Chief Strategy Officer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Spearhead the development, execution, and enhancement of the three-to-five-year enterprise strategy.

• Create and uphold a comprehensive fact base that encompasses market dynamics, competitive trends, customer requirements, regulatory changes, healthcare transformations, emerging technologies, and industry economics.

• Assess strategic opportunities and risks, providing recommendations to executive leadership and the Board of Directors.

• Oversee the annual enterprise strategic planning process.

• Align strategic priorities with financial plans, capital allocation, and long-term investment strategies.

• Formulate and drive growth strategies across various customer segments, products, service lines, markets, geographies, and adjacent opportunities.

• Recognize and prioritize both organic and inorganic growth opportunities.

• Analyze opportunities within commercial and government-sponsored healthcare markets, specialty benefits, healthcare services, digital health, value-based care, care navigation, and alternative funding models.

• Manage frameworks for build, buy, partner, invest, or divest decisions.

• Develop and oversee pipelines for acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships.

• Lead strategic assessments, business case development, due diligence support, and transaction evaluations.

• Assist in integration planning, synergy realization, and value capture for acquisitions and partnerships.

• Establish and lead enterprise-wide market intelligence and competitive insights capabilities.

• Conduct market analyses and scenario planning exercises.

• Transform strategy into actionable priorities, complete with outcomes, milestones, accountability, and financial targets.

• Set up governance and strategy review processes while evaluating the performance of strategic initiatives.

• Direct complex, cross-functional initiatives backed by the CEO and Executive Leadership Team.

• Counsel the CEO on vital business decisions and constructively challenge existing assumptions.

• Develop strategic materials for Board meetings and executive presentations.

• Deliver strategic analyses, market insights, growth prospects, and investment recommendations to the Board.

• Build and lead a high-performing strategy team.

• Enhance strategic planning capabilities and foster enterprise-wide thinking.

• Influence stakeholders to promote alignment, accountability, and effective execution.

• Advocate for data-driven strategic decision-making and organizational transformation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Healthcare Administration, Economics, or a related discipline.

• An MBA or advanced degree is preferred.

• More than 15 years of progressive leadership experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, healthcare, insurance, corporate development, or a similar field.

• Proven success in leading enterprise strategy, growth initiatives, and organizational transformation.

• Strong understanding of healthcare, health insurance, specialty benefits, or healthcare services.

• Experience in evaluating strategic investments, partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions.

• Exceptional analytical, financial, communication, and executive presentation abilities.

• Proven track record of influencing senior executives, Boards of Directors, and cross-functional stakeholders.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health and dental insurance.

• Tuition reimbursement programs.

• 401(k) plan with company matching.

• Pet insurance coverage.

• Complimentary vision insurance for you and your family.