Strategy Advisor

<strong>At Emergent Holdings, we&rsquo;re creating an innovative environment where our employees belong authentically, contribute meaningfully, and thrive intentionally &mdash; both personally and professionally.</strong>

Southfield, MI

Emergent Holdings

<p class="p1"><strong>Emergent Holdings is driven by a singular goal &mdash; improving the health and safety of our customers and our communities. How do we do that? We create innovative insurance products, technology solutions, and services to support our key stakeholders &mdash; individuals, employers, providers, and strategic partners &mdash; improving the health and safety of the people and places we serve.</strong></p> https://emergentholdingsinc.com/

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Full-Time

Competitive Compensation and Benefits Package

Overview: <p><a target="_blank">The Strategy Advisor serves as an integral member of the Emerging Markets strategy team, responsible for driving the development of the long-term strategy of Emergent Holdings, in close partnership with its four unique business entities and with a strong focus on the Medicare market. As the growth and diversification engine of BCBSM, Emerging Markets is continuously evaluating new, innovative ways to grow and expand our businesses. The Strategy Advisor will play a critical role in identifying new growth opportunities for the company and oversee business case development for high-priority opportunities. The candidate will&nbsp;</a>work on many of the company&rsquo;s critical business needs and&nbsp;engage across the organization to develop and assess creative solutions and recommendations. The candidate will operate in the capacity of a trusted advisor to executive leadership and other business leaders.</p>
Responsibilities: <ul> <li><a target="_blank">Lead the business through strategy development to execution including managing workstreams and cross-functional resources that support the initiatives, business case development, etc.</a></li> <li>Facilitate the enterprise-wide strategic planning process for both annual and long-term plans including collaboration with business leads and communication/coordination across multiple functions.</li> <li>Serve as a key resource and thought partner to enterprise leadership by aligning, engaging, leading, and making significant contributions and/or influencing highly visible projects of strategic importance to the organization.</li> <li>Partner closely with the Business Innovation team to strategically assess opportunities for new pilot programs and evaluate results of pilots for future business planning.</li> <li>Develop presentations on strategies for all levels of the organization in an effort to educate, gain approvals or track progress; including board presentations, executive summits, town hall, and other employee meetings.</li> <li>Create project deliverables including various written communications such as concept proposals, business plans, executive-level summaries, and presentations for the executive leadership team and Board of Directors.</li> <li>Perform market research to better understand the organization and its customers while keeping abreast of industry trends, competition, and changes in the market to help guide strategic planning, initiative implementation, and improvements.</li> <li>Develop and evaluate market research, analysis, pro formas, budgets, work plans, etc. that support strategic plans and identify gaps, sensitivities, and risks.&nbsp;</li> <li>Monitor, analyze, and report performance against achieving strategic goals through monthly, quarterly, and annual scorecard updates.&nbsp;</li> <li>Interact regularly with enterprise executives and senior management.</li> <li>Participate in developing department goals, objectives, processes, procedures, and systems.</li> <li>Mentor teams and division leaders in the utilization of best practices, as well as plan development and analysis, risk, and scope.</li> </ul>
Requirements: <p><strong>EDUCATION OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE:</strong></p> <p><a target="_blank">Bachelor&rsquo;s Degree in Strategy, Business, Finance, or related field required. Master&rsquo;s degree preferred.&nbsp;Combination of relevant education and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.</a></p> <p><strong>EXPERIENCE:</strong></p> <p><a target="_blank">Minimum seven years of experience, including any full-time graduate studies. Experience in health care, particularly Medicare, highly preferred. Consulting experience preferred. Progressive multi-faceted experience evaluating and planning strategies to solve management and business problems, including developing operational and strategic plans.</a></p> <p><strong>SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES (SKA) REQUIRED:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Highly motivated self-starter with an ability to effectively manage a range of projects in an environment with changing priorities</li> <li>Work with minimum supervision and exercise sufficient discretion and independent judgment.</li> <li>Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, openness, diplomacy, tact, discretion, sound judgment and excellent organizational skills</li> <li>Ability to effectively exchange information, in verbal or written form, by sharing ideas, reporting facts and other information, responding to questions and employing active listening techniques</li> <li>Demonstrated expert level analytical, communication, interpersonal and presentation skills</li> <li>Superior ability to summarize difficult concepts to corporate level presentations using PowerPoint</li> <li><strong>Ability to organize, analyze and interpret financial and management data to solve management and business problems.</strong></li> <li>Demonstrated experience developing operational and strategic plans.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Demonstrated ability to interact with others at all levels of the organization, to build consensus and get decisions implemented.</li> <li>Superior written and interpersonal communication, including extremely strong presentation creation and delivery skills.</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to understand business needs and conceptualize and implement processes and products that support those business strategies across multiple entities.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Demonstrated ability to comprehend the consequences of various problem situations and seek creative solutions.</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as part of a team in the research, planning, development and implementation of strategic corporate projects.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to successfully function in a team environment as well as being able to effectively influence and motivate team members</li> <li>Thorough knowledge of project management principles and practices, including planning and coordination, with the ability to complete strategic projects involving multiple resources and entities.</li> <li>Ability to establish workflows, manage multiple projects, and meets necessary deadlines</li> <li>Ability to perform other assignments at locations outside the office.</li> </ul> <div id="gtx-trans" style="position: absolute; left: -572px; top: -20.0139px;">&nbsp;</div>