Lead Marketing Strategist - Member Retention and Engagement

Pittsburgh, PA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Own the end-to-end member retention program, spanning onboarding, education, engagement, service recovery, renewal, and win-back initiatives, while leading cross-functional efforts and delivering measurable ROI.

  • Own retention KPIs and measurement plans; track renewal, engagement, and ROI/ROMI.
  • Lead cross-functional execution of personalized communications that explain plan value and renewal steps.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop integrated member retention plans across the lifecycle, including onboarding, education, engagement, service recovery, renewal, and win-back initiatives.
  • Analyze member, experience, utilization, demographic, channel, and market data to identify retention opportunities, churn indicators, priority segments, and actionable insights.
  • Build forecasts and business cases for retention programs, including expected impact on renewal, disenrollment, engagement, member lifetime value, cost, and ROI/ROMI.
  • Lead cross-functional development and execution of personalized, omnichannel member communications that clearly communicate plan value, benefits, resources, required actions, and renewal information.
  • Establish retention KPIs and measurement plans; track renewal, voluntary disenrollment, engagement, response, conversion, satisfaction, channel performance, and ROI/ROMI; and recommend optimizations based on results.
  • Partner with Marketing Research, Analytics, Product, Service, Clinical, Digital, Operations, Compliance, and other stakeholders to understand member needs, address experience gaps, and coordinate retention interventions.
  • Guide marketing team members in the development of retention briefs, audience strategies, member journeys, testing roadmaps, forecasts, and performance reporting.
  • Manage campaign and program budgets, vendor resources, timelines, approvals, risks, and reporting for retention initiatives.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree – Marketing, Business or related field
  • Substitutions 6 years’ experience
  • 8 years' experience coordinating the end to end delivery of marketing strategy programs
  • 3-5 year's experience managing cross functional teams and creative development
  • 2-5 years' experience developing forecast and ROI analysis
  • 2-5 years' experience in the development of marketing plan including tactical development and budget
  • Demonstrated experience in creativity, marketing strategy work within program with complex deliverables
  • Provide oversite to cross functional team to stay on strategy and lead matrix team members
  • Demonstrated experience working across multiple organization to successful completion of project
  • Experience in effectively prioritizing and managing a large volume of projects to completion

Preferred

  • Experience in the marketing of health or other insurance products is preferred
  • Previous experience providing coaching or guidance to coworkers on marketing practices
  • Professional experience using technology, tools, and AI in a Marketing function
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Highmark Health

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A national blended health organization, Highmark Health and our leading businesses support millions of customers with products, services and solutions closely aligned to our mission of creating remarkable health experiences, freeing people to be their best.Headquartered in Pittsburgh, we're regionally focused in Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia and New York, with customers in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.We passionately serve individual consumers and fellow businesses alike. Our companies cover a diversified spectrum of essential health-related needs, including health insurance, health care delivery, population health management, dental solutions, reinsurance solutions, and innovative technology solutions.Our financial position reflects strength and stability, with our year-end 2024 consolidated revenues totaling $29.4 billion.We’re also proud to carry forth an important legacy of compassionate care and philanthropy that began more than 170 years ago. This tradition of giving back, reinvesting and ensuring that our communities remain strong and healthy is deeply embedded in our culture, informing our decisions every day.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
15K employees (335 in marketing)
52% recommend to a friend
61% CEO approval

Funding

Total Funding
$6.8M
Last Raise
$5M
Grant, 5 years ago

Funding History

  • May 2021
    Grant • $5M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
65.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.5%
Direct
48.2%
Referral
14.4%
Social
5%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~15.5K

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Lead Marketing Strategist - Member Retention and Engagement

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