Sr Manager, Clinical Innovation

At CVS Health, we're building a world of health around every consumer and surrounding ourselves with dedicated colleagues who are passionate about transforming health care. As the nation's leading health solutions company, we reach millions of Americans through our local presence, digital channels and more than 300,000 purpose‑driven colleagues – caring for people where, when and how they choose in a way that is uniquely more connected, more convenient and more compassionate.

And we do it all with heart, each and every day.

A Senior Manager of Clinical Innovation is a critical contributor to managing and successfully driving complex, strategic initiatives within the clinical innovation portfolio that solve key business problems, and support development of new sources of value within Aetna's Clinical Solutions business unit.

• Leads, partners, and collaborates with cross‑functional teams, including key internal and external stakeholders, to develop, test, and implement innovative solutions and programs. Define, rationalize and align priorities with clearly defined business rationale
• Drives and manages assigned projects through all stages such as ideation/concept, solution development and pilot with an eye toward scaled, readiness, value realization and monitoring. Manages risk, develops interventions and facilitates working sessions as well as delivers all required analysis, reporting and presentation materials
• Supports the evaluation of new areas of innovation and clinical operations/offerings benchmarking within the healthcare industry and subsequently develops these trends into new and innovative solutions that solve key business problems and deliver breakthrough value
• Foster a culture that accelerates our strategy through our Heart At Work Behaviors by keeping the customer and colleague as the central focus

• 5+ years program management experience leading complex initiatives within the healthcare industry, preferably within the payer space
• 5+ years successful experience in strategy, innovation and/or business process redesign within the healthcare industry (or equivalent)
• Strong interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills, with a proven ability to effectively communicate key messages and deliver presentations across all levels of the organization, including to executive leaders
• Strong data and analytics skills to synthesize information and derive key insights
• Proven ability to consistently create value and meet/exceed committed performance targets and goals
• Proven ability to drive new innovation in highly cross‑functional environments and achieve strategic objectives
• Demonstrated relationship management skills; capacity to quickly build and maintain credible relationships at varying levels of the organization; ability to influence upward

• Experience identifying value opportunities and creating new capabilities and/or project offerings that result in incremental value
• Conceptual and structured thinker with proven ability to generate and translate concepts and ideas into effective strategies that achieve results
• Ability to embrace & promote change, navigate uncertainty and shift priorities and plans to accommodate broader changing objectives and demands
• Experience managing enterprise‑wide and/or cross‑functional initiatives with a high degree of complexity
• Experience with the following:
  Innovation, analytics, business process optimization, enterprise business portfolio management/consulting, financial analysis, strategic planning, risk management, product strategy, regulatory policy
• Broad understanding of the healthcare landscape with ability to synthesize multiple disparate data points into a structured perspective aligned to action
• Master's degree preferred in healthcare/business administration

• Bachelors degree required. Appropriate licensure or certification by discipline preferred.
• Masters degree preferred, but not required.

The typical pay range for this role is: $75,400.00 - $ This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within…