Carelon Innovation Enablement Director

Anticipated End Date:

2026-07-04

Position Title:

Carelon Innovation Enablement Director

Job Description:

Carelon Innovation Enablement Director

Location: This role requires associates to be in-office 3 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office. 

Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.

The Carelon Innovation Enablement Director is responsible for partnering across Carelon Strategy & Growth, Product, Business Units, Sales, Technology, and other enterprise stakeholders to accelerate strategic priorities through structured problem solving, operating model design, and execution enablement. The role serves as a catalyst for innovation by helping translate strategy into actionable capabilities, piloting new approaches, and building scalable operating models that enable long-term enterprise growth.

How you will make an impact:

•    Partner with executive leadership to identify, structure, and accelerate high-impact strategic initiatives across Carelon.
•    Lead cross-functional efforts to solve complex business challenges through strategic analysis, operating model design, and executive facilitation.
•    Design and implement new enterprise capabilities, governance models, and operating frameworks that improve organizational effectiveness and execution.
•    Support innovation efforts through structured test-and-learn pilots, capability incubation, and rapid experimentation.
•    Develop business cases, executive presentations, recommendations, and implementation roadmaps to support leadership decision-making.
•    Partner across Product, Growth, Sales, Technology, Finance, Legal, Compliance, and Operations to align stakeholders and remove barriers to execution.
•    Identify opportunities to simplify enterprise processes, improve governance, and accelerate delivery of strategic priorities.
•    Monitor initiative progress, risks, and outcomes, ensuring successful transition of mature capabilities to long-term business owners.
•    Investigates and manages internal and external issues, to include provider issues, clinical issues, and other inquiries. 
•    Develops Carelon Medical Benefits Management's solution innovation strategy and leads Carelon Medical Benefits Management's business partnership strategy. 
•    Provides analytic and business insight across Carelon Medical Benefits Management. 
•    Investigates and manages internal and external issues on an ad hoc basis including provider issues, clinical issues, and other inquiries. 
•    May provide leadership and/or oversight of projects, project teams and/or external consultants.

Minimum Requirements:

Requires a BA/BS degree in a related area and a minimum of 10 years of increasingly responsible business and professional experience including 3 years of leadership experience in a related field; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences: 

•    Master’s degree preferred.
•    Experience in management consulting, strategy, product management, enterprise transformation, operating model design, or program leadership.
•    Demonstrated ability to lead highly complex, cross-functional initiatives in ambiguous environments.
•    Experience developing executive-level communications, governance models, and enterprise operating frameworks.
•    Strong analytical, facilitation, and executive communication skills.
•    Experience working across healthcare, technology, product, or growth organizations is preferred.

For candidates working in person or virtually in the below location, the salary* range for this specific position is $205,040 to $307,560  

Location: Chicago IL  

In addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The salary offered for this specific position is based on a number of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors set by the Company.  The Company is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local pay equity laws.   

* The salary range is the range Elevance Health in good faith believes is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future and actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level. Even within the range, the actual compensation will vary depending on the above factors as well as market/business considerations. No amount is wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law. 

Job Level:

Director Equivalent

Workshift:

Job Family:

BUS > Strategy, Planning & Execution

Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.

Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities – and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.

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. Unless 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.

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 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.

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 should submit the following form: Accessibility Accommodation Request Form and a member of the team will be in contact. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.

Prospective employees required to be screened under Florida law should review the education and awareness resources at HB531 | Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.

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