Director, Strategic Planning

Job Description

We are seeking a Director of Strategic Planning to lead the enterprise’s annual planning cycle, long-term strategic plan, and enterprise consulting & strategic intelligence.

The role entails leading a high-performing team—sitting within the Enterprise Strategy and Performance Execution division—focused on integrating strategic priorities across the enterprise’s segments & support services. The leader will have an exceptional opportunity to drive impact at the enterprise level, engage with enterprise leaders on the day-to-day, and grow in executive-level skills including problem-solving and communication.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead annual planning cycle including our annual and multi-year enterprise priorities, including integrating planning across our strategic portfolio, annual mandates & refreshes, and major divisional work.

• Lead developing 5-year enterprise strategic planning in coordination with Finance and divisional CFOs & planning leaders.

• Partner day-to-day with transformation operations leaders, Finance FP&A, portfolio management and enablement leaders, IT & other delivery leaders, and divisional planning counterparts on key coordination.

• Support delivery prioritization and sequencing with portfolio leaders, IT, and other delivery leaders.

• Lead enterprise consulting priorities and strategic intelligence dissemination, including optimizing the model based on enterprise priorities and customer demand.

• Partner with enterprise leaders including in HR around annual goal-setting process.

• Support key governance programs including around Mandates & Refreshes Fund.

What You’ll Give:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 10 years of experience with strategic planning, annual planning, and/or performance tracking. 
• If no degree, a minimum of 12 years of experience as listed above.

Bonus Points: (Preferred qualifications)

• Five years of experience leading teams and/or directly managing staff in dynamic settings
• Experienced in running multi-month planning cycles and working closely with executive counterparts across the enterprise
• Highly collaborative and strong synthesis
• Integrative skill-set with spikes in conceptual problem-solving and communication (written, verbal)
• Increasing levels of responsibility throughout career

What You’ll Get:

Blue Cross NC is truly a great place to work – and we have the hardware to prove it.  Each year, we’re recognized for our commitment to our culture, community, work-life flexibility, benefits and more.  Join us and help us make health care better for all!

Salary Range

At Blue Cross NC, we take great pride in a fair and equitable compensation package that reflects market-price and our starting salaries are typically planned near the middle of the range listed. Compensation decisions are driven by factors including experience and training, specialized skill sets,  licensure and certifications and other business and organizational needs. Our base salary is part of a robust Total Rewards package that includes an Annual Incentive Bonus*, 401(k) with employer match, Paid Time Off (PTO), and competitive health benefits and wellness programs. 

*Based on annual corporate goal achievement and individual performance.
 

$146,500.00 - $278,200.00 Apply