Senior Director, Medicare Strategy & HRA Enablement

CVS Health Corporation; Hartford (CT); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 232,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Equity award program

Job summary

CVS Health Corporation seeks a Lead Director for Medicare Strategic Programs to own a strategic technology and clinical initiative focused on HRA capabilities, performance, and member experience. The Lead Director shapes the roadmap and aligns business priorities with clinical and technology solutions, ensuring measurable impact.

This hybrid role drives governance and collaboration across business, clinical, operations, technology, and compliance teams to deliver scalable improvements and value

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Medicare, managed care, health insurance, or related healthcare strategy, operations, product, or program leadership.
• 5+ years of leadership and/or significant cross-functional leadership experience.
• Experience owning complex strategic initiatives and driving measurable business outcomes.
• Strong project and program management skills, including governance, planning, and dependency management.
• Deep knowledge of Medicare programs, operations, and market dynamics.
• Ability to influence senior leaders and align stakeholders across functions.
• Experience translating business needs into practical, scalable solutions.
• Strong executive communication and business case development skills.
• BA required, MBA preferred.
• Experience with HRA, Clinical Programs, or related Medicare capabilities.
• Experience leading technology-enabled business or clinical initiatives.
• Experience working across highly matrixed healthcare organizations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the business owner for a strategic HRA-related technology and clinical initiative.
• Define and evolve strategy, roadmap, and priorities in alignment with Medicare business goals and member experience needs.
• Partner across business, clinical, operations, technology, compliance, and market-facing teams to translate business needs into scalable solutions.
• Lead cross-functional decision-making on priorities, tradeoffs, dependencies, and execution risks.
• Establish governance, implementation plans, timelines, milestones, and resource needs.
• Track performance, risks, dependencies, and investment against plan and direct course correction as needed.
• Identify business and operational gaps and lead development of practical, scalable improvements.
• Develop business cases and strategic recommendations tied to the initiative.
• Drive alignment, accountability, and execution across a broad group of stakeholders.

Skills

Medicare strategy

Cross-functional leadership

Program management

Executive communication

Business case development

Influence senior leaders

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Job description

CVS Health Corporation seeks a Lead Director for Medicare Strategic Programs to own a strategic technology and clinical initiative focused on HRA capabilities, performance, and member experience. The Lead Director shapes the roadmap and aligns business priorities with clinical and technology solutions, ensuring measurable impact.

This hybrid role drives governance and collaboration across business, clinical, operations, technology, and compliance teams to deliver scalable improvements and value