Consultant, Principal

Summary
 As a Principal Consultant with Corporate Planning and Strategic Services (CPSS), you will have the skills and experience to lead large, complex initiatives that span multiple business areas from conception to execution. You will partner with business areas across the organization to achieve more success by helping them anticipate needs, create strategies, overcome challenges and advance sustainable opportunities. You will play an active role in the leadership and development of other team members and be a key collaborative think partner to the CPSS Leadership Team.
Description
 

What you will do:

• Partner with business units on strategy development and planning initiatives that lead to executable solutions to build competitive advantage, defend market position, and achieve organizational objectives.

• Work collaboratively with a dynamic group of highly capable individuals to challenge current thinking and drive positive change.

• Collaborate and consult with business leaders to design, recommend, and drive execution of effective strategies to achieve business objectives.

• Cultivate relationships with internal business stakeholders to proactively identify and champion opportunities that will bring business value.

• Provide thought leadership, insights, and recommendations to key stakeholders, to influence decisions in line with business unit and enterprise strategy. 

• Expand and share your knowledge of the healthcare/insurance industry, the BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina organization, and effective frameworks/approaches that are relevant, practical, and impactful.

• Actively contribute to the leadership and development of other team members and be a key collaborative think partner to the CPSS Leadership Team.

Required Education: Bachelor's

To qualify for this position you will need: 

10 years related work experience (and/or equivalent military experience grade E4 or above) leading cross-functional teams within highly visible enterprise-wide initiatives. Experience may include a combination of the following:

• Strategic Planning

• Process Improvement

• Change Management

• Organizational Development

• Business/Financial Analysis

• Program/Project Management

• Business Development

In addition to the above, you will need to have a bachelor’s degree (any major) as well as demonstrated abilities, skills, and capabilities that include:

• Effective communication, persuasion, negotiation, and influencing skills in order to win support and champion ideas from ideation through execution.

• Building and maintaining customer-centric relationships to drive business objective and organizational value.

• Working independently and with teams to translate ambiguous/complex concepts into a set of prioritized approaches that will produce sound decisions.

• Mentoring and guiding less experienced staff/customers in the use of tools/frameworks/methodologies in the design and execution of business solutions.

• Maintaining confidential or sensitive information with discretion.

We prefer you have the following education and experience:

• 7+ years of strategic planning or consulting experience working for an external or dedicated internal consulting team

• 3+ year’s leadership experience within the healthcare industry, preferably healthcare payers

• Master's Degree in a related field (MHA, MBA, Strategy, etc.)

• Extensive experience partnering with executive stakeholders and cross-functional teams to design, plan, and drive significant strategic transformation initiatives.

• Strong ability to take initiative and drive results while effectively balancing multiple priorities.

• Proven communication and leadership capabilities to influence people, inspire teams, and build coalitions to embrace change and move people to act.

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BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina and our subsidiary companies maintain a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in employment to promote employment opportunities for persons regardless of age, race, color, national origin, sex, religion, veteran status, disability, weight, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any other legally protected status. Additionally, as a federal contractor, the company maintains Affirmative Action programs to promote employment opportunities for minorities, females, disabled individuals and veterans. It is our policy to provide equal opportunities in all phases of the employment process and to comply with applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with physical and mental disabilities.

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