What are the responsibilities and job description for the Strategic Advisor position at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina?
As a part of our team of accomplished strategy professionals, we will look for you to own and drive projects from ideation to execution. You will support a focus on insight-driven decisions, innovation, customer centric experience and local/national collaborations. Work collaboratively to build coalition and support as well as facilitate action with both internal and external partners. Develop and refine strategic plans and initiatives to positively impact the management of today's business while supporting efforts for the definition and evolution towards a health solutions company.
What You'll Do
- Support work with staff and senior leadership across the company to proactively identify and prioritize strategic needs and create meaningful and actionable outputs, drive the strategic development process to address these needs, and integrate and align work to the company's overall strategic goals.
- Assist with the consolidation of research, authorship of key findings, and communication of timely, periodic strategic intelligence reports to senior management and Blue Cross NC Board.
- Support the design and development of the innovation program for Blue Cross NC - its offerings, innovation events, delivery methods, and definition of the success points of the program. Act as a "Champion of Innovation" and work across the organization to drive a culture of innovation in all that we do.
- Aid in innovation efforts through collaboration and consultation with internal stakeholders to identify, plan and execute innovation efforts; help them better understand what problems they are trying to solve, articulate their vision and define and enable success. Provide methods and resources to support their execution of those plans.
- Assist with the development of new ideas that solve existing or emerging issues the business faces. Help prototype and evaluate those ideas to determine viability and opportunity for success and follow through to implementation as necessary.
What You Bring
- Bachelor's degree or advanced degree (where required)
- 3 years of experience in related field.
- In lieu of degree, 5 years of experience in related field.
- Strong organizational, time management, presentation, and customer service skills
- Positive attitude, growth mindset and overall eagerness to learn and grow with the team
Nice to Have
- Healthcare industry experience
- Experience in applicable strategy area (i.e. innovation, customer experience, strategic planning)
Note: We frequently have opportunities at both the Strategic Advisor and Sr. Strategic Advisor levels, so if you are interested in this type of work, please feel free to apply!
About Life at Blue Cross NC
We're so much more than health insurance. At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC), we're committed to making health care better, simpler, and more affordable and have been since 1933. We're driving better health for North Carolina and working to tackle our communities' greatest health challenges. And we won't stop until health care is better for all.
When you join our team, you'll enjoy countless ways to volunteer and support the nonprofit charities and community programs. Giving back is who we are, and it's just one of the ways we live our purpose to improve the health and well-being of our customers and communities. Since 2011, our employees have donated more than $11 million to charitable causes and volunteered more than 129,000 hours to support community organizations.
At Blue Cross NC, we have a people-first culture. You'll have the flexibility to choose where and how you work. Our "Hybrid Flex" approach means you're empowered to work from anywhere* - fully remote, in the office or a hybrid of the two. We also encourage employees to take care of their well-being with working norms that guide how we work together.
Join a truly great place to work that has the hardware to prove it. We're consistently recognized by Forbes, Glassdoor, Great Places to Work and other notable organizations for our commitment to our culture, diversity, community, work-life flexibility, benefits, and more.
*You may work from any of our approved states.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in its health programs and activities.