Strategic Business Development Director

3 weeks ago

Singapore The Cigna Group Full time

Job Summary:

The Senior Manager, Enterprise Strategy role is responsible for overseeing the planning, execution, and implementation of complex and large-scale strategic initiatives. This includes providing recommendations and advice to top management on significant program management matters, often requiring coordination between internal and external parties.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Evaluate market forecast and long-term trends, and work with business owners and senior executives to collect competitive intelligence.
  • Drive cross-functional business processes and maintain business model innovation.
  • Synchronize strategies with enterprise plans and interpret long-term plans into short-term projects.
  • Run projects to look at strategic opportunities such as acquisitions, divestitures, new market entry, and strategic alliances to support new business growth.
  • Conduct competitive analyses (qualitative and quantitative) and assessments prior to new market entry and present insights and implications to business owners and senior management.
  • Evaluate acquisition opportunities and collaborate with the IH Strategy and Business Development Team to make recommendations to Corporate Development.
  • Work closely with the project sponsor, cross-functional teams, and assigned project managers or workstream leaders to develop the scope, deliverables, required resources, work plan, budget, and timing for new strategic initiatives.
  • Manage large cross-divisional or company-wide programs or processes, and interpret internal or external issues and recommend solutions/best practices.
  • Solve complex problems, taking a broad perspective to identify solutions, and plan, organize, and control resources/processes to achieve project/program objectives within scope, time, quality, and budget constraints.
  • Oversee multiple projects and the life cycle of programs, manage program and project teams for optimal return on investment, and coordinate and delegate cross-project initiatives.
  • Support the delivery of a strategic program by providing central expertise, governance, and control within or independent of a formal Program Management Office (PMO).
  • Focus on providing thought leadership and technical expertise across multiple disciplines, and be recognized internally as the go-to person for the most complex program management assignments.
  • Develop program assessment protocols for evaluation and improvement, build metrics to measure the success of the program and implementation, and work with the CEO to adjust the strategic initiatives to adapt to the constant changes in the macro and internal environment.
  • Work with stakeholders to identify risks, opportunities across multiple projects within the organization, analyze, evaluate, and overcome program risks, produce program reports for managers and stakeholders.
  • Communicate strategy effectively throughout the company.

Requirements:

  • Masters or bachelor's degree in finance, statistics, or related subjects.
  • Minimum 10 years of experience in a strategy or program management role.
  • Good understanding of the healthcare industry and the ability to connect the dots.
  • Broad exposure to different aspects of health insurance.
  • Strong business acumen.
  • Solid analytical and strategic skills (financial, planning, operational).
  • Proven ability to strategize and implement high-level program initiatives.
  • Strong talent for project coordination and delegation.
  • Ability to prioritize multiple projects and responsibilities.
  • Proven track record of optimizing productivity and nurturing program success from inception to completion.

Personal Competencies Requirements:

  • Align: Balance stakeholders, manage conflict.
  • Develop: Self-development, situational adaptability.
  • Deliver: Being resilient, action-oriented, optimize work processes, resourcefulness, direct work.
  • Results-oriented and with an entrepreneurial growth mindset.
  • Strong relationship management and influencing skills in a highly matrixed organization.
  • Courageous, determined, and perseverance - willingness to drive for results through many obstacles.
  • Culturally sensitive and able to lead a diverse, international workforce.

About The Cigna Group:

Cigna Healthcare, a division of The Cigna Group, is an advocate for better health through every stage of life. We guide our customers through the healthcare system, empowering them with the information and insight they need to make the best choices for improving their health and vitality.

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