Enterprise Planning & Performance Leader

Medica is a nonprofit health plan with more than a million members that serves communities in Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Missouri, and beyond. We deliver personalized health care experiences and partner closely with providers to ensure members are genuinely cared for.

We're a team that owns our work with accountability, makes data-driven decisions, embraces continuous learning, and celebrates collaboration — because success is a team sport. It's our mission to be there in the moments that matter most for our members and employees. Join us in creating a community of connected care, where coordinated, quality service is the norm, and every member feels valued.

The Enterprise Planning & Performance Leader serves as the primary execution and coordination partner to the VP, Office of the CEO. The role supports the VP in advancing Office of the CEO and enterprise priorities by coordinating planning and performance cycles, leading day-to-day delivery of strategic initiatives, preparing executive and Board deliverables, and maintaining disciplined follow-through on decisions and commitments. The role connects leaders, information, and work across functions so the VP has the insights, materials, governance, and execution support needed to lead enterprise discussions and decisions effectively. Performs other duties as assigned.

Key Accountabilities:

• Office of the CEO Planning, Performance & Decision Support

  • Maintain an integrated enterprise planning and performance calendar for the VP, Office of the CEO, coordinating key cycles, timelines, inputs, templates, milestones, and follow-up across goal setting, operating model reviews, Board and committee cycles, and other priority enterprise deliverables

  • Consolidate enterprise priorities, measures, milestones, ownership, and dependencies into clear planning and performance materials; ensure related plans, scorecards, dashboards, and executive reporting remain aligned across cycles
  • Synthesize quantitative and qualitative information into concise insights, trends, emerging risks, execution gaps, tradeoffs, sequencing considerations, and decision points for review by the VP

  • Track commitments, decisions, risks, actions, and dependencies; follow up with accountable owners, maintain visibility through closure, and elevate issues requiring VP attention or direction

• Enterprise Operating Model & Strategic Initiative Delivery

  • Run day-to-day coordination and delivery of Enterprise Operating Model work and other high-priority initiatives on behalf of the VP, Office of the CEO, including current-state assessment, future-state design, and implementation planning

  • Develop and maintain clear workplans, milestones, governance, stakeholder engagement, decision requirements, risks, dependencies, and key deliverables so the VP has visibility to progress and areas requiring intervention
  • Coordinate internal leaders, external partners, and supporting teams; organize working sessions, gather inputs, prepare decision materials, resolve barriers, and drive follow-through

  • Keep stakeholders aligned and initiatives moving, surface material risks or tradeoffs, and escalate matters requiring VP or executive direction

• Executive, Board & Leadership Forum Readiness

  • Partner with the VP, Office of the CEO to manage the planning, process, and timeline for Board and committee materials, CEO reports, leadership offsites, operating model reviews, and other enterprise forums

  • Request and coordinate inputs from content owners and presenters, track dependencies and deadlines, identify gaps, and drive revisions so materials are complete, accurate, consistent, and ready for VP review

  • Gather and synthesize information and prepare initial drafts of executive presentations, CEO reports, briefing documents, summaries, narratives, and other Office of the CEO deliverables; manage review cycles and incorporate feedback through finalization

  • Prepare the VP to lead executive discussions and decisions by coordinating agendas, pre-work, materials, key messages, decision points, presenter readiness, and post-meeting actions
• Office of the CEO Integration, Governance & Operating Effectiveness
  • Support the VP in facilitating the Chief of Staff Network and other enterprise leadership or governance forums by preparing agendas, materials, pre-reads, meeting summaries, and follow-up
  • Maintain decision and action trackers and follow up with Chiefs of Staff, leaders, and partners on commitments, owners, deadlines, dependencies, and shared deliverables
  • Coordinate across functions and leadership networks to improve information flow, connect enterprise priorities and performance themes, surface cross-functional dependencies, and reinforce executive follow-through

  • Continuously improve recurring planning, reporting, meeting preparation, governance, communication, and follow-through processes through clearer standards, streamlined workflows, reusable templates, and effective use of technology and automation

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field
• 10+ years of progressive experience in strategy, enterprise planning, performance management, operations, consulting, transformation, or complex program leadership, including significant cross-functional work with senior leaders in a health plan or similarly complex organization

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree
• Previous experience serving as a Chief of Staff 

This position is an Office role, which requires an employee to work onsite at our Minnetonka office, on average, 3 days per week.

The full salary grade for this position is $130,300-$223,400. While the full salary grade is provided, the typical hiring salary range for this role is expected to be between $130,300-$195,510. Annual salary range placement will depend on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, education, work experience, applicable certifications and/or licensure, the position's scope and responsibility, internal pay equity and external market salary data.  In addition to base compensation, this position may be eligible for incentive plan compensation in addition to base salary. Medica offers a generous total rewards package that includes competitive medical, dental, vision, PTO, Holidays, paid volunteer time off, 401K contributions, caregiver services and many other benefits to support our employees.

The compensation and benefits information is provided as of the date of this posting. Medica’s compensation and benefits are subject to change at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Eligibility to work in the US: Medica does not offer work visa sponsorship for this role. All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application. Employment is contingent on verification of identity and eligibility to work in the United States.

We are an Equal Opportunity employer, where all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment indiscriminate of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.