Cigna Ventures is seeking to hire an Associate to join the strategic investment team of The Cigna Group. This person will support the team in a variety of capacities to include deal sourcing, evaluating and executing investment opportunities, engaging portfolio companies, and fund administration. Additionally, the Associate will interact extensively with internal business leaders and subject matter experts across Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services in order to validate strategic alignment and facilitate post-investment execution.

Key Responsibilities:

Deal Sourcing and Pipeline

Maintain and improve data-driven processes for managing our deal pipeline

Initial outreach, data gathering/assessment, and establishing relationships with founders

Develop investment insights and hypotheses by conducting market, product, customer, and financial research and analysis  

Due Diligence

Organize information from target companies and internal/external experts

Conduct primary and secondary market research

Perform rigorous financial and valuation analysis

Draft internal investment memos

Enterprise Strategy

Develop strong relationships across Cigna to understand strategic priorities and initiatives

Working with Cigna Ventures team and business partners, utilize enterprise and business strategies as a lens for inorganic activities, and refine business strategy and tactics as appropriate

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree preferred; Master’s level degree or similar experience highly preferred

3+ years of professional experience in healthcare industry consulting, venture capital, and/or investment banking

Healthcare experience in care delivery, digital health, health data, or a related vertical

Understanding of clinical, operational, and financial drivers of healthcare industry and organizations

Demonstrated problem-solving, quantitative, and qualitative analysis skills, including familiarity with financial modeling and valuation techniques

Proactive, self-directed leader with ability to successfully operate at multiple levels of management

Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to quickly gather and synthesize information, draw appropriate conclusions, and make value-added recommendations

About Cigna Ventures:

Cigna Ventures is the strategic venture fund of The Cigna Group Corporation, a leading global health service company with more than 190 million customer relationships in more than 30 countries. We partner closely with entrepreneurs who share our tenacity to unlock bold new opportunities to improve people’s health and make health care more affordable, predictable and simple.

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 95,800 - 159,600 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.

We want you to be healthy, balanced, and feel secure. That’s why 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) with company match, 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, visit Life at Cigna Group.

About Cigna Healthcare

Cigna Healthcare, a division of The Cigna Group, is an advocate for better health through every stage of life. We guide our customers through the health care system, empowering them with the information and insight they need to make the best choices for improving their health and vitality. 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.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for support. Do not email SeeYourself@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

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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