Senior Director, Medicare Strategy & HRA Programs

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

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Equity awards

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

CVS Health Corporation is seeking a Lead Director to own a strategic HRA-related technology and clinical initiative within Medicare Strategic Programs. You will shape strategy, define the roadmap, and align business, clinical, operations, and technology teams to deliver measurable outcomes.

You will lead governance, manage dependencies, and drive value realization across stakeholders while ensuring alignment with Medicare goals and member experience needs.

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

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

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Program management

Executive communication

Business case development

Stakeholder management

Roadmap planning

Governance

Dependency management

Healthcare industry knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA preferred

Job description

CVS Health Corporation is seeking a Lead Director to own a strategic HRA-related technology and clinical initiative within Medicare Strategic Programs. You will shape strategy, define the roadmap, and align business, clinical, operations, and technology teams to deliver measurable outcomes.

You will lead governance, manage dependencies, and drive value realization across stakeholders while ensuring alignment with Medicare goals and member experience needs.