Lead Director, Clinical and Digital Health Programs

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.

We’re excited to share an opportunity to join Aetna Medical Affairs as a Lead Director, Clinical and Digital Health Programs.

At CVS Health, we’re building a world of health around every consumer. Our colleagues are passionate about transforming health care and making it more connected, convenient, and compassionate. Every day, we work with heart to support the people and communities we serve.

About the role

Aetna Medical Affairs is where clinical strategy meets real-world impact - a center of excellence that partners closely with cross-enterprise teams and business leaders across Commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid to ensure high-value care for members, providers, and plan sponsor clients. We’re an industry leader in advancing clinical programs and strategies that meaningfully improve member and provider experience, quality, and affordability.

We’re looking for a dynamic leader to help shape what’s next.

In this high-visibility role, you'll serve as Lead Director, Clinical and Digital Health Programs, partnering with clinical teams, product, digital, analytics, and external partners to lead the design and execution of clinical , population health, and digital member engagement programs. You'll identify opportunities, shape solutions, build cross-functional alignment, and drive programs from concept through pilot, launch, scale, and evaluation, developing new approaches that keep our programs, products, and partnerships clinically relevant, high quality, and ahead of the curve.

If you thrive on solving complex problems, leading across teams and bringing bold ideas to life, this is your next big move.

This is a fully remote position that can be performed in any US time zone, but would need to support the needs of the team and business in CST/EST.

What you'll do

You’ll lead collaboration, drive solutions, and ensure performance. As the go-to connector between Medical Affairs and program, product, and digital development teams, you’ll lead the identification design, and implementation of priority clinical, population health, and digital member engagement programs – working in close collaboration with stakeholders across the business and external partners and ensuring strong clinical oversight, business alignment, and successful execution. You’ll also partner closely with analytics, technology, and other business teams to measure performance, improve outcomes, and drive ongoing program optimization. Your work will directly impact quality of care, cost of care, and the member and provider experience , and you’ll help set the tone for how we operate – aligning accountability, setting clear goals and expectations, building effective business and clinical processes, leading executive reviews, and championing change in a dynamic environment.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in population health program development, clinical program design, product management, digital health, or related areas
• Deep knowledge of the clinical product, digital and consumer health, and AI landscape
• A proven ability to lead cross-functional work across clinical, product, analytics, IT, and marketing teams
• Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills
• Experience defining success metrics, building business cases, and using data to guide decisions
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience, with a master’s degree preferred
• Clinical or population health-related education or credentials preferred
• Ability to travel approximately 10% annually

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s preferred, does not need to have clinical credentials, however that would also be a plus.

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 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: 09/01/2026

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