Mgr - Strategic Insights

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The Manager, Strategic Insights identifies opportunities for organizational growth and differentiation through complex research, analytics, and strategic assessment. Synthesizes internal and external data into actionable insights that guide leadership decision-making and enterprise strategy. Collaborates with strategic planning, analytics, strategy management, senior leaders, and other stakeholders to support initiatives across key enterprise domains. Proactively identifies trends, risks, and opportunities that inform strategic priorities and shape the organization's future direction.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at the company’s discretion.

• - Required
  - Master's in business administration (MBA), health administration (MHA), or other relevant advanced degree.

• - Required - 5 years of progressive experience in healthcare strategy, consulting, analytics, industry intelligence, or a related field. Prior experience in data analysis, healthcare analytics, business intelligence, or a related analytical role required. Demonstrated experience conducting complex analyses and translating findings into strategic recommendations for leadership decision-making.
• - Preferred
  - Experience supporting service line strategy strongly preferred.
• Experience with in a large healthcare system, health plan, consulting firm, or healthcare-related organization strongly preferred.

• - Analytical rigor, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail.
• - Exceptional communication, presentation, and data storytelling abilities, with the ability to translate complex information into clear, compelling narratives for technical and non-technical audiences.
• - Strong relationship management, influence, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build trusted advisory relationships and drive alignment across a complex organization.
• - Strong business acumen and an understanding of healthcare industry dynamics.
• - Executive presence and confidence when interacting with senior leadership.
• - Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments and providing structure to complex problems.
• - Strong ownership, accountability, and follow-through. Highly proactive, self-directed, and intellectually curious, with a commitment to continuous learning.

• - Conducts and monitors internal and external research on healthcare trends, regional dynamics, policy changes, competitive activity, and emerging technologies; assesses implications and proactively communicates opportunities and risks.
• - Analyzes complex quantitative and qualitative data to uncover insights that drive enterprise-wide decision-making.
• - Translates ambiguous external environment challenges into structured opportunities with clear hypotheses and approaches.
• - Supports the development of business cases, financial models, and other assessments using external data to evaluate strategic initiatives and investments.
• - Serves as a trusted thought partner to senior leaders by providing data-driven insights, strategic recommendations, and regional intelligence that inform strategic and operational decisions.
• - Serves on strategic project teams as the growth and industry insights expert across a range of enterprise strategic priorities.
• - Engages with region, service line, strategy, and operational stakeholders to understand strategic priorities and identify opportunities where industry intelligence and strategic insights can support decision-making.
• - Provides informal coaching and project guidance to analysts as…