Lead Director, Population Health; Field

Overview

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Role Description

Population Health drives both our clinical and economic model and is focused on delivering high-quality, cost-effective care. The Population Health Director will be instrumental in designing and implementing key Population Health priorities. They will work on programs and interventions, targeted to the right patients, to improve quality and cost of care. They will be an effective cross team leader, working side by side with providers, care teams, operations colleagues, and corporate colleagues.

Content areas for the Director will include, but not be limited to, transitions-in-care, pharmacy and medication adherence, HEDIS / Stars, accurate risk adjustment, preferred partner relationships, and patient engagement strategy. This will require building relationships with our clinicians, including primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, psychiatrists, registered nurses, licensed clinical social workers, and others.

This is a fast-paced, high visibility role to ensure that we are driving innovation and improvement rapidly and consistently within a division. This role will be aligned with a geographic division to rapidly drive results.

This role will report directly to the Regional Vice President; with a dotted line to the central Population Health team.

Core Responsibilities

• Own the execution and the ongoing refinement of Population Health programs in the local division
• Work closely with functional leaders in the central office to assist with strategy and program design
• Work side by side with regional leaders and Care Teams to ensure effective implementation of key clinical and business priorities
• Accountability to key population health metrics, including quality measures, utilization measures, and financial measures
• Other duties, as assigned

What are we looking for?

We re Looking For a Motivated, Experienced Leader With

• Bachelor s degree required
• Graduate degree preferred but not required (MBA, MPH)
• 7-10 years of prior relevant experience. 5+ years specific experience in healthcare / population health / working with healthcare providers
• Ability to build the trust and confidence of a wide range of stakeholders
• Strong leadership and influencing skills
• Incredible level of organization and detail orientation
• Analytical and data savvy. Ability to develop business cases, ROI analysis, and financial analysis
• Someone who connects the dots between teams - a proactive communicator who puts individual projects into broader organizational objectives
• Expert in Excel, Google Apps, project management
• Pleasantly persistent approach
• Quick learner comfortable with a high level of ambiguity

Anticipated Weekly Hours 40

Time Type Full time

Pay Range The Typical Pay Range For This Role Is $ - $

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great Benefits For Great People

We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits – investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:

• Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.
• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.
• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

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We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 03/27/2026

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.