VP, Strategic Intelligence & Market Insights

Position Summary

The Vice President Strategic Intelligence & Market Insights is responsible for building and leading an enterprise capability that identifies interprets and translates market competitive customer technology regulatory and ecosystem intelligence into strategic business action. Reporting to the EVP Enterprise Strategy Ventures & Innovation and serving as a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) this leader will establish a modern enterprise-wide intelligence function that enables leadership to anticipate change identify opportunities mitigate emerging risks and make more informed strategic decisions.

This role extends beyond traditional market research and competitive intelligence. The VP will develop a comprehensive understanding of the evolving healthcare ecosystem including market concentration dynamics emerging competitors adjacent industry disruption technology innovation regulatory developments customer needs and shifting sources of value creation. By connecting signals across the broader ecosystem this leader will help the enterprise understand not only what is happening today but where markets are heading how industry structures and value pools may evolve and what strategic actions and investments are required to create future competitive advantage.

This leader will also cultivate a robust external network across healthcare technology innovation venture academic provider payer and startup ecosystems to bring real-world insights and emerging perspectives into the organization. Through active engagement with industry leaders ecosystem partners investors entrepreneurs academics and innovators the VP will establish a continuous flow of external learning that complements market intelligence and strengthens the enterprises ability to anticipate and respond to change.

The VP will be responsible for modernizing the enterprise intelligence capability through the strategic application of advanced analytics data artificial intelligence and emerging technologies. This leader will build scalable intelligence infrastructure that integrates internal and external data sources accelerates the identification of meaningful signals and enables faster more predictive insights that support enterprise strategy innovation investment and growth decisions.

Equally important this role will serve as the enterprises applied learning engine ensuring intelligence is translated into tangible business outcomes. The VP will create mechanisms that move insights beyond reporting and into action by informing enterprise strategy capital allocation innovation priorities partnership decisions product direction and growth investments. Success will be measured not only by the quality of intelligence generated but by the organizations ability to learn adapt and act on external signals faster and more effectively than competitors.

As a trusted advisor to senior leadership and the Board the Vice President will foster a stronger external orientation across the enterprise helping leaders anticipate future trends evaluate strategic choices shape long-term strategic bets and position the organization to capture emerging opportunities in a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.

Core Accountabilities

Enterprise Ecosystem Intelligence

• Build and lead an enterprise-wide strategic intelligence capability that provides a comprehensive view of the healthcare ecosystem including competitive customer provider payer PBM specialty technology regulatory and adjacent market dynamics.
• Identify and interpret emerging market concentration trends ecosystem shifts disruptive forces evolving value pools and changing competitive dynamics that may impact enterprise strategy and growth.
• Develop forward-looking perspectives on how healthcare markets business models and sources of value creation are evolving and where future opportunities risks and competitive advantages are likely to emerge.
• Serve as the organizations primary source of external insight helping leaders understand not only what is changing but why it matters what it means for the enterprise and how the organization should respond.
• Build and maintain a broad network of external relationships across healthcare technology venture capital innovation academia provider organizations and adjacent industries to gather real-world insights validate emerging trends and identify opportunities before they become broadly visible in the market.

Modern Intelligence Infrastructure & AI Enablement

• Design and build a modern intelligence ecosystem powered by advanced analytics data artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.
• Integrate internal and external data sources to create scalable capabilities that accelerate signal detection trend identification predictive analysis and strategic decision support.
• Establish modern tools operating models and governance that improve the speed quality accessibility and enterprise adoption of intelligence.
• Continuously evolve intelligence capabilities to ensure the organization remains at the forefront of strategic sensing insight generation and market awareness.

Strategic Advisory Foresight & Decision Support

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the Executive Leadership Team and Board by translating complex market developments into clear strategic implications and actionable recommendations.
• Inform enterprise strategy long-range planning growth priorities innovation decisions partnership opportunities and capital allocation choices through objective data-driven insights.
• Deliver scenario analyses strategic foresight and forward-looking assessments that help leadership anticipate change evaluate alternative futures and make informed strategic decisions.
• Challenge conventional thinking by bringing an external perspective into enterprise planning decision-making and investment discussions.
• Identify emerging growth opportunities unmet customer needs new business models and adjacent market opportunities that can drive long-term enterprise value creation.

