Senior Manager, Process Excellence

CVS Health•Scottsdale, AZ

19h•$75,400 - $182,549

About The Position

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. Summary The Senior Manager, Process Excellence position in Caremark’s Center of Excellence requires an ambitious, motivated, and eager individual, seeking to transform our business and be a part of a Fortune 6 company. The position is a part of our enterprise supporting a team focused on process improvement, change management and transformation in all facets of our business. As the Senior Manager, Process Excellence, you'll be responsible for leading end-to-end, large-scale enterprise-wide transformations. You will lead highly complex initiatives, shape direction, and influence senior leadership while operating with a high degree of autonomy. You will also play a critical role in elevating team capability through coaching Managers and Senior Analysts. This role requires and individual who is a thought leader and is able to establish and influence governance, KPIs and sustainability models. You will need to be a person who is a natural leader, a skilled mentor and coach and has a strong desire to grow with an evolving, high performing team.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in process improvement, change execution and strategic support.
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or higher.

Nice To Haves

PBM experience.
Experience leading complex initiatives in matrixed environment.
Experience presenting to executive leadership.
Black Belt Certification and/or Change Management Certification.
Project Management Certification.
Experience and familiarity with QuickBase, Lucid and Visio.
People leadership experience.

Responsibilities

Leads large-scale, cross-functional transformation initiatives and structures ambiguous problems into actionable plans.
Drives the design of process improvement plans and is an expert in proven methods and tools such as: DMAIC, DMADV, DFSS and LEAN.
Master facilitator for large-scale matrixed projects, Kaizen Events, Rapid Process Improvement Events, Current / Future state design and other types of events.
Aligns initiatives to enterprise priorities.
Establishes governance, KPIs, and sustainability models.
Lead and perform detailed quantitative and qualitative analyses (e.g., cycle time, defect rates, rework, capacity, handoffs, etc.) using Excel, Minitab, and other tools.
Ensure project team remains on track, follows departmental standards and provides regular updates to key stakeholders.
Drives design of change management execution plans utilizing proven methods and tools such as: ADKAR, Kotter’s 8-Step Model, Lewin’s Model and others.
Ensures change efforts and enable adoption, behavior change, and sustained outcomes across operational teams.
Partners with executive sponsors, stakeholders and business leaders to assess change readiness, stakeholder impacts, and resistance risks.
Drives the development and execution of change deliverables, including: communications, training materials, job aids and reinforcement plans.
Monitors adoption of metrics and feedback loops to adjust change strategies as needed, in real-time.
Drives business’ adoption plans and enables smooth transition of ownership.
Serves as a thought leader and can influence without authority.
Strategic thinker who applies solutions across the enterprise and ties them to corporate strategic objectives.
Advances enterprise methodologies and standards.
Scales best practices across the enterprise.
Displays a strong executive presence.
Expert in coaching experienced process and change practitioners.
Ability to pull resources from a variety of teams and skill sets to design, build, test and deploy solutions.