Consultant Bid Strategist - Evernorth Health Services - Hybrid

The job profile for this position is Proposal Support Advisor, which is a Band 4 Senior Contributor Career Track Role.

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Job Summary

The Consultant Bid Strategist role within Pitch & Consultant Bid Strategies is a strategic partner for Consultant Relations, Sales, Pricing, and various other internal and external stakeholders to create innovative, winning responses for all of our major consultant partners. You will be part of a team that drives consultant template strategy and execution, and will be responsible for developing and executing RFP content strategy for consultants and coalitions, supporting annual consultant meetings, and addressing general inquiries about our consultant responses. Additionally, this role will be responsible for leading multiple strategic, transformative process optimization initiatives with cross-functional partners to help us win in a crucial market for our business. The ideal candidate will have a background in sales consulting, strategic planning, project management, and/or content strategy and management, and be excellent at building strong, authentic relationships.

Essential Functions

• Develop deep understanding of market dynamics and consultant & coalition needs, and position RFP content to uniquely meet those needs
• Maintain and revise approximately 2,000 responses for our highest volume consultants
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of our RFP workflow and database management tool (Responsive), employ critical thinking to optimize consultant and coalition template structure within the tool, and drive greater efficiency and effortlessness into the proposal management process
• Ensure RFP questions and responses are accurate, client-appropriate, and meet departmental expectations by partnering closely with subject matter experts across the organization
• Regularly engage in complex conversations with leadership regarding Pricing & Sales strategy
• Build strong, deep relationships with key cross-functional partners
• Communicate strong points of view based on market insights, client feedback, and consultant guidance, and use that point of view to influence stakeholders in creating winning responses, while appropriately mitigating business risk
• Lead and execute process optimization initiatives as part of our department's strategic transformation
• Support preparation and development for annual leadership meetings with
• Demonstrate strong written, verbal, and graphic communication skills to support interactions with VP-level colleagues
• Mentor and train new team members

Qualifications

• Strategic thinker with a passion for learning and understanding, with ability to connect dots and effectively translate internal descriptions and terminology into client-facing content
• Ability to conduct a thorough investigation into root cause of a problem, separate relevant facts from less essential or unnecessary data, and develop options and recommendation on a solution
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, successfully navigate ambiguity, and work independently with minimal guidance
• Demonstrated flexibility and adaptability to change
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent prioritization and time management skills
• Ability to plan for and integrate multiple tasks concurrently
• Experience in directing or working with multi-disciplinary teams
• Ability to develop deep cross-functional relationships, both within day-to-day work activities and beyond directly-assigned tasks
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate tools, resources and people through to project completion
• Knowledge of PBM or healthcare industry preferred

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 80,000 - 133,300 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

We want you to be healthy, balanced, and feel secure. That’s why you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you’ll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k) with company match, company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, visit Life at Cigna.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

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