Senior Manager - Project Program Management

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Position Summary
This position provides enterprise-wide operational leadership for HEDIS CAHPS, CMS HOS and HOS-M, and provider surveys while serving as the organization's subject matter expert for survey methodology, regulatory requirements, and project execution. This colleague will lead surveys from planning through completion, including regulatory compliance, survey implementation, vendor and contract management, budgeting, data reporting, risk management, process improvement, and stakeholder engagement.

• Serve as the organizational subject matter expert for CAHPS, HOS, HOS-M, and provider surveys.
• Interpret and operationalize NCQA, CMS, and HEDIS survey requirements for multiple plans, contracts, products, markets and lines of business.
• Coordinate survey planning, implementation, data collection, fielding, reporting, and closeout activities, ensuring compliance with survey protocols, reporting specifications, submission deadlines, and documentation requirements.
• Monitor and evaluate regulatory, industry, technology, and vendor trends that may affect surveys.
• Serve as the primary business owner and point of contact for survey vendor, managing vendor performance against contracts and service agreements, and collaborating with vendor to identify opportunities for automation, operational efficiency, and improved member experience.
• Manage budget activities associated with surveys including annual budget forecasts, monitