Competitive Intelligence Specialist

This is a full-time REMOTE position that offers competitive pay, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, paid time off, paid holidays and retirement plan.

What Will Be Your Purpose

As the Competitive Intelligence Specialist you will lead the data collection and analysis of intelligence, as well as external research efforts, guided by leadership, to collectively understand the overall health care operating environment (competitive, regulatory, financial). You will participate in the development, execution, and communication of competitive research, as well as business and market intelligence insights associated with GuideWell's scope of operations. In addition, the incumbent will lead fact-based research and the development of executive ready materials (presentation, memo, and data sets) that will help inform sound responses to competitor actions (product, pricing, strategy, distribution).

What You Will Be Doing

• Conduct analyses and research to facilitate leadership decision-making processes necessary to quantify business opportunities and risks predicated on geographic dynamics, product, financial strength, quantifying independent recommendations and insights to align understanding of GuideWell's positioning when compared to competitors at a market and segment level within key operating geographies by:

• Building collaborative partnerships with key business partners, leadership, and peers

• Maintaining an ability to lead discussions with key business partners to ensure project workflows deliverables meet internal department requirements and achievable timelines

• Maintain an ability to facilitate meetings with leadership, succinctly communicating analysis and understanding of business concepts to improve GuideWell’s positioning

• Ability to independently lead the gathering, analysis, and review of research and data sets alongside junior staff and leadership to easily identify takeaways and strategic decision-points

• Ability to conduct financial analysis of competitors financial, product, and investment filings to understand financial contribution and market positioning

• Delivers well-structured and articulate memos, data sets, and presentation materials that are executive ready with consultant like quality, while ensuring the accurate and timely research, collection, and analysis of competitors by:
  
  
  • Analyzing financial results of competitors on a quarterly and annual basis
  
  
  • Assessing competitor product performance and membership metrics
  
  
  • Understand competitor strategic activities including investment, acquisition, and new segment entries
  
  
  • Applying knowledge of business processes to understand market dynamics and impact to GuideWell
  
  
  • Establishing excellent and collaborative business partner relations aimed at understanding consumer and market specific needs
  
  
  • Ability to independently gather industry data and competitive activities, laddering them up to a set of strategic assessment, while providing timely, relevant, and actionable insights

• Leads projects and discussions with larger multi-functional teams in a hybrid structure
  
  
  • Effectively manages resources by providing leadership and direction of project resources to ensure timely project completion and goal achievement
  
  
  • Identifies, develops, recommends, and supports the implementation of updated process, procedure, and improvements of research initiatives to realize efficiencies across the organization
  
  
  • Engage and manage research vendors to effectively analyze needs, evaluating alternative solutions to generate reliable and valid research that is efficient and effective

What You Must Have

6+ years related work experience

Experience Details: related work experience , including 4+ years of experience in health care

Related Bachelor's degree or additional related equivalent work experience

What we Prefer

Solid understanding of various aspects of the health insurance industry, including funding mechanisms and key strategies to enable winning in local markets (e.g., clinical asset ownership, TPA product strategies, etc.)

Previous experience in providing tactical support to business leaders to ensure success in go-to-market strategies

Experience associated with one or more of the following health care sub-sectors: Commercial, Medicare, Medicaid,

Health Care Services, Clinical Assets, Behavioral Health, In-Home Care

General Physical Demands

Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally to move objects. Jobs are sedentary if traversing activities are required only occasionally.

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