Strategy Advancement Professional – Medicaid Growth

**Become a part of our caring community** ========================================= The Strategy Advancement Professional, Growth Strategy supports the Medicaid Business Development team by advancing national opportunity pipeline development, market intelligence, research to support opportunity pursuit decision making and competitive analysis. This role is responsible for identifying and evaluating growth opportunities, maintaining key pipeline and market insights, and supporting strategic decision\-making across the Growth organization. The associate works on problems of moderate scope and complexity and collaborates cross\-functionally to support evolving business needs. The Strategy Advancement Professional, Growth Strategy supports the execution and advancement of pipeline development, market analysis, and competitive intelligence within the Medicaid Growth Strategy team. This role is responsible for maintaining national opportunity insights, supporting market prioritization, gathering and analyzing national opportunity landscape information and contributing to strategic initiatives that inform business development and growth decisions. Key responsibilities include: Support pipeline development and market strategy to: * Maintain and update the national Medicaid opportunity pipeline, including tracking RFP timing, Medicaid managed care program contract status, and emerging trends and activity within Medicaid programs * Support development, refinement and presentation of the growth prioritization model and related market assessment tools * Conduct research and analysis to identify and evaluate growth and renewal opportunities in new and existing Medicaid programs Lead market intelligence and industry research to: * Gather and analyze external market data, including membership trends, regulatory developments, and competitive dynamics * Produce regular insights and summaries (e.g., monthly newsletters, market updates) to inform leadership and cross\-functional teams * Monitor key industry trends and policy changes impacting Medicaid growth strategy Support competitive analysis and positioning to: * Assist in development and maintenance of competitor profiles, membership tracking, and performance comparisons * Conduct targeted research to support RFP strategy, capture planning, and market entry decisions * Partner with internal stakeholders to translate insights into actionable strategic recommendations Maintain pipeline resources and tools to: * Manage centralized repositories for contract timelines, market intelligence, and opportunity tracking * Ensure accuracy, consistency, and accessibility of pipeline and market data across the team * Support development of standardized templates and processes for pipeline and market analysis Collaborate cross\-functionally to: * Partner with Growth Strategy, Capture, Proposal, Product, and external affairs teams to support business development initiatives * Contribute to strategic plannin