Senior Advisor, Clinical AI & Technology Program Execution

Role Description

As a part of the enterprise clinical organization and the Office of the Chief Medical Officer, the Sr. Advisor, Clinical AI and Technology Program Execution will manage the portfolio and program management processes that move clinical AI and technology opportunities from intake through prioritization, decision-making, execution oversight, measurement, and learning. This role is responsible for ensuring visibility across the clinical AI and technology portfolio, tracking progress against cross-enterprise goals, monitoring dependencies and risks, and ensuring owners are aligned on tasks, timelines, and risk management while stakeholders are engaged in required toll gates and approvals.

The ideal candidate will bring strong portfolio discipline, enterprise program management experience, executive communication skills, and the ability to operate effectively in a highly matrixed healthcare environment. This position partners closely with clinical AI and technology leaders and works across business and clinical stakeholders, along with enterprise functions, including technology, data and analytics, and finance teams to connect parallel planning and execution efforts into one integrated view of progress, dependencies, risks, decisions, and actions aligned to enterprise goals. This role reports to the Principal, Enterprise Clinical Programs – Technology + AI Strategic Initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or relevant certification preferred.
• Significant experience 5+ years in portfolio management, program management, PMO leadership, strategy execution, transformation, or complex enterprise initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple interdependent workstreams in a highly matrixed organization.
• Experience with portfolio governance, integrated planning, executive reporting, dependency management, risk escalation, and decision tracking.
• Strong facilitation, synthesis, written communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to translate established strategy and leadership decisions into coordinated plans, milestones, ownership, and execution visibility.
• Comfort operating through ambiguity while maintaining disciplined processes and transparent follow-through.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex topics into clear, actionable insights for executive and cross-functional audiences.

Requirements

• Healthcare, payer, clinical, digital health, data, analytics, or artificial intelligence experience.
• Experience in regulated or clinically sensitive environments.
• Familiarity with AI governance, responsible AI, clinical governance, value realization, or measurement planning.
• Portfolio, program, project, agile, change-management, or process-improvement credentials.
• If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

Company Description

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.