Elevance Health · 4 hours ago
Operational Excellence Strategic Consultant Director Senior
Indianapolis, IN
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
6+ years expElevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities, seeking a Senior Operational Excellence Strategic Consultant Director. This role focuses on driving operational rigor and strategic execution across Digital, Data, Technology, and Cyber domains while partnering with leadership to enhance performance and optimize enterprise digital strategy.
Health CareHealth InsurancePersonal HealthWellness
Responsibilities
Develops, enhances, and maintains operating systems, performance routines, and decision frameworks for the CDIO organization
Responsible for leading larger engagement teams and high value, complex, enterprise-wide level programs or projects that cross multiple business, addressing difficult challenges with both known and unknown solutions, while applying Lean, Six Sigma, and other continuous improvement techniques to streamline processes and improve outcomes
Leads teams in conceiving, shaping, refining and prioritizing enterprise wide initiatives and innovation opportunities, ensuring alignment with operational scorecards, KPI reviews, and OKR tracking to drive performance accountability
Provides and grows technical knowledge and subject matter expertise while supporting resource planning, capacity management, agile delivery performance, and prioritization processes across portfolios
Accountable for initiative planning and supports strategic planning, operating model updates, and capability assessments with data-driven decision making
Manages a portfolio of strategic initiatives and high value projects, managing resources, leading cross-functional initiatives, and ensuring alignment to priorities and key milestone progressions
Leads market analyses initiatives targeted to driving growth; develops or manages complex financial and investment models, and participates in or oversees the preparation of ROI analyses for senior management, while conducting market and competitive analyses related to digital trends and technology optimization
Demonstrates thought leadership, innovative tendencies, and an ability to execute on strategy through seasoned relationship building and communication acumen, including positive executive level interaction experiences and effectively translating complex insights into executive-ready storylines
Provides engagement/project oversight, establishes and reports on key metrics and measurements, and offers continuous improvement coaching, guidance, and mentoring to team members while facilitating tiered huddles and rapid improvement activities
Facilitates large cross-functional working sessions or meetings to align strategy and plan while functioning as an internal consultant to leadership, employing structured problem-solving techniques and hypothesis development
Plays a key role in driving enterprise-wide corporate strategy and innovation initiatives as well as short and long-range planning processes, designing and maintaining visual management tools for real-time operational insight
Partners with finance and business units to align investment decisions to operational performance data and enterprise strategy
Qualification
Required
Requires BA/BS in a related field and minimum of 6 years experience in management consulting, change management, large scale project management and/or process improvement leadership; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background
Preferred
Experience in digital, technology, IT service management or cyber operations strongly preferred
Strong operational management background, ideally in Digital, IT, Data, or Cyber environments strongly preferred
Deep experience applying Lean, Kaizen, or continuous improvement methodologies to optimize technology and business operations preferred
Management consulting or advisory experience with ability to translate complex operational insights into powerful executive narratives preferred
Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills with executive presence preferred
Ability to thrive in ambiguity, manage multiple complex initiatives, and navigate fast-paced technology environments preferred
Expert-level communication, presentation, and visualization skills preferred
Healthcare experience preferred, but not required
Master's Degree preferred
Benefits
Merit increases
Paid holidays
Paid Time Off
Incentive bonus programs
Medical
Dental
Vision
Short and long term disability benefits
401(k) +match
Stock purchase plan
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Financial education resources
Company
Elevance Health
Elevance Health is an integrated whole-health approach to help people in health journey and address their full range of needs.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
Elevance Health has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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2025 (488)
2024 (604)
2023 (660)
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2001-10-30IPO
Leadership Team
Gail K. Boudreaux
President and CEO
Geeta Wilson
Chief Technology Officer (CTO): Digital Health and Service Experience Platforms
Recent News
2026-01-23
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