Bring your heart to CVS Health. Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver. Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable. **Position Summary** The Lead Director, Project Program Management will lead a cross-functional team focused on delivering large, complex strategic initiatives for the Medicare Organization. In a matrix management capacity, you will provide leadership and strategic direction to a team of project /program managers as well as many cross-functional areas to develop and deliver holistic strategies and solutions. Key components of this role include: + Effectively manage multiple projects/initiatives concurrently + Managing multi-year, large complex programs from inception through to implementation + Implementing effective project/program controls including program schedules, metric development, status reporting/tracking results and financials + Tracking progress against key milestones, and creating and implementing value-based metrics and analysis to measure outcomes + Proven track record in quality outcomes and meeting expected milestones and results. Additional Responsibilities Include: + Setting the strategic direction for complex projects and/or programs teams + Preparing and maintaining team budget and resource allocations + Ensuring all stakeholders are engaged in developing strategies, solutions and/or supportive of the strategic solutions designed using strong influencing skills + Developing executive level presentations to support initiatives + Partnering with Technology teams to deliver complex initiatives **Required Qualifications** + Proven track record managing large scale initiatives in a matrix organization + 8-10 years project/program management experience in roles demonstrating increasing scope and complexity + Ability to achieve results through others + Strong communication skills – oral and written + Strong problem solving analytical skills + Ability to drive change to improve performance + Experience with information design **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 (https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits) We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 09/29/2024 Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.