Strategy Director and Chief of Staff, Carelon Research

Elevance Health - Hanover, MD

Full-time

Hanover, MD

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

About the position

As a proud member of the Elevance Health family of companies, Carelon Research, formerly known as HealthCore, Inc., is dedicated to providing real-world evidence to support a wide variety of healthcare decisions. The Strategy Director and Chief of Staff will play a pivotal role in providing direct professional support to the President of Carelon Research. This position is crucial for leading comprehensive strategic planning for the Carelon Research team, ensuring that key initiatives and projects are executed effectively to meet the team's business commitments. The Director will engage across multiple lines of business to drive high-value analytics and deliver actionable insights for clients and business partners in the healthcare sector, including life sciences, government, and internal stakeholders within Elevance Health. The successful candidate will be responsible for translating strategy into defined tactics, prioritizing programs and projects, and establishing timelines to ensure alignment with enterprise strategic plans. This role requires close collaboration with line of business leads and matrixed partners to turn strategy into reality. The Director will build and leverage relationships to provide innovative solutions to complex business problems, continuously assessing needs and proposing opportunities for improvement. Additionally, the Director will oversee the development, implementation, and monitoring of line of business planning and project activities, while also managing an effective internal communication strategy for the President. Curating a positive work culture for all associates is also a key responsibility of this position, which will be performed in a hybrid work environment from any US corporate Elevance Health location.

Responsibilities

• Understand all aspects of the business and partner with executive leadership to define future strategy and success criteria.
• Collaborate purposefully across the organization, including with other Carelon business units, Elevance Health partners, and external clients.
• Build and leverage relationships to provide innovative solutions to complex business problems.
• Translate strategy into defined tactics, programs/projects priorities, and timelines, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategic plans.
• Act as the personal advisor and sounding board to the President of Carelon Research, triaging work on an ongoing basis.
• Develop and manage an effective internal communication strategy for the President, in alignment with the broader Carelon communication strategy.
• Communicate status, priorities, strategies, and success metrics to various stakeholders, including management, team members, and internal partners.
• Create and organize presentation materials for meetings with all levels of the organization.
• Propose opportunities to improve results based on continuous needs assessment.
• Create and curate a positive work culture for all associates.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree in a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of related experience, including prior leadership experience.
• 3 to 5 years of strategic planning experience.
• Any combination of education and experience that provides an equivalent background.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in a healthcare evidence-generation business in life science, government agency, or academic research segments.
• Experience with C-level communication design and delivery across large, matrix organizations.
• Experience as a Chief of Staff to the executive leader and VP team.
• Experience with growth strategy, strategic business planning, and management consulting.