Innovation Analyst, Consultant - Long Beach, United States - Blue Shield of California

Blue Shield of California

Verified Company

Long Beach, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Your Role

The Innovation Analyst, Consultant is responsible for supporting the improvement and maintenance of our integrated enterprise strategy to execution process and supporting initiatives designed to provide strategic thought leadership to business leaders across the enterprise to address ambiguous problems and opportunities.

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

Under the guidance of Strategy and Innovation leadership, this role will use data-driven insights, executive stakeholder management, strategy design, and project and program management to provide decision support to business and executive leaders.

The Innovation Analyst, Consultant will have a pivotal role in supporting the ongoing building and executing of organization and business-unit level strategies to strengthen Blue Shield of California's ability to transform healthcare.

Your Work

In this role, you will:

Support annual strategic planning process, and shaping our longterm strategy/goals
Systematically leverage a consistent, repeatable approach to strategy design and innovation, including the associated engagement model, tools, resources and artifacts
Collaborate with business unit strategists and planners to develop strategic direction of projects/programs and alignment across the enterprise, to inform decisionmaking at all levels of the organization
Under the guidance of a Strategy and Innovation team lead, facilitate the design of comprehensive enterprise and businessunit strategies, including clear, shared objectives that tie to outcomes that produce value for members, providers, and colleagues
Provide consulting support as needed on engagements, including facilitation of design sessions, workshops, or focus groups to engage key stakeholders across the enterprise
Provide consultation to the improvements and maintenance of our enterprise strategy success metrics
Provide program and project management support to mature BSC's strategy and innovation capabilities (e.g., Strategy Committee)
Create highly professional presentations to communicate and support findings and prepare executive materials to maintain clear, succinct, and meaningful communication with Blue Shield executives and our Board
Other duties as assigned

**QUALIFICATIONS
Your Knowledge and Experience**- Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Requires at least 7 years management or strategy consulting and/or prior relevant experience
Graduate degree (MBA, MPH or MHA) preferred
Design thinking certification preferred
Previous experience in healthcare industry environment, health plan/insurance or healthcare provider preferred
Wellhoned strategic and analytic mindset, experience in synthesizing and translating complex strategic concepts. A strong balance between big picture/strategic thinking and connecting the dots to ensure alignment across the enterprise. Proven ability to distill key business issues, develop effective action plans and implement to successful conclusion, with a proven track record of developing and implementing strategies
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
Ability to construct and deliver inspiring and convincing arguments verbally and in writing. Ability to understand, organize and communicate complex information in an easily understandable format tailored to a variety of audiences
Uses logic and empathy to connect with others to advance strategic ideas and creatively generate support and alignment. 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. Demonstrated initiative and ability to drive change
Excited by big transformational ideas and able to infectiously stoke the fires of those around you
Excellent project management skills, Agile methodology experience preferred
Resultsdriven, collaborative, and able to drive concept to reality

Pay Range:

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

Note:

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 multif