Cigna Healthcare · 14 hours ago
Individual & Family Plans (IFP) Portfolio Planning & Intake Senior Manager - Remote - Cigna Healthcare
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$131K/yr - $218K/yr
15+ years expCigna Healthcare is an advocate for better health through every stage of life, and they are seeking a Senior Manager for their Individual Family Plans (IFP) & Small Group Product Group (SGP) Portfolio Planning. This strategic role involves overseeing the intake, evaluation, prioritization, and governance of portfolio initiatives across business segments to ensure alignment with enterprise strategy and drive value creation.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Lead team of Intake Managers
Lead annual strategic planning cycles Stakeholder Experiences
Aggregate and prioritize initiatives vying for investment
Ensure alignment with enterprise goals and value drivers
Serve as a connector across Stakeholder Experiences to ensure initiatives are prioritized and escalated appropriately
Own and facilitate road mapping sessions and Pitch Day
Synthesize multi-year roadmaps into IFP & SGP Master Inventory
Assist in determination of value optimization and strategic alignment
Coordinate Stakeholder Experience Prioritization (1-n)
Effort & Value Assessment EG: Impact & Feasibility Assessment, Business Case Validation
Lead end-to-end management and coordination of all requests submitted into IFP & SGP Intake processes
Own and facilitate portfolio governance, ensuring initiatives meet readiness criteria and are aligned with enterprise strategy
Guide business and partner with stakeholders to define problems and shape solutions
Identify, communicate and manage risks in an organized and detailed manner – timely escalation of barriers to success
Make initial Go/No-Go decisions, based on knowledge of aligned Stakeholder Experience Roadmap and backlogs (Strategic and Business Directed), and pipeline
Present GO recommendation to the Portfolio Leadership for disposition; if approved, include in backlog, and sequenced for delivery
Provide outcomes/status to the business submitters, including what the recommended outcomes mean
Drive trade-off and sequencing decisions across verticals, ensuring transparency and alignment
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 15+ years of experience working in strategy and operational leadership, with a proven background successfully leading organizations through business transformation
15+ years of relevant Portfolio Management, Program/Project Management, and/or healthcare experience required
10+ years of experience leading people
Ability to work effectively in a dynamic and rapidly changing team-based, heavily matrixed environment
High degree of flexibility and agility
Works well in a fast-paced environment
Thrives on dealing with ambiguity and managing complexity
Strong relationship management and cross-functional influence, including at the most senior levels of the organization
Ability to understand complex needs of stakeholders at all levels of the organization in order to drive sustainable change
Innovative and will challenge the status quo
Strategic mindset & enterprise thinker
Strong self-awareness and emotional intelligence
Strong business acumen to support strategic alignment of initiatives
Acts authentically with honesty and integrity to create trusted relationships
Courage to reimagine current operating model and recommend ways for working differently
Demonstrated ability to drive and influence diverse stakeholders to decisions, alignment, and commitment, often requiring significant cross-functional coordination to achieve desired business results
Independently identifies and frames opportunities in a structured, data-driven way to clearly communicate options, risks, trade-offs
Ability to design, gain alignment and successfully execute key enterprise initiatives from start to finish; works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations
Strong Change Management exposure to the discipline and components of Change Management (measurements, delivery, planning, execution, theories)
Strategic Mindset – Looks to future needs and possibilities and translates Enterprise strategic goals into executable plans
Action Oriented – Takes on tough challenges with sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm
Drives Results – Pushes team and cross functional partners to deliver needed results in tough circumstances and expedited timelines
Decision Quality – Makes sound and timely decisions to keep work moving forward
Directs Work – Provides direction to direct reports and cross functional teams and removes barriers to getting work done
Manages Complexity – Makes sense of complex and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
Manages Ambiguity – Operates effectively and drives work forward even when things are not certain or there is no clear way forward
Balances Stakeholders – Anticipates and balances the needs of multiple stakeholders across Health Services and Enterprise
Collaborates – Quickly builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to ensure progress
Courage – Steps up to address difficult issues and says what needs to be said
Instills Trust – Quickly gains confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity
Communicates Effectively – Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear message and adapts to multiple audiences
Situational Adaptability – Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations
Preferred
Bachelor's degree preferred
Experience and/or working knowledge across multiple growth platforms, sub-business and/or functions preferred
Benefits
Medical
Vision
Dental
Well-being and behavioral health programs
401(k)
Company paid life insurance
Tuition reimbursement
A minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year
Paid holidays
Company
Cigna Healthcare
We are a health benefits provider that advocates for better health through every stage of life.
10001+ employees
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