Description
The Strategy Consultant provides data-based strategic analysis and direction to identify and address business issues and opportunities critical to company success. Provides business intelligence and strategic planning support for business segments or the company at large. The Strategy Consultant work assignments involve moderately complex to complex issues where the analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.Responsibilities
Humana, a Fortune 50 Healthcare Company
Humana is a publicly traded, Fortune 50 healthcare company with a long history of successful innovation and reinvention. It has transformed itself from the largest US nursing home company in the 60’s, to the largest US hospital corporation in the 80’s, to a leading health benefits company beginning in the 90’s. Today, Humana is a leader in consumer-focused health solutions and is one of the largest health benefits organizations in the country.
Role Overview
The Healthcare Strategy team supports Humana’s Medicare and Medicaid business unit. This business unit, Humana’s largest, comprises over 80% of the company’s total revenue and the majority of its earnings. Team members partner with senior leaders, and more broadly with leaders throughout the enterprise, as they deliver strategy projects addressing some of the businesses most important opportunities and challenges. These high-profile strategy projects place the team at the forefront of helping to define the future of Humana’s largest businesses.
Humana is seeking a team member with prior management consulting experience to support delivering some of Medicare and Medicaid’s highest priority projects and initiatives with an emphasis on Medicare Advantage strategy development. As a Consultant, you will deconstruct issues and challenges, perform targeted research and analysis, and craft sound, logical solutions and recommendations. You will also shape implementation considerations, and work with business owners as appropriate to transition analysis into execution. While deep diving into key areas, you will also have a bird’s-eye view of the business unit’s overall strategy. Your role will be instrumental in synthesizing the strategic choices being made across the business unit into coherent plans to drive growth and profitability, while simultaneously improving the lives and health of Humana’s members. While doing so, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with fellow team members, subject matter experts, members of Humana’s executive Management Team, and corporate, functional, and business unit leaders.
Recent example projects include assessing the performance of strategic initiatives and business areas, evolving key facets of the Medicare Advantage growth strategy, leading the development of the annual Medicare Advantage strategic plan, and refreshing the strategy for Humana’s sales organization.
Key responsibilities include:
Delivering high quality analysis and deliverables that clearly frame objectives, issues/challenges, and articulate compelling, insightful findings, conclusions, and recommendations
Managing and delivering analysis and workstreams within high-profile, high-impact strategy projects
Developing high quality, insightful, and clear analysis and deliverables for Humana’s executive management team and Board of Directors
Developing hypothesis to be validated or refined through targeted research and analysis
Conducting interviews and working sessions with stakeholders across the company
Conducting industry, market, competitor, and financial analysis
Working collaboratively with fellow team members and leaders across the company
Leading critical processes to prepare leadership for interactions with Humana’s executive Management Team and Board of Directors
Being a steward of the strategy team’s operating model, norms and ways of working
Coordinating and overseeing key meetings to ensure key topics and decisions are communicated to leadership timely
Defining and developing opportunities for strategic alignment and consistent reporting across the business segment
Designing and monitoring key metrics and the reporting cadence across the organization
Working across operational units to execute strategic planning process and quarterly refinement
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree with outstanding academic credentials
2+ years of full-time work experience with a leading management consulting firm
Demonstrated ability to manage analysis and work streams within strategy consulting engagements
Excellent verbal and written communication abilities
Highly collaborative, flexible, team oriented working style
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to perform complex qualitative and quantitative analysis
Demonstrated ability working within a matrixed environment
Preferred Qualifications
MBA, MPH, PhD, or graduate degree in a management field
Prior healthcare industry experience, preferably in the managed care or provider sector
Reporting Relationships
This role reports to the Associate Vice President within the Strategy team, works collaboratively with leaders and other members of the team, and with senior leadership throughout the enterprise
Additional Information
Flexibility with work location; options include:
Remote, with majority of work conducted on Eastern Time
Humana's Washington, DC-area office in Rosslyn, Virginia
Humana’s headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky
Work-At-Home Requirements
Must have the ability to provide a high-speed DSL or cable modem for a home office. Associates or contractors who live and work from home in the state of California will be provided payment for their internet expense.
A minimum standard speed for optimal performance of 25x10 (25mpbs download x 10mpbs upload) is required.
Satellite and Wireless Internet service is NOT allowed for this role.
A dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information
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Organization Details
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