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.

Position Summary

The Lead Director, Patient & Auth Management for Provider Digital Operations is responsible for the strategic leadership and operational oversight of Aetna’s Patient and Authorization suite of provider-facing transactions. This role partners with the technology teams to develop strategy and roadmaps, ensuring exceptional provider experiences and operational excellence through performance management, compliance, and team leadership. This role is critical to driving improvements in provider experience, reducing rework, calls, and paperwork, and improving key metrics such as NPS. The Lead Director will be accountable for end-to-end thinking, cross-team collaboration, and resource alignment to deliver innovative solutions that enhance provider and colleague experiences.

 

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

Operational Excellence

Compliance & Risk Management

Project & Program Management

Team Leadership

 

Minimum Requirements

 

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of healthcare experience, preferably working with network and provider related operations and strategy.
• 5+ years leading and developing high functioning teams
• Adept at execution and delivery (planning, delivering, and supporting) skills
• Adept at business intelligence
• Adept at collaboration and teamwork
• Mastery of problem solving and decision making skills
• Mastery of growth mindset (agility and developing yourself and others) skills

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with digital administrative transactions and/or self-service capabilities

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. 
 

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.

For more information, visit https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 03/16/2026

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