Job Description

** This role may be based anywhere in the US

This role will be the dedicated leader for delivery systems within the International Markets strategy Health Consulting Team, which will be responsible for delivering internal and external transformational projects across International Markets.

This role will be the leader for delivery systems, ranging from physician organizations to complex integrated delivery systems with hospital ownership.  As a seasoned and highly experienced partner or organizer of delivery systems, this role will be responsible for designing, presenting, and influencing delivery system strategy within internal market and IM leadership as well as external partners’ executive leadership.

The role will be a thought leader delivery systems for International Markets with a broad and deep knowledge base on Cigna’s global capabilities and models as well as market best practices.

Some responsibilities that will be required of the role include;

Influencing strategic direction, product/benefit design teams, IT architecture teams, and network development teams at executive levels.

Driving alignment and recommending tradeoffs for market strategies and timelines to deliver a meaningful ROI for Cigna and its clients

Designing product offerings, joint processes, and governance models that support both the external partner’s needs and Cigna’s needs.

Regularly interacting with external and internal strategy/business development teams, Cigna DSA engagement teams, and other key operations partners to ensure knowledge and capability is aligned to International Markets strategic direction

Expertise in delivering medical cost through organization of physicians or creation of sustainable partnership models between payors and delivery systems

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsible for development and execution of delivery system strategy across transformation projects by influencing internal International Markets leadership and external executive leadership. The individual will need to lead delivery system strategy for the health consulting team, including the following:

            a. Development of delivery system strategy in concert with IM leadership and external partner’s leadership to drive long-term delivery system value creation,

             b. Development of product roadmaps for all health related products, and

             c. Integration with enablement teams for execution.

Be a thought leader for International Markets across delivery system strategy, partnership models, medical cost delivery, and best practices.

Be able to travel at short notice to be onsite for potentially significant periods of time (3 months) to deliver transformational projects in market

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree required, MBA or MHA strongly preferred.

5 plus years contracting experience involving complex delivery systems and organizations, with specific experience in designing products or partnership models a plus. Negotiation experience a plus as well.

Skilled and expert in contracting skills, to include proficiency in contracting at national level, with external entities and demonstrated success in preparing contracts which involve complex reimbursement methodologies

Experience in interacting with external Delivery System (hospital or physician) c-suite personnel in business partnership or material and complex price negotiations.

Strong written and verbal communication skills

The successful candidate will be particularly proficient in the following competencies;

Managing Vision and Purpose

Dealing with Ambiguity

Organizational Agility

Organizing

Informing

This position is not eligible to be performed in Colorado.