Director,StrategicPlanning

## **SUMMARY:** Leads a team responsible for evaluating and advancing enterprise and business-specific strategic initiatives. Provides data-driven insights and recommendations to senior leadership to inform strategic direction, business model evolution, and portfolio decisions across Evernorth and The Cigna Group. Partners cross-functionally to assess complex opportunities, quantify impact, and enable leadership decision-making. ## **RESPONSIBILITIES:** * Leads evaluation of complex, cross-business strategic initiatives, including growth strategy, monetization, portfolio optimization, and regulatory impacts * Develops executive-ready recommendations, including options, trade-offs, and risks * Supports development of long-term strategy for priority businesses and enterprise initiatives * Leads business case development, scenario analysis, and market assessments * Evaluates enterprise implications of market, regulatory, and competitive dynamics * Leads and develops a team of senior individual contributors; manages prioritization and deliverables * Partners with cross-functional stakeholders to align on strategic recommendations * Influences senior leadership decisions in a highly matrixed environment ## ## **IDEAL CANDIDATES WILL HAVE A COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING:** * Bachelor’s degree * 10+ years strategy, consulting, or healthcare business leadership experience in the healthcare industry * Experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives * Strong analytical, problem-solving, and executive communication skills * Experience influencing stakeholders in a matrixed organization * Prior people leadership experience * Healthcare services, payer/provider, or network strategy experience * Experience evaluating regulatory or policy-driven business impacts If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps