Strategic Planning Manager jobs in Boulder, CO

In addition to the responsibilities listed above, this position is also responsible for leading business strategy and/or initiative planning by developing a new organizational strategy process and identifying the key players for leadership strategy conversations; engaging in leadership decision making by leveraging expert knowledge of the external marketplace and relevant tools (i.e., dashboards to track metrics) to establish a clear organizational focus; driving collaboration in strategy community of practices by facilitating knowledge sharing across functions and entities to identify the right strategic priorities; developing complex frameworks to advance strategy development by leveraging Strength Weakness Opportunity Threat (SWOT) and gap analyses to ensure that strategic opportunities are correctly identified; prioritizing strategic choices through enterprise processes and market operational plans to establish management incentives; aligning enterprise strategy plans and performance with operating priorities in markets and functions; and driving ongoing initiative management and prioritization in real time through performance monitoring using relevant tools (i.e., dashboards, scorecards, leader reviews).

• Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; builds relationships with cross-functional stakeholders. Listens, responds to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides actionable feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentors junior team members. Practices self-leadership; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; influences team members within assigned team or unit. Adapts to competing demands and new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback. Models team collaboration within and across teams.


• Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promotes adherence to all procedures and policies. Partners internally and externally to make effective business decisions; determines and carries out processes and methodologies; solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; coordinates and delegates resources to accomplish organizational goals. Recognizes and capitalizes on improvement opportunities; evaluates recommendations made; influences the completion of project tasks by others.


• Analyzes and interprets market data by: developing and implementing a plan to address complex research questions and test hypotheses with advanced knowledge in one or more specialty areas of data collection and analysis; driving moderately or to highly complex quantitative and qualitative analyses and investigating alternative hypotheses; and driving interpretation of key findings, conclusions, and recommendations for the future for senior leadership.


• Facilitates process improvement efforts by: identifying opportunities to adapt processes to improve return on investment (ROI), operations, service quality, and results for cross-functional initiatives; utilizing advanced knowledge of business operations to drive the implementation of best practices across functions; and facilitating adoption of best practices and future innovations.


• Effectively manages projects and programs by: driving the development of complex project proposals, including establishing objectives, key stakeholders, milestones, and providing deep technical leadership across programs; driving progress on program deliverables in alignment with greater business strategy and key business outcomes across functions; refining existing methodologies, and identifying and implementing new methodologies to complete initiatives with little support; and driving the execution of project plan, and supporting high-quality outcomes.


• Proactively maintains open streams of communication by: fostering trusting relationships to better navigate the diverse and complex needs of stakeholders across the organizational landscape; identifying complex issues or risks to strategic program implementation and developing solutions to resolve them; fostering strategic partnerships across organizational lines to consult and influence the development and refinement of key priorities and strategy; and proactively and persuasively communicating strategic issues and recommendations to senior leadership, and across the organization.


• Contributes to the development and execution of business strategy by: developing complex strategic plans based on business case and advanced knowledge in one or more specialty areas of health care marketplace; driving complex problem scoping and the processes and resources needed; developing alternative strategic options, and recommending the best option(s) based on complex problem scoping, external marketplace research, and analysis of organizational and external strategic approaches; selecting challenging business goals and the processes and resources needed to accomplish them; driving alignment around the strategic plan and intended outcomes, and finding opportunities for collaboration and synergy across functions; developing and implementing advanced strategies to mitigate complex barriers, constraints, and risks to execution; and driving strategic direction in response to a changing environment.