Staff Vp Technology - Carelon

Description

Location: Hybrid within a 50 mile radius of an Elevance Pulse Point Office

The Staff Vice President Technology for Carelon is a critical leader involved in all aspects of Carelon IT’s existing and emerging efforts to attain the organization’s goals and chart a path to achieve Carelon’s strategic objectives through the effective use of technology.

Position Responsibilities:

• Participates with other executives to establish strategic plans and objectives.
• Establishes valuable and meaningful long-term relationships and maintains strong collaboration with internal clients and business partners.
• Manages critical conversations and proactively creates awareness as soon as appropriate.
• Uses equity-based, inclusive, structured, systematic, and transparent approaches to assessing and developing individuals and how they fit together in the team
• Provides leadership in motivating subordinates to accomplish IT's goals and objectives.
• Enable a consistent, strategic, and transparent approach to technology management to ensure team-wide ability to deliver on capabilities.
• Highly credible leader who, by reputation, will gain the trust and confidence of the business leaders
• Brings risks to the attention of IT and business leadership and advises on mitigation options.
• Collaborates with peers leading centralized functions in a matrixed environment to streamline capabilities and ensure end-to-end success.
• Makes final decisions at the business unit level and ensures operations' effective achievement of objectives.
• Develops a strong team through training and effective organizational development practices. Implements the policies, practices, and procedures of the company and Information Technology organizations.
• Develops explicit understanding of which relationships are most important to the organization and its stakeholders, builds a network prioritizing these relationships.
• Has fiscal responsibility for IT budgets, assessing individual solution costs and coordinating business unit cost optimization.
• Hires, trains, coaches, counsels, and evaluates performance of direct reports.
• Obtains resources (people, funding, material, support) to deliver on commitments.
• Plans, directs, and controls the resources and efforts of a business unit of Carelon IT and is responsible for overseeing the accomplishment of the objectives of the company and the IT organization.
• Engages stakeholders and key leaders to ensure continuity of plans and actions.
• Works closely with Carelon business unit leadership and is accountable for delivery and positive outcomes.

Qualifications:

• Solid track record of delivering on business goals by defining and executing technology strategy and solutions for large, complex organizations.
• Experience coaching across large organizations through org design and a culture that fosters learning and execution excellence.
• Recognized ability to evangelize and promote new concepts, technologies, and best practices to technical and business stakeholders across complex organizational structures.
• Strategic thinking with strong business acumen; must be well-versed in current technology trends and familiar with a variety of business concepts to arrive at solutions and support planning and decision-making.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead matrixed organizations and influence stakeholders.
• Requires an BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study and a minimum of 15 years of experience managing and/or leading project teams and providing direction to associates; experience in one or more specific technologies, and a broad understanding of the primary areas of a major corporate IT function; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
• 15 years’ experience as an engineering and/or technology leader; experience spans all aspects of technology, development, IT systems, infrastructure, technology operations as well as strategy articulation.
• Proven track record of collaboration and influence – recognized as a great partner for the business and technology teams.

Preferred Capabilities and Experiences:

• Experience going on sales calls and working with IT C-suite both internal and external clients.
• Familiarity with engineering and architecture industry best practices.
• Experience with specialty business lines within healthcare.
• Proven experience working with diverse IT teams.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience, desired.

Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Accordingly, Elevance Health is not obligated to pay referral fees to any agency that is not a party to an agreement with Elevance Health. Thus, any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.

Be part of an Extraordinary Team

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities – and making healthcare simpler. A Fortune 20 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, we are looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve. You will thrive in a complex and collaborative environment where you take action and ownership to solve problems and lead change. Do you want to be part of a larger purpose and an evolving, high-performance culture that empowers you to make an impact?

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, providing various levels of flexibility while also ensuring that associates have opportunities to connect in-person. Unless in a designated virtual-eligible role and 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 – and Elevance Health approves – a valid religious or medical explanation as to why you are not able to get vaccinated that Elevance Health is able to reasonably accommodate. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.

Elevance Health has been named as a Fortune Great Place To Work in 2022, has been ranked for five years running as one of the 2023 World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune magazine, and is a growing Top 20 Fortune 500 Company. To learn more about our company and apply, please visit us at careers.ElevanceHealth.com. 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 [email protected] for assistance.