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Position Summary

A Senior Manager of Clinical Innovation is a critical contributor to managing and successfully driving use cases within the clinical innovation portfolio and initiatives 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.  Define, rationalize and align priorities with clearly defined business rationale
• Drives and manages innovation scope through all stages such as ideation/concept, solution development and pilot with an eye towards 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 concepts, emerging innovation trends 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 break through value
• Foster a culture that accelerates our strategy through our Heart At Work Behaviors by keeping the customer and colleague as the central focus

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years Program Management experience leading complex initiatives within the payer clinical space such as utilization management.
• 5+ years successful experience in strategy, innovation and/or portfolio management within healthcare industry or equivalent industry
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, effectively communicate key messages across all levels of the organization including executive leaders and internal/external stake holders.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; proven ability to develop and deliver presentations to senior leadership team members.
• Strong data and analytics skills to synthesize information and derive key insights.
• High ability to consistently produce and create value and meet/exceed committed performance
• High ability to drive new innovation in highly cross-functional environments
• Demonstrated relationship management skills; capacity to quickly build and maintain credible relationships at varying levels of the organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience identifying value opportunities and creating new capabilities and/or project offerings that result in new 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 shifting priorities and plans to accommodate broader changing objectives and demands
• Experience with enterprise-wide and/or cross-functional large scale initiatives with high degree of complexity.
• Experience with the following: Innovation, analytics, generative AI, 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

Education

Masters degree preferred, but not required.

College degree. Appropriate licensure or certification by discipline preferred

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$82,940.00 - $182,549.00

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: 03/20/2026

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