Corporate Strategy Director

Chicago, IL, United States

Director Planning & Strategy page is loaded Director Planning & Strategy Apply locations IL - Chicago time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago job requisition id R0027245 At HCSC, we consider our employees the cornerstone of our business and the foundation to our success. We enable employees to craft their career with curated development plans that set their learning path to a rewarding and fulfilling career.

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Job Summary This is an advanced professional-level position in the Corporate Strategy office. This individual is an expert in strategy-related activities and takes on a team leadership role without specific direct reports. This position is responsible for advising senior leaders across the enterprise on a broad array of corporate strategic, analytic, planning and integration activities to ensure continued growth and profitability of the organization; developing tools, templates, and approaches to mature the corporate strategic planning function; and providing oversight and leadership to more junior team resources. Required Job Qualifications:

Bachelor degree and at least 10 years of experience in health care, health insurance, or a corporate strategy function for a large company OR Bachelor degree and at least 8 years of external consulting experience involving strategic planning, market research, business development and/or financial management operations OR MASTERS degree and at least 6 years of external consulting experience involving strategic planning, market research, business development, and /or financial management operations.

Strategy Development/Planning/Implementation: Knowledge of strategic planning techniques and industry trends; experience leading and formulating strategy.

Analysis/Synthesis/Insight Generation: Conduct environmental and opportunity scans/ trend analyses, provide insights regarding implications, inform decision making, make recommendations/prioritize new opportunities to pursue. Growing ability to generate insights based on understanding of impacts/implications, and integrated across projects.

Critical Thinking/Problem Solving: Proactive identification and resolution to increasingly complex problems with minimal oversight.

Project Management: Manage increasingly complex projects with minimal oversight.

Business Knowledge and Application: Has a strong business knowledge and is proactive in its application.

Collaboration and Interpersonal Effectiveness: Ability to build strong connections with people and teams; drive results by working across the matrixed environment; work directly with corporate leadership.

Communication Skills: Ability to interact with all levels, including senior executives; verbal, written and visual communications skills.

Team Development: Proactively develop team members to share knowledge and experience.

Able to work within a very fast-paced, quickly evolving organization and manage multiple, complex priorities.

Strong focus on performance excellence and process improvement.

Preferred Job Qualifications:

Advanced degree such as Juris Doctor, MBA or MHA.

External strategic consulting experience with a top-tier consulting firm

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