Additional Locations:Job DescriptionBlue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) is seeking a Senior Strategic Advisor to join our growing Care Delivery Services Team! We are looking for a driven and entrepreneurial individual that is excited by a role that involves executing a strategic vision for the company. You are the art of the possible, able to successfully support projects related to high-visibility partnerships and acquisitions in an ambiguous environment from ideation to execution. You are a critical thinker who thrives in fast-paced environments, is comfortable with shifting priorities, and who enjoys wearing multiple hats when required.About the Care Delivery Services Team:Within Blue Cross NC’s Strategy and Diversified Business Group (SDBG), the Care Delivery Services Team is responsible for overseeing strategy co-development and execution as well as alliance management and advisement functions for Blue Cross NC’s care delivery service assets, inclusive of its cornerstone/current care delivery service asset – Alo, and its most recently acquired asset FastMed Urgent Care. The goal of Blue Cross NC’s formation of and strategic partnership is to expand consumer access to affordable, high-quality care via the support and advancement of independent primary care and urgent care.In your role as a Senior Strategic Advisor, you will help support and enable the strategic development, execution, and success of Blue Cross NC’s diversified care delivery service assets at multiple levels.If you are ready to join a new and growing division focused on helping the organization achieve its long-term goals by building out a new business area for Blue Cross NC, then you are the person for this team!What You’ll Do:Strategy
Lead collaboration between internal/external stakeholders to identify strategic partnership initiatives between Blue Cross NC (proper) and Blue Cross NC care delivery service assets that will drive collective value; work directly with staff and senior leadership across organizations to proactively identify and prioritize strategic needs that advance achievement of cross-enterprise goals, drive the strategic development process to address these needs and create meaningful outputs
Serve as a subject matter expert on both Blue Cross NC and Blue Cross NC care delivery service assets’ strategy and stay abreast of industry and competitor developments to help inform assets’ strategy evolution, ensure strategic imperatives of assets’ formation/acquisition are met.
Identify, analyze, and monitor relevant industry, regulatory, technology and market-based trends to provide input on the value of additional partnerships/transactions leveraging relevant Blue Cross NC subject matter experts, internal and external data assets.
Execution/Operations
Help manage and maintain an effective shared governance structure between Blue Cross NC and Blue Cross NC care delivery service assets; coordinate and co-facilitate shared governance structure meetings, related processes to identify new strategic partnership initiatives, prioritize their selection via business case development and comparison, and drive successful implementation/execution as appropriate.
Conduct data analysis and research to provide actionable insights as it relates to potential partnership and standalone diversified care delivery service asset growth initiatives, drive or support subsequent business case development and cross-organizational decision-making based on initiative type and asset governance structure.
Lead the implementation/execution of partnership initiatives by defining projects’ scope, developing project plans, determining needs and allocating resources, coordinating and facilitating meetings, anticipating and mitigating project risk(s), and monitoring and reporting on progress/success via formation and tracking of KPIs.
Co-manage the completion of key ancillary partnership activities required to ensure/enhance partnership or acquisition success such as: internal/external communications; legal/compliance; financial monitoring/reporting.
Facilitate communication and present information to keep Blue Cross NC senior leadership abreast of care delivery service assets’ progress and performance as appropriate.
Coaches/mentors more junior staff as needed to facilitate execution of assigned strategic initiatives.
What You Bring:
Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree (where required)
5+ years of experience in related field
In lieu of degree, 7+ years of experience in related field
Nice to Have:
Experience in strategic development, business development, strategic planning, market/product development, business operations, health care operations and/or project management with health care providers and/or payors strongly preferred
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Internal candidates with 3-5 years of broad-based health insurance/health care experience and direct exposure to applicable business areas (i.e., innovation, strategic planning/operations, strategy/business development, healthcare strategy/operations, segment strategy/operations) will also be considered.
It's an exciting time to work at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC). Health care is changing, and we're leading the way. We offer more than health insurance our customers can count on. We’re committed to better health and better health care − in our communities and beyond. Our employees bring energy and creativity to the workplace, and it shows in our innovative approach to improving the health and well-being of North Carolinians.Blue Cross NC is a fully taxed, not-for-profit North Carolina company with major operations centers in Durham and Winston-Salem. We employ more than 5,000 people who are passionate about health care, and we serve more than 4.3 million members.Help us lead the charge for better health care by joining our award-winning team. Discover tremendous opportunities with us to do challenging and rewarding work. Opportunities that can lead you to a fulfilling career, work that can help others lead healthier, happier lives.E-VerifyOur company uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit E-Verify Overview (https://www.e-verify.gov/employees/e-verify-overview) for English or Visión General de E-Verify (https://www.e-verify.gov/es/empleados/vision-general-de-e-verify) for Español.Third Party Staffing AgenciesBlue Cross NC does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from candidates. For the protection of all parties involved in the recruiting process, resumes will only be accepted from recruiters/agencies if a signed agreement is in place at the inception of the recruiting effort and authorized for a specific position. Unsolicited resumes sent to Blue Cross NC from recruiters/agencies do not constitute any type of relationship between the recruiter/agency and Blue Cross NC and do not obligate Blue Cross NC to pay fees if we hire from those resumes.