Strategy Analyst

*This is a hybrid role to Pittsburgh. In office 3 days a week and 2 days remote.

Support leadership of Highmark, or its affiliates with a range of strategy activities essential to Highmark’s membership and margin goals. Strategy Analysts provide analytical/strategic-thinking and leadership support that enables project teams to: 1) isolate business issues; 2) help design and execute analytics for studying business issues (market research, scenario planning, forecasting, market share, profitability, etc.); 3) develop technical content (competitive intelligence, market trend analysis); 4) support development of formal recommendations to senior levels of Highmark leadership; 5) help create document components (go-to-market or operational strategies, etc.) that inform critical strategic issues and decisions.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with business/ market owners to identify key business issues, articulate problem, apply right analytical framework, develop solution and recommendations, represent findings to stakeholders and own the outcome
• Under the guidance of Strategy Consultants and Leadership, participate in / lead small to medium sized strategy projects/ work streams with the help of internal or external strategy consulting resources
• Serve as subject matter expert (resource) to staff and stakeholders on membership, growth and operational strategy issues
• Provide periodic informal work guidance/direction to other team members; Provide performance input and recommendations to management for development/ training plans. May have supervisory responsibilities on a project basis
• Apply a broad knowledge of concepts and principles to develop analytical frameworks, approach and methodology best practices to analyze complex strategy issues, often applying ingenuity and originality to develop unique solutions
• Other duties as assigned or requested

EDUCATION

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Economics, Engineering or Life Sciences or other related degree

Substitutions:

• Six years of relevant experience in lieu of Bachelor’s Degree

Preferred:

• Master’s Degree in Business, Health, Economics or other related degree

EXPERIENCE

Required:

• 3-5 years of relevant, progressive experience in strategy / management consulting firms or internal strategy groups of healthcare and related companies

Preferred:

• Experience in Health Insurance operations and technology
• Experience in operational improvement

SKILLS

• Broad application of principles, theories, and concepts in strategic thinking, plus working knowledge of other related fields
• Strong PC application Skills (MS Office including PowerPoint and Excel)
• Knowledge of healthcare industry trends and challenges