***This role is WAH/Flex which allows most work to be performed at home.

Employees must be fully vaccinated if they choose to come onsite.***

Strategic Planning - Market Research Advisor

Provides counsel and advice to top management on significant Strategic Planning matters, often requiring coordination across the enterprise. Performs research, market and product analysis and modeling used in analysis of opportunities, market segmentation, business plan development, and performance analysis and evaluation of capabilities. The position must have an in depth understanding of behavioral health, payer and employer business processes and the competitive landscape and have experience developing ideas and ensuring they successfully execute within an organization when managed by cross functional business partners. Focuses on providing thought leadership and technical expertise across multiple disciplines.

Role & Responsibilities

Meet directly with stakeholders on a regular basis to understand future state opportunities of strategic focus, utilize prioritization models to evaluate the value of implementing existing and potential market focused opportunities across strategic distribution channels. Review market data to isolate past trends for related products or competitor products. Interpret data into written reports, infographics, charts or other types of visual aids to present research results. Support the development of business strategic five year roadmap and ensure alignment to the current and future solution set.

• Performs market segment competitive intelligence research and analysis to evaluate emerging opportunities


• Creates presentation materials and presents and prioritizes complex and challenging business issues to management and business unit heads


• Supports the most strategic go-to-market opportunities, cross-functional initiatives with support from the Project Management Office, not limited to new markets, products or capabilities


• Cultivate opportunities to capture voice of customer, represent voice of customer as the Go To Market representative at internal meetings


• Participate in client opportunity management, including evaluating new client requests against strategic priorities and current solutions sets.


• Reviews work and delivery progress and concepts created by others and provides recommendations for improvements and alignment to strategic needs


• Motivates and inspires other team, acts as an agent of change within the organization

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree with minimum 7+ years of industry experience, or 10-15 years related business experience


• Health Care Experience required


• Startup experience preferred


• Communication skills for gathering and interpreting data and presenting the results to the company or clients.


• Project Management, Agile experience and demonstrated prioritization skill set required


• Strong, detail oriented organizational and analytical skills


• Excellent PC skills - including Excel, PowerPoint and MS Access, experience with Jira, RallyDev or an agile software preferred


• Excellent relationship building and cross functional skills


• Travel up to 10%


• Ability to work cross functionally to resolve complex issues


• Ability to manage through change, multiple timelines and meet tight deadlines.

About Evernorth

• Cigna is a global health service company dedicated to helping the people we serve improve their health, well-being, and peace of mind. But we don't just care about your well -being, we care about your career health too. That's why when you work with us, you can count on a different kind of career - you'll make a difference, learn a ton and share in changing the way people think about healthcare.

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of $82,300 - $137,100, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

Helping our customers achieve healthier, more secure lives is at the heart of what we do. While you take care of our customers, we'll take care of you through a comprehensive benefits program that helps you be at your best. Starting on day one of your employment, you'll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and best in class well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k) with company match, company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and dozens of corporate discounts on essentials you use every day. For more details on our employee benefits programs, please visit the "Life at Cigna" tab on our careersite: www.cigna.com/careers

About Evernorth

Evernorth, Cigna Corporation's health services segment, exists to elevate health for all. We're building on our legacy and redefining health care as we know it. Unbiased in how we think, we create without limitation. We partner without constraints, deliver value differently and act in the interest of humanity. Solving across silos, closing gaps in care, and empowering clients, customers, and people everywhere to move onward and upward. When you work with us, you'll be empowered to solve the problems others don't, won't or can't. Join us. What difference will you make?

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for support. Do not email SeeYourself@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

Cigna has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.