Executive Director, Enterprise Strategy
About The Position
The Executive Director, Enterprise Strategy will lead the development and execution of strategies advancing Aetna’s clinical, provider, network, and pharmacy priorities to improve affordability, health outcomes, and member experience. The role primarily supports CVS Health’s Aetna business and partners closely with Aetna’s Executive Leadership team, as well as clinical, network, product, pharmacy, operations, and finance leaders, to create integrated and actionable strategies supporting total cost of care objectives. The role uses market, competitive, consumer, technology, and regulatory insights to identify innovation and growth opportunities, inform strategic decisions, and build organizational alignment so that priorities become measurable actions and results. The Executive Director will evaluate emerging trends and lead high-priority initiatives with significant executive visibility. This position reports to Aetna’s Chief Strategy Officer. The role calls for a motivated, intellectually curious leader who can work in ambiguous environments, influence senior stakeholders, and drive results through collaboration and strategic problem-solving. Prior experience in health insurance, managed care, care delivery, clinical strategy, provider networks, or pharmacy is preferred but not required.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in strategy, management consulting, corporate development, financial analysis, public policy, product development, mergers and acquisitions, healthcare or clinical strategy, or related fields.
- Proven ability to lead complex strategic initiatives from strategy development through execution and drive alignment across executives, business leaders, and cross-functional teams.
- Experience developing and synthesizing market, competitive, consumer, regulatory, and technology insights to identify growth opportunities and inform strategic decisions.
- Proven ability to facilitate executive and senior leadership discussions, build alignment across stakeholders, and influence enterprise-level decisions.
- Ability to deliver high-impact strategic recommendations and communications to executive leadership through compelling presentations, storytelling, and structured problem-solving.
- Strong executive presence and exceptional communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder-management skills across highly matrixed organizations.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, simplify complex challenges, and lead multiple concurrent priorities while maintaining quality, speed, and attention to detail.
- Strong people leadership skills, including the ability to coach, mentor, and develop high-performing teams.
- Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) required.
Nice To Haves
- Working knowledge of payer, provider, pharmacy, and healthcare product segments.
- Health plan, managed care, payer, or health insurance industry experience, including familiarity with Commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, or other health plan lines of business.
- Experience supporting enterprise, business unit, or growth strategy initiatives within a healthcare organization.
- Growth mindset and commitment to deepening expertise across the healthcare industry.
- Experience building and evaluating financial models, business cases, and investment analyses.
- Ability to synthesize market trends, competitive intelligence, and customer insights into actionable strategic recommendations.
- Demonstrated experience identifying and evaluating new growth opportunities, partnerships, and business models.
- MBA, MPH, MPA, or another advanced degree preferred.
- Prior experience in health insurance, managed care, care delivery, clinical strategy, provider networks, or pharmacy.
Responsibilities
- Lead development and execution of strategies advancing Aetna’s clinical, provider, network, and pharmacy priorities.
- Partner with clinical, network, product, pharmacy, operations, and finance leaders to develop integrated strategies supporting Aetna’s total cost of care objectives.
- Use market, competitive, consumer, technology, and regulatory insights to identify opportunities and inform strategic decision-making.
- Facilitate strategic decision-making and drive alignment across the organization to translate priorities into measurable actions and results.
- Evaluate emerging trends and identify opportunities to improve affordability and health outcomes.
- Lead high-priority initiatives with significant executive visibility.
- Lead complex strategic initiatives from strategy development through execution, aligning executives, business leaders, and cross-functional teams.
- Facilitate executive and senior leadership discussions, build stakeholder alignment, and influence enterprise-level decisions.
- Deliver strategic recommendations and communications to executive leadership through presentations, storytelling, and structured problem-solving.
- Coach, mentor, and develop high-performing teams.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Paid time off.
- Retirement savings options.
- Wellness programs and other resources, based on eligibility.
- Eligibility for a CVS Health bonus, commission, or short-term incentive program.
- An award target in the company’s equity award program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
