Cigna Healthcare
Healthcare
BusinessProjectPrincipal
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“Business Project Principal at Cigna Healthcare. Skills: Strategic planning, Program management, Transformation initiatives. Lead end-to-end strategic planning and execution across large-scale. Ensure alignment from strategy through implementation and operational”
What You'll Achieve.
Drive measurable outcomes; Ensure alignment; Enable delivery; Execute with clarity, speed, and impact; Support compliance, audit readiness, and successful delivery
Industry & Context.
Analytical skills; Problem-solving skills; Structured thinking skills; Issue framing; Tradeoff analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
10 years of experience in strategic planning, program management, management consulting, or a related field, Demonstrated experience leading large, cross-functional transformation initiatives in complex, matrixed environments, Ability to influence and align senior stakeholders across diverse functions and levels of the organization, Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and structured thinking skills, Advanced communication skills, including the ability to create executive-level presentations and convey complex topics clearly, Experience with program governance, decision frameworks, and performance tracking at an enterprise level
Nice to Have
Bachelor’s degree in business, strategy, healthcare, or a related field, Advanced degree (e. g. , MBA) preferred, Experience in healthcare, pharmacy, or other highly regulated industries, Familiarity with financial modeling, business case development, and enterprise planning processes, Experience working on large-scale transformation programs involving regulatory or compliance-driven initiatives
What You'll Do.
Lead end-to-end strategic planning and execution across large-scale
Ensure alignment from strategy through implementation and operational
Own development and maintenance of integrated program roadmaps
and readiness checkpoints
Drive cross-functional intake and prioritization
Establish and lead governance structures
Include executive steering committees
Translate complex business
and operational inputs
Support executive alignment and action
Lead structured decision-making processes
Include issue framing
Ensure clear traceability and alignment
Identify and proactively manage risks and interdependencies
Coordinate cross-functional mitigation strategies to maintain program momentum
Ensure alignment between regulatory requirements
and successful delivery
Monitor program performance
Provide transparent updates on progress
Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership
and strategic guidance to enable
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional intake and prioritization; Align Product, Technology, Finance, Legal, Operations, Pricing, and Go-to-Market teams; Executive steering committees; Senior stakeholders
Communication Scope
Executive presentations; Convey complex topics
Process & Methodology
Program management, Roadmap planning, Governance structures, Decision frameworks, Performance tracking
Full Job Description
Join a team shaping the future of pharmacy transformation. This role plays a critical part in connecting strategy to execution—turning enterprise priorities, regulatory requirements, and leadership decisions into coordinated plans that drive measurable outcomes. You will partner with senior leaders across Cigna Pharmacy and the enterprise to align direction, enable delivery, and ensure complex initiatives are executed with clarity, speed, and impact. **Responsibilities:** * Lead end-to-end strategic planning and execution across large-scale transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment from strategy through implementation and operational readiness. * Own development and maintenance of integrated program roadmaps, including milestones, dependencies, sequencing, and readiness checkpoints across multiple workstreams. * Drive cross-functional intake and prioritization, aligning Product, Technology, Finance, Legal, Operations, Pricing, and Go-to-Market teams to enterprise priorities. * Establish and lead governance structures, including executive steering committees, status reporting, KPI tracking, and decision escalation pathways. * Translate complex business, regulatory, financial, and operational inputs into clear, decision-ready materials that support executive alignment and action. * Lead structured decision-making processes, including issue framing, tradeoff analysis, and documentation to ensure clear traceability and alignment. * Identify and proactively manage risks, interdependencies, and delivery gaps; coordinate cross-functional mitigation strategies to maintain program momentum. * Ensure alignment between regulatory requirements, business design, and implementation plans to support compliance, audit readiness, and successful delivery. * Monitor program performance and provide transparent updates on progress, risks, and outcomes to senior stakeholders. * Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership, providing insights, recommendations, and strategic guidance to e
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