Applied Learning & Enterprise Action

• Ensure intelligence is translated into measurable business outcomes by creating strong pull-through mechanisms that connect insights to decisions investments innovation product strategy and business execution.
• Build an enterprise learning model that captures external signals synthesizes implications and accelerates organizational learning and response.
• Partner across Strategy Innovation Ventures Product Technology and business leadership teams to drive action from intelligence and embed external insight into enterprise processes.
• Establish a culture in which intelligence is not simply reported but consistently converted into strategic action organizational learning and sustainable competitive advantage.
• Help the enterprise prioritize opportunities and investments based on market attractiveness strategic fit competitive positioning and long-term value creation potential.

Key Leadership Expectations

• Think beyond current business realities to anticipate how markets technologies healthcare ecosystems and sources of value creation will evolve over the next decade.
• Bring an enterprise-wide perspective while maintaining deep external orientation intellectual curiosity and a relentless focus on future opportunities and risks.
• Leverage advanced analytics data and AI to create differentiated intelligence capabilities and strategic advantage.
• Translate complexity into clear decisions priorities and actions for executive leaders and the Board.
• Drive organizational learning by ensuring insights are converted into measurable business outcomes and enterprise value.
• Influence senior leaders and enterprise decisions without relying on formal authority.
• Balance strategic foresight with practical business judgment business impact and execution focus.
• Foster a culture of curiosity experimentation applied learning and external awareness across the enterprise.
• Build strong partnerships across Strategy Ventures Innovation Technology and business leadership teams to accelerate enterprise impact.
• Challenge conventional thinking and help the organization act with greater speed confidence and precision in a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.
• Develop trusted external relationships and maintain an active presence across industry innovation investment academic and thought leadership networks to bring fresh perspectives emerging ideas and real-world learning opportunities into the enterprise.
• Act as an external ambassador and connector for the enterprise cultivating relationships with industry leaders innovators academics investors startups and ecosystem partners to accelerate learning challenge assumptions and identify future opportunities for growth and differentiation.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelors degree required; MBA or other advanced degree preferred.
• 15 years of progressive leadership experience in strategy competitive intelligence market intelligence business transformation corporate development innovation consulting venture investing or related fields.
• Deep understanding of healthcare ecosystem dynamics including payer provider pharmacy specialty technology regulatory and adjacent market trends.
• Demonstrated experience identifying and translating market customer competitive technology and industry insights into enterprise strategy and business action.
• Proven success influencing executive-level strategic decisions long-range planning investment priorities and growth initiatives.
• Experience leveraging advanced analytics data artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to drive strategic insight generation and decision support.
• Strong strategic foresight capabilities including scenario planning trend analysis and evaluation of future market and business model evolution.
• Demonstrated experience building and scaling enterprise capabilities operating models and cross-functional partnerships in highly matrixed organizations.
• Exceptional analytical synthesis storytelling and executive communication skills with the ability to translate complexity into clear business implications and actionable recommendations.
• Proven ability to influence across all levels of an organization without direct authority and drive alignment around strategic priorities.
• Track record of identifying evaluating and advancing new growth opportunities partnerships investments or business models.

Preferred

• Experience within healthcare healthcare technology digital health life sciences consulting venture capital private equity innovation or adjacent industries.
• Experience building or leading modern intelligence insights analytics strategic planning or foresight functions.
• Demonstrated understanding of AI-enabled intelligence platforms data ecosystems and emerging technologies that support market sensing and strategic decision-making.
• Experience engaging directly with startup ecosystems venture communities academic institutions innovation hubs industry associations or strategic partner networks.
• Established external network of healthcare technology innovation investment or ecosystem leaders that can be leveraged to bring emerging perspectives and real-world learning opportunities into the organization.
• Experience advising executive leadership teams and Boards on enterprise strategy growth opportunities disruptive trends and long-term strategic risks.
• Demonstrated ability to connect disparate market signals and emerging developments into actionable strategic insights.
• Reputation as a curious externally oriented leader with a strong learning mindset and passion for understanding what is next.

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 255800 - 383800 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 and long term incentive plan.

At The Cigna Group youll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment youll be offered several health-related benefits including medical vision dental and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k) company paid life insurance tuition reimbursement a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year paid holidays and leaves of absence. For more details on our employee benefits programs click here.

About Cigna Healthcare

Cigna Healthcare a division of The Cigna Group is an advocate for better health through every stage of life. We guide our customers through the health care system empowering them with the information and insight they need to make the best choices for improving their health and vitality. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

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