Portfolio Data Analyst Sr. Advisor - Evernorth Health Services - Hybrid at Cigna in Bloomfield, Connecticut

Job Description:

The Enterprise Portfolio Strategy & Enablement Organization is at the forefront of leading Enterprise-wide change. An assemblage of this change supports our Enterprise Portfolio Planning and Capacity Management vision of making value-based, prioritized decisions that deliver on our aligned strategy & business goals while accelerating our delivery practices to bring more products/solutions to market faster, more efficiently, and with greater quality.

This Portfolio Data Analyst Sr. Advisor position is a leadership role on the Cross Portfolio Estimation and Capacity Management team responsible for leading/supporting portfolio analytics and reporting aligned to enterprise strategic planning end-to-end innovation, policy and procedures development, and continuous improvements from strategic portfolio planning through and the delivery lifecycle via collaborating with senior level leaders across the enterprise. This role supports strategic portfolio planning, capacity management and reporting across Evernorth, US Commercial, Cross Business Foundations, Cross Enterprise Leverage and Government portfolios and delivery organizations.

• Responsible for the evaluation, development, execution, and quality of reporting within the portfolio planning library.


• Responsible for the accuracy, maintenance, and future development/innovation of all current reports, dashboards, and scorecards (i.e., Enterprise Portfolio Scorecard, Enterprise Delivery Status Dashboard; Lean Business Case Tracking Dashboard; Run the Business, Heatmaps, etc.)


• Collects and converts business requirements into specifications to enable, enhance, and evolve portfolio insights and reporting.


• Identifies and drives updates to existing dashboards, reports, and scorecards based on changes to the strategic planning process, tools, and data.


• Develops roll-out plans, communication, and training for new dashboards/reports and changes to existing.


• Collaborating with leaders to evaluate, develop, and execute Portfolio measurement systems.


• Utilize established project/program methodology to develop plans for assigned initiatives. Where methodology is not sufficient, create and augment with new processes and established best practices.


• Leads and influences data policy to manage and monitor data compliance for critical fields within key applications, which serve as a basis for accurate measurement systems, and communicates those standards to downstream stakeholders.


• Collaborates with leaders to create and deliver on associated enterprise-level resource capacity forecasts, supporting strategic planning and delivery.


• Support the Enterprise Strategic Portfolio refresh and solution development process by providing actionable insights for decision-making.


• Supports ad-hoc portfolio management needs for our Sr. Leaders, including analysis and reporting.


• Must understand the strategic planning process end to end.

Qualifications

• High School diploma; Master's degree preferred.


• SAFe/Agile Certification, PMI Certification, Six Sigma, and Business Analysis preferred.


• A minimum of 5 years of direct experience and broad knowledge of portfolio planning, estimation, and capacity management principles, methodologies, and best practices.


• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Excel and working knowledge of all other Microsoft Office tools, PowerPoint, and Tableau.


• Demonstrated success with cross-organizational project management and process improvement skills with a proven ability to manage multiple priorities and execute within required timelines.


• Demonstrated ability to create, develop, and nurture strong relationships with business, technology, and finance partners.


• Robust business acumen with proven ability to maximize knowledge base to quickly come up to speed on new business areas, projects, and engagements.


• Demonstrated strong analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills.


• Comfortable with raising questions, issues, ideas or suggestions at all levels across all organizations.


• Act with a sense of urgency. Identify the right parties or resources to resolve issues (organizational agility). Drive resolution and provide ongoing feedback.


• Works well with larger groups from a wider range of organizations, as well as reporting out to senior executives.


• Working knowledge of Pathfinder and Jira /Jira Align is preferred.


• Proven ability to work independently with little direction - executing project tasks and meeting deliverables with a high degree of completeness, accuracy, and executive polish.


• Demonstrated ability to handle the pressure of multiple/parallel deliverables, executive oversight, and mandatory deadlines.


• Excellent oral and written presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills to work effectively with partners and key stakeholders.


• Experience with documenting, summarizing, and articulating current processes, gaps, and improvement opportunities.


• Experience in identifying potential solutions/paths and evaluating them based on process, technological, and organizational considerations.


• Experience leading, developing, and influencing individuals and teams, either through direct reporting, matrix, or project management relationships.


• Experience negotiating with peers and senior leaders to come to an agreed-upon and productive solution to business problems.


• Experience in fostering collaboration, valuing others' perspectives, and gaining support and buy-in.

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.

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we're dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

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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The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.