Lead Director, Strategy & Product Management, Aetna Pharmacy Health Plan

Posted:
11/27/2024, 7:10:41 AM

Location(s):
Connecticut, United States ⋅ Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ⋅ Rogers, Minnesota, United States ⋅ Hartford, Connecticut, United States ⋅ Minnesota, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Business & Strategy ⋅ Product

Workplace Type:
On-site

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Position Summary

As a member of the Aetna Pharmacy Health Plan Team, you will play a critical role in the cross-functional execution and delivery of enterprise innovations and product solutions specific to the Aetna commercial and exchange lines of business.   Part innovator, part health plan expert, and part execution champion, you will be able to deliver cutting-edge solutions which support our customers and members.  Collaboration across businesses is critical, as you’ll work with Aetna, Caremark, and other CVS Health teams. If you’re comfortable thinking big picture and rolling up to sleeves to develop a business case, this might be the right role for you! 

The day to day

  • Serving as the Product Owner for medical pharmacy (medications covered under medical benefits), including support for internal and external stakeholders.

  • Determine new innovative strategies to drive client value, support members and providers, and produce cost savings/revenue for Aetna for medical pharmacy.

  • Partnering cross-functionally with various stakeholder groups to ensure the program portfolio that you oversee consistently meets legal, operational and client standards.

  • Operationalizing new product offerings by solving business challenges, streamlining processes, and improving workflows to support new capabilities.

  • Leading all program and project management activities for large scale product development initiatives, including IT roadmap, to ensure new product innovations are delivered accurately and on-time to clients, members, and the enterprise.

  • Communicating effectively at all levels across the enterprise to understand stakeholder needs, identify problems, and design effective solutions.

  • Analyzing, evaluating, and overcoming program risks, and produce program reports for stakeholders.


The ideal candidate will have demonstrated success leading in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to learn on the fly while understanding and solving new problems. Given the nature of the work and environment, your communication and influencing skills will be heavily utilized.

Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years of account management or product management/product development or with a Pharmacy Benefit Manager, Health Plan, or Specialty pharmacy

  • Experience with spreadsheets, databases, and presentation software, including a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

  • Works well in a dynamic, complex, customer and team-focused environment with minimal oversite and agile mindset.

  • Capability conducting and managing client meetings via phone, web and in person meetings.

  • Highly organized, detail-oriented with strong capability in structured and critical thinking

  • High level of independent judgment and proactivity

  • Self-motivation, high energy, and ability to successfully function in a high-demand, performance-driven environment.

  • Strong internal relationship skills across diverse teams

  • Strong communication (written and oral) – executive presence and ability to influence across disciplines and at multiple levels of organization.


Education

  • Bachelor's degree preferred/specialized training/relevant professional qualification.

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. 
 
In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities.  The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits.  Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees.  The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners.  As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies. 
 
For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit Benefits | CVS Health

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 12/04/2024

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

CVS Pharmacy Inc

Website: https://cvshealth.com/

Headquarter Location: Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1963

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Equity

Industries: Health Care ⋅ Medical ⋅ Pharmaceutical ⋅ Retail ⋅ Sales