Mapping the complete client lifecycle across three customer types, identifying systemic breakdowns, and driving improvements from data infrastructure to first-claim experience
A $950M benefits provider serving 450,000+ Canadians had fragmented systems, distributed teams, and no unified view of how clients and plan members actually experienced their products.
As I learned the organization over my first six months, I mapped how work actually flowed across sales, underwriting, claims, and renewal. The journey map became a high-traffic wall mural where teams saw how their decisions created friction elsewhere.
Recreated from memory (original was a high-traffic wall mural)
Led one of three org-wide process redesigns. Mapped how data moved from prospecting through renewal, identified redundancies, defined ideal state.
First-claim processing was make-or-break. When plan members didn't understand their EOB, they complained to employers who questioned their purchase decision.
Impact: Reduced support calls, improved plan member satisfaction with first-claim processing
Created plain-language resources to reduce onboarding confusion and give plan members early access to learn the app before they received credentials.
After Pragmatic Institute training, I shifted GroupHEALTH's sales approach from product-led (listing features) to problem-led (addressing client needs). Created needs-based marketing assets that became foundational to prospecting.
The work operated at multiple levels: tactical fixes (EOB layout), strategic initiatives (data infrastructure), and organizational change (how GroupHEALTH talked about its value).