healthcare and related companies
• Preferred Experience in Health Insurance operations and technology Experience in operational improvement

LICENSES or CERTIFICATIONS

• Required None
• Preferred None

SKILLS

• Broad application of principles, theories, and concepts in strategic thinking, plus working knowledge of other related fields
• Strong PC application Skills (MS Office including PowerPoint and Excel)
• Knowledge of healthcare industry trends and challenges
• Language (Other than English): None
• Travel Requirement: 0% - 25%

PHYSICAL, MENTAL DEMANDS and WORKING CONDITIONS

• Position Type Office-based
• Teaches / trains others regularly
• Occasionally Travel regularly from the office to various work sites or from site-to-site
• Rarely Works primarily out-of-the office selling products/services (sales employees)
• Never Physical work site required
• Yes
• Lifting: up to 10 pounds
• Constantly Lifting: 10 to 25 pounds
• Rarely Lifting: 25 to 50 pounds
• Never

Highmark Health and its affiliates prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on any category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Highmark Health is a national, blended health organization that includes one of America’s largest Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers and a growing regional hospital and physician network. Based in Pittsburgh, Pa., Highmark Health’s 35,000 employees serve millions of customers nationwide through the nonprofit organization’s affiliated businesses, which include Highmark Inc., Allegheny Health Network, HM Insurance Group, United Concordia Dental, HM Health Solutions and HM Home & Community Services. Highmark Health’s businesses proudly serve a broad spectrum of health‑related needs including health insurance, health care delivery, population health management, dental solutions, reinsurance solutions, and innovative, technology solutions.