SUMMARY:

The Product Strategy Senior Advisor provides strategic and operational advisory support for the execution, optimization, and ongoing maturity of the Safe Guard Rx (SGRx) platform and related products. This role partners closely with Product Management leadership and cross‑functional stakeholders to translate strategy into execution, ensure operational readiness, and support consistent product delivery.

The Senior Advisor serves as a subject‑matter expert, identifying execution risks, process gaps, and improvement opportunities, and recommending scalable solutions. This position influences outcomes through expertise and collaboration rather than direct product ownership.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Contribute to the strategic direction and execution of Safe Guard Rx and related products.

• Advise product and cross‑functional teams on execution risks, process gaps, and operational improvement opportunities.

• Provide visibility into program performance and health through review of data, reporting, and stakeholder materials.

• Present insights and recommendations to internal and external stakeholders.

• Collaborate with Sales, Account Management, New Sales, Marketing, and other cross‑functional teams to support product readiness and execution.

• Serve as a functional and product subject‑matter expert for complex initiatives.

• Partner with Drug Strategy on drug pipeline insights and strategy across Advanced Utilization Management (AUM) and Safe Guard Rx.

• Communicate product needs to cross‑functional partners, including marketing, training, analytics, modeling, and reporting teams.

• Support the development and refinement of SOPs, playbooks, and operational frameworks.

• Partner with Product Management leadership to support evolving content, capabilities, and competencies.

• Lead Safe Guard Rx client audit responses.

• Lead Safe Guard Rx Value Announcements, including annual reconciliation and coordination with account teams.

• Lead legislative impact assessments, client strategies, and communications across Safe Guard Rx and AUM.

IDEAL CANDIDATES WILL HAVE A COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING:

• Bachelor's degree in related field

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in pharmacy product strategy

• Strong analytical, critical‑thinking, and problem‑solving skills

• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills

• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel

• Ability to work independently in a dynamic environment with minimal oversight

• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines

• Flexibility to support peak business and regulatory periods

• Bachelor’s degree

• Strong understanding of pharmacy benefit design concepts (e.g., copays, accumulators, utilization management)

• Experience influencing stakeholders without direct authority

• Ability to build and maintain strong cross‑functional partnerships

• Experience with quality improvement, process optimization, or operational excellence initiatives

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 120,300 - 200,500 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 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 Evernorth Health Services

Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. 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.

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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.

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