Vp enterprise strategy

Highmark Health
Pittsburgh, PA

Company

Highmark Health

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY

The VP Enterprise Transformation Strategy is accountable for a comprehensive business planning process translating the Living Health strategy to the bold and disruptive actions needed to take in three and five year timeframes to meet our goals and objectives. This business planning is critical to ensure that our people are focused on the most critical work to drive to the goals and objectives defined. The goal of this area will be to proactively work with our leaders to understand, plan, and execute the business process changes that will be necessary to meet our goals and objectives. The incumbent will work proactively with cross-functional executive teams to understand, plan and execute the business process changes that will be necessary to achieve our goals including roadmap planning, implementation, and portfolio health assessment including providing solutions to improve execution.

Will provide day-to-day leadership and oversight of an Enterprise Transformation group internal consulting group inclusive of research and development and value delivery teams, in support of Highmark Health's overall transformation to improve and innovate work across the enterprise. This will include working to set the overall strategy for the group, identifying and scoping projects, delivering projects, and helping the business plan with implementation and value realization. Projects can span a wide breadth including operating model, process engineering and improvement, governance and metrics frameworks, digitally enabled design (e.g. robotic process automation, Artificial Intelligence), new ways of working (e.g. agile), and introduction of new capabilities through research and development efforts. Projects are primarily large, complex projects and cross multiple functions and business units.

Additionally, will serve as a core member of the cross-functional thinkUP leadership team helping to set overall strategy and objectives for the transformation program. The leadership team includes senior leaders, for example, from Strategy & Transformation Office, AI Strategy & Enablement, Finance, Human Resources, and Communications aligned with a Business Unit President to deliver transformational strategies and outcomes. The incumbent will bring consulting, analytic, leadership, and change management skills, with a client focused orientation to the position to provide thought leadership and operational management to the consulting group allowing the group to meet or exceed its key performance indicators.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Perform management responsibilities to include, but are not limited to involved in hiring and termination decisions, coaching and development, rewards and recognition, performance management and staff productivity. Plan, organize, staff, direct and control the day-to-day operations of the department; develop and implement policies and programs as necessary; may have budgetary responsibility and authority.
  • Accountable for developing multi-year strategic roadmaps across the verticals of the enterprise business units as well as well as across the enterprise in a matrixed environment (Operations, Segments, Markets, Product, Technology, etc.). Accountable for business transformation scorecards, dashboards and reporting to enterprise leadership to manage, monitor and ensure outcomes are achieved and mitigation plans are managed accordingly.
  • Set overall strategy and direction for Enterprise Transformation group including strategic goals, capabilities, resources. Increase maturity of new and existing business transformation capabilities including digital redesign with AI capabilities, Research and Development, and scaling of new solutions from R&D capability area.
  • Leads the core Enterprise Effectiveness function. Identifies and manages the functions team members, educates and empowers the team, and determines the team structural needs to align to the overall thinkUP transformation. Provides oversight/guidance to team members responsible for leading projects and teams, scanning the market, developing business cases, applying analytics metrics that help define structure and/or measure progress against KPIs/benchmarks. Ensures that Enterprise Effectiveness resources are most effectively applied by periodically reviewing project intake and resource allocation processes.
  • Other duties as assigned


EXPERIENCE

Required

  • 10 years providing strategic guidance to leaders and shaping organizations to help achieve goals associated with the restructuring of operations, M&A activities and greenfield operations
  • 10 years of progressive leadership in managing Project and Consulting teams
  • 10 years of experience working in large, complex organizations


Preferred

  • 5 years of healthcare industry experience
  • 5 years of management or strategy consulting


SKILLS

  • Professional services
  • Verbal & Written Presentations
  • Executive Presence & Public Speaking
  • Resilience
  • Project leadership
  • Relationship building and management
  • Business and Industry Acumen
  • Financial Acumen


EDUCATION

Required

  • Bachelors Degree in Business, Strategy or related field


Preferred

  • Masters Degree in Business, Strategy or related field.


Substitutions

  • 6 years of related and progressive experience in lieu of Bachelor's degree


Preferred

  • Masters Degree in Business or related field


LICENSES or CERTIFICATIONS

Required

  • None


Preferred

  • None


Language (Other Than English)

None

Travel Requirement

25% - 50%

PHYSICAL, MENTAL DEMANDS and WORKING CONDITIONS

Position Type

Office- or Remote-based

Teaches / trains others

Occasionally

Travel from the office to various work sites or from site-to-site

Rarely

Works primarily out-of-the office selling products/services (sales employees)

Never

Physical work site required

Occasionally

Lifting up to 10 pounds

Constantly

Lifting 10 to 25 pounds

Never

Lifting 25 to 50 pounds

Never

Disclaimer The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.

Compliance Requirement This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies.

As a component of job responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times. In connection with this, all employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy.

Furthermore, it is every employee’s responsibility to comply with the company’s Code of Business Conduct. This includes but is not limited to adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements.

Highmark Health and its affiliates prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on any category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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Posted 2025-11-12

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