Manager, Marketing Product (Onsite, Columbia, South Carolina)

# # # To learn more about our website privacy policy, click on this .* Manages staff and provides leadership. Ensures effective tasking/utilization of staff while developing their skills and abilities.* Identifies, evaluates and manages new business opportunities and marketing initiatives. Contributes to the development of marketing strategies, key messages and product positioning. Coordinates operational readiness and launch activities.* Defines and implements new processes and procedures to increase overall project execution efficiency.* Provides guidance, direction and support related to the use of data, analysis and research within marketing efforts.* May perform any or all of the following in manager role in support of product development for assigned division: ensures overall quality of division's or assigned section's Web sites; maintains proposal database; responds to RFPs/RFIs, ensuring that all responses are accurate and promotes the advantages of products/services; conducts qualitative or quantitative market research in order to monitor the competitor or industry.* **Required Education**: Bachelor's* **Degree Equivalency**: 4 years job related work experience or Associate's and 2 years job related work experience (Equivalency not applicable for the Celerian Group. Bachelor's degree required)* **Required Work Experience**: 5 years marketing research/product development/E business fields. 1 year of the 5 years must have been in a supervisory or lead role or equivalent military experience in grade E4 or above.* **Required Skills and Abilities**:* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.* Strong organizational and project management skills.* Ability to lead and direct others.* Negotiation skills.* Demonstrated ability to negotiate vendor agreements.* Demonstrated ability to lead complex project management initiatives.* Demonstrated ability working with health care pricing methodologies and the ability to adapt payment methodologies to non-traditional products.* Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.* Knowledge of the healthcare industry and the marketplace.* Knowledge of multiple aspects of business including claim processing, reimbursement, benefit design, administrative and medical policies, marketing strategies and insurance regulations.* **Required Software and Other Tools**: Microsoft Office.* **Preferred Education:** Bachelor's degree- Business, Management, Marketing, or related field.* **Preferred Skills and Abilities**:* Self-motivated with strong attend to detail.* Knowledge of electronic applications and their uses.* Knowledge of marketing principles and techniques.* Proven leadership skills.* Proficiency in critical thinking.* Prior health insurance industry experience preferred. #J-18808-Ljbffr