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Initiative Project Leader

Location: This position will work a hybrid model (remote and office). Must reside within 50 miles/1hour commute from a Elevance Health location.

The Initiative Project Leader is responsible for analyzing, determining, and driving opportunities to standardize, eliminate waste and improve end to end processes.

How you will make an impact:

• Serves as a thought leader regarding improvements of end-to-end processes enterprise wide, with integration points in key business areas, Health Solutions, Provider Operations, Health Care Network and Cost of Care.

• Leads initiatives from assessment through implementation of solutions and ensures that business controls are put in place to monitor sustainability of process improvements.

• Builds consensus across organizational functional areas, lead root cause analysis, uncover trends, contribute to solution definition and determine best practices both internally and externally.

• Identifies and resolves tactical and strategic, high-priority organizational and business issues (SWAT team approach).

• Ensures alignment with other Enterprise initiatives.

• Evaluates the end-to-end business functions leading with understanding the current state experiences, business outcomes, gaps and problem root causes.

• Develops future state design along with a clear short term and long-term roadmap to get to the future state by applying different levers of transformation such as process elimination/simplification, analytics, advanced automation, technology, digital solutions etc.

• Drives efficiency improvements related to speed, quality, and simplification by eliminating rework, reducing and automating manual work and hand-offs Identifying and implementing best practices across business units.

• Takes a consultative approach towards transformation by partnering with the business stakeholders as well as different delivery teams across the organization to deliver the future state roadmap.

• Has the ability to build collaborative partnerships across multiple different teams across the organization.

• Travels to worksite and other locations, as necessary.

Minimum Requirements:

• Requires a BA/BS degree in a related field and a minimum of 8 years of professional experience in an operations environment including 7 years of leading and directing large enterprise-wide projects; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:

• MBA and/or Six Sigma Black Belt certification

• Healthcare Experience

• Knowledge in the payer side of healthcare

• Ability to travel may be required.

Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.

Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities – and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process. Candidates must reside within 50 miles or 1-hour commute each way of a relevant Elevance Health location.

The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact elevancehealthjobssupport@elevancehealth.com for assistance.