Innovation Analyst, Principal - Oakland, United States - Blue Shield of California

Blue Shield of California

Verified Company

Oakland, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Your Role

The Innovation Analyst, Principal is responsible for providing thought leadership to business leaders across the enterprise to address ambiguous problems and opportunities through internal strategy and/or innovation consulting engagements.

This role will serve as a change agent, leveraging a consistent and disciplined approach to strategy and innovation to design dynamic yet enduring strategies.

This role will use data-driven internal and external insights, executive stakeholder management, design thinking principles, and strategy design to provide decision support to business and executive leaders.

The Innovation Analyst, Principal will collaborate with stakeholders across all functions to translate enterprise and business-unit strategies into specific objectives and key results.

The Innovation Analyst, Principal will be responsible for establishing and maintaining a consistent approach to strategic initiatives through design of strategic plans that connect to operations and ensure a high probability of success.

This position will have a pivotal role in supporting the ongoing building and execution of enterprise and business-unit level strategies to strengthen Blue Shield of California's ability to transform healthcare.

Your Work

In this role, you will:

Systematically leverage a consistent, repeatable approach to strategy design and innovation, including the associated engagement model, tools, resources and artifacts
Research market trends and user experiences to support the design of new visions and possible scenarios for the organization
Collaborate with strategy design teams to develop strategic direction of projects/programs and alignment across the enterprise, to inform decisionmaking at all levels of the organization
Define comprehensive enterprise and businessunit strategies, including clear, shared objectives that tie to outcomes that product value for members, providers, and colleagues
Leverage market, external, and industry insights to identify opportunities and make strategic recommendations, including building our enterprise competitive intelligence capabilities
Facilitate design session, workshops, or focus groups to engage key stakeholders across the enterprise
Create highly professional presentations to communicate and support findings
Create executive materials to maintain clear, succinct, and meaningful communication with Blue Shield executives and our Board

**QUALIFICATIONS
Your Knowledge and Experience**- Requires minimum 10 years of prior experience in strategy and innovation; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Requires a proven track record of companywide contributions
Requires mastery level knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience. Deep knowledge of strategy and innovation
Graduate degree (MBA, MPH or MHA) and Design Thinking certification preferred
Previous experience in healthcare industry environment, health plan/insurance or healthcare provider preferred
Core consulting skills: knowledge of management consulting and client management, including meeting and workshop development and management, presentation production, inductive/deductive reasoning, client interviewing, issue analysis, data analysis, process design, change management
Expertise in design thinking, including the ability to lead diverse stakeholders to surface ideas and insights in the development of new and innovative design experiences
Experience navigating large and complex organizations, including gaining access to key executives and stakeholders and successfully managing relationship building dynamics and processes within a highly matrixed environment
Deep understanding of innovation and strategic frameworks with excellent interpersonal and communication skills Project management skills, Agile methodology experience preferred

Pay Range:

The pay range for this role is: $ to $ for California.

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ABOUT THE TEAM

Blue Shield of California's mission is to ensure all Californians have access to high-quality health care at a sustainably affordable price.

We are transforming health care in a way that genuinely serves our nonprofit mission by lowering costs, improving quality, and enhancing the member and physician experience.

To fulfill our mission, we must ensure a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and fully contribute to meet the needs of the multifaceted communities we serve.

Our continued commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion upholds our values and advances our goal of creating a healthcare system that is worthy of our family and friends while addressing health disparities, promoting social justice, and integrating health equity through our products, business practices, and presence as a corporate citizen.

Blue Shield has received awards and recognition for being a certified Fortune