Global Clinical Programs Strategy Lead

The Cigna Group; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Vision

Dental insurance

401(k) match

Life insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off (18+ days)

Paid holidays

Job summary

The Cigna Group is seeking a hands-on Enterprise Clinical role to help launch and grow compliant clinical capabilities across global hubs, safeguarding patient safety and regulatory standards. You will partner across Clinical, Enterprise Strategy, Legal, Compliance, HR, Talent Acquisition, and vendor teams to translate strategy into execution with clarity and speed.

Responsibilities include building a global clinical roadmap, coordinating role assessments, and guiding governance through

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in healthcare, clinical operations, transformation, program management, or a related field.
• Experience supporting clinical operations, clinical transitions, global delivery, shared services, GCC, GBS, BPO, captive, or hub-based work.
• Working knowledge of clinical quality, regulatory, licensure, accreditation, data privacy, or compliance requirements.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, track milestones, organize complex information, and turn plans into clear actions.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to prepare concise materials for leaders and partner across clinical, legal, compliance, HR, vendor, and enterprise teams.
• Ability to travel, including internationally, up to 20%.

Responsibilities

• Help build and execute the global clinical roadmap, including hub scope, operating model design, workstream plans, milestones, and value tracking.
• Translate wave-based plans into clear action plans that support enterprise goals, clinical guardrails, quality expectations, and regulatory or contract limits.
• Coordinate clinical role assessments by gathering data on clinical complexity, licensure, accreditation, client restrictions, and location readiness.
• Prepare and track submissions through Legal, Regulatory, Compliance, and Global Role Review processes to support sound governance and approval decisions.
• Support transition planning for clinical and clinical-support work, including vendor engagement, hub readiness, credentialing, supervision models, audit checkpoints, and go/no-go materials.
• Partner with HR and Talent Acquisition to support recruiting, credentialing, onboarding, and workforce build plans for clinical and non-clinical hub teams.
• Maintain clear documentation, dashboards, and executive-ready materials that show progress, risks, quality measures, and value delivered.
• Surface risks early, including regulatory, contract, quality, workforce, data privacy, or cost-to-serve concerns, and help leaders make informed trade-off decisions.
• Support change management and stakeholder alignment across Clinical leadership, business teams, Legal, Compliance, Enterprise Strategy, and client-facing partners.

Skills

Program management

Strong communication

Travel ability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, business, nursing, operations, or related field

Job description

The Cigna Group is seeking a hands-on Enterprise Clinical role to help launch and grow compliant clinical capabilities across global hubs, safeguarding patient safety and regulatory standards. You will partner across Clinical, Enterprise Strategy, Legal, Compliance, HR, Talent Acquisition, and vendor teams to translate strategy into execution with clarity and speed.

Responsibilities include building a global clinical roadmap, coordinating role assessments, and guiding governance through