Senior Director, National Ancillary & Out Of Network Protection Analytics & Reporting

This role will lead the National Ancillary & Out of Network Protection Analytics & Reporting team. The role is pivotal in driving U.S employer affordability strategies, delivering actionable insights to support national ancillary networks and contracting and cost containment initiatives, and partnering with the Product, Clinical, Network and Contracting teams to influence and deliver new solutions we want to bring to market.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Team Management

• Lead and develop two high-performing teams: National Ancillary and Out of Network Analytics and Reporting.

• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement across analytics functions.

• Partner with matrixed stakeholders including: Affordability, Contracting, Sales/UW, Product, Clinical and trend Analytics.

• Affordability & Contracting Analytics

• Drive unit cost affordability planning and monitor medical cost trends and risks.

• Identify and evaluate national ancillary contracting opportunities partnering closely with the Contracting team.

• Lead the teams to building, refine, and deploy savings, earnings impacts and vendor contract financial models and methodologies.

• Redefine our affordability goals and initiatives and develop an ongoing processes to help achieve those goals and track forecasts to actuals

• Prioritize affordability needs and ensure senior leaders understand value vs cost vs abrasion tradeoff decisions.

• Refine and enhance affordability tracking, including operational, financial and vendor reporting and processes while standardizing our team's approach to measuring affordability, savings and earnings.

• Reporting & Innovation

• Partner closely with the Contracting, Clinical, Network and Product organizations, leveraging business and analytical skills to help shape any new offerings to ensure it meets the needs of our stakeholders.

• Refine and enhance the operational, financial and vendor performance tracking and reporting

• Keeping an eye on upcoming projects to ensure we have the right capacity across the broader actuarial and analytics team to support.

• Refine our financial projections, earnings tracking and reserve planning

• Continue to align the pricing, financial methodology and performance tracking for oversight

• Talent Development

• Motivate and challenge staff to reach their highest potential.

• Ensure alignment of team goals with broader organizational objectives.

• Lead hiring and onboarding efforts for critical roles, ensuring analytical and technical excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Finance, Actuarial Science, Business, Data Analytics or related field preferred

• FSA/MAAA designation strongly preferred.

• 10+ years of experience in actuarial, finance, pricing, or analytics roles, with demonstrated leadership in national or enterprise-level initiatives.

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex projects.

• Deep understanding of medical pricing, provider contracting, and affordability strategy.

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills across all levels from executive leaders to individual contributors.

• Self-starter; highly motivated to grow, continuously improve, and develop subject matter expertise and cross train the team in enhancing analytics, reporting and industry knowledge around what is impacting affordability.

• Exceptional strategic thinking, problem-solving, and executive communication skills.

• Experience with advanced analytics, modeling techniques, and data science integration.

• Experience working in a matrixed organization with strong internal relationship-building skills.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex topics into clear, actionable insights

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 176,500 - 294,100 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, 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), 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, 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.

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.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for support. Do not email SeeYourself@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

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.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.