Senior Healthcare Program Leader – Agile Delivery & Strategy

Partners in Digital Health; Des Moines (IA); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Job summary

CVS Health, through the Aetna Enterprise Delivery team in the United States, seeks an innovative, high-energy leader to drive delivery on critical technology initiatives within the Commercial Segment. You will steer complex programs, mentor project teams, and maintain a strong focus on metrics and continuous improvement.

This full-time role requires 7+ years of PM/Agile leadership in matrixed organizations, with a Bachelor’s degree and experience building cross-functional partnerships across

Qualifications

• 7+ years of project management experience leading Agile, cross-functional teams, to deliver complex initiatives.
• 5+ years of experience leading program delivery efforts within large, matrixed organizations.
• 2+ years of experience managing and developing teams of Project Managers and/or Scrum Masters.
• 2+ years of experience applying software development methodologies, including Agile and Scrum frameworks.
• 2+ years of experience with budget planning, forecasting, and financial management.
• 2+ years of experience utilizing Microsoft Office Suite, work management platforms, and budget management tools to drive operational efficiency and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Running Programs with budgets of $10M+ consisting of one or more large projects.
• Managing Agile practice resources and contractors as well as matrixed members of a project team.
• Driving planning activities, including convening meetings, developing agendas and material, and developing reports or supporting specific teams with tracking and monitoring initiatives.
• Ensuring appropriate project deliverables are created, utilized by leaders and are updated over time as each project grows.
• Interfacing and communicating directly with Senior leaders from all different areas of the company.
• Overseeing the development and tracking of timelines and milestones with key internal and external partners to address project objectives.
• Monitoring multiple, concurrent project lifecycles by tracking project plans and deadlines for key deliverables and identifying and raising issues requiring resolution.
• Managing projects using CVS agile methodology and/or other Project Management professional practices and standard tools.
• Partnering with other Project Leads and owners to coordinate day-to-day initiative progress, identify risks/barriers and work with project leaders to address challenges.
• Interfacing with other projects when necessary, modifying plans and ensuring cross-functional dependencies and inter-dependent projects stay coordinated.
• Working with stakeholders to define and acquire necessary resources, ensuring continual support for project goals.
• Conducting regular project reviews and communicating status of projects in both formal and informal settings.
• Forecasting Resources and participating in quarterly revised forecast activities while maintaining project budgets.

Skills

Project management

Agile/Scrum

Team leadership

Budgeting/Forecasting

Stakeholder communication

MS Office / PM tools

Healthcare IT

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

CVS Health, through the Aetna Enterprise Delivery team in the United States, seeks an innovative, high-energy leader to drive delivery on critical technology initiatives within the Commercial Segment. You will steer complex programs, mentor project teams, and maintain a strong focus on metrics and continuous improvement.

This full-time role requires 7+ years of PM/Agile leadership in matrixed organizations, with a Bachelor’s degree and experience building cross-functional partnerships across