CVS Health

Lead Director, Medicare Strategic Programs - HRA Strategy and Enablement

CVS Health • $100K — $231K *
Healthcare
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in Medicare, managed care, health insurance, or similar healthcare strategy
  • 5+ years in leadership with notable cross-functional experience
  • Proven ownership of complex strategic initiatives with measurable results
  • Strong project and program management capabilities
  • Deep understanding of Medicare operations and market dynamics
  • Ability to influence senior leaders and achieve stakeholder alignment
  • Expertise in translating business objectives into scalable solutions
  • Exceptional executive communication and business case development skills
  • BA required; MBA preferred

Responsibilities

  • Serve as business owner for a strategic HRA-related initiative
  • Define and evolve strategy and roadmap aligned with Medicare goals
  • Partner across teams to translate business needs into solutions
  • Lead cross-functional decision-making on priorities and execution risks
  • Establish governance, timelines, and resource needs for initiatives
  • Track performance and direct course corrections as necessary
  • Identify operational gaps and lead development of scalable improvements
  • Develop business cases and strategic recommendations tied to initiative
  • Drive alignment and execution among diverse stakeholders

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Paid time off for personal and family needs
  • Retirement savings options
  • Wellness programs to support physical and mental health
  • Additional resources based on eligibility
Full Job Description
This is a hybrid position requiring working 3 days a week from the office. Candidates must reside within commutable distance of the Connecticut, Arizona or Pennsylvania CVS Health office locations.

Position Summary
This role sits within Medicare Strategic Programs and serves as the business owner for a strategic technology and clinical initiative focused on HRA-related capabilities, performance, and member experience. The Lead Director is accountable for strategic direction, business priorities, cross-functional alignment, and value realization across operational, clinical, and technology teams.

This role will shape the roadmap for the initiative, connect business priorities to clinical and technology solutions, and ensure the work delivers measurable impact.

Fundamental Components / Job Description
  • 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

Required 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

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with HRA, Clinical Programs, or related Medicare capabilities
  • Experience leading technology-enabled business or clinical initiatives
  • Experience working across highly matrixed healthcare organizations


Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$100,000.00 - $231,540.00

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. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company's equity award program.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.

This full-time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.

Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 10/15/2026

About CVS Health

Omnicare provides comprehensive pharmaceutical services to patients and providers across the United States. As the market-leader in professional pharmacy, related consulting and data management services for skilled nursing, assisted living and other chronic care settings, Omnicare leverages its unparalleled clinical insight into the geriatric market along with some of the industry's most innovative technological capabilities to the benefit of its long-term care customers. Omnicare also provides key commercialization services for the bio-pharmaceutical industry through its Specialty Care Group.

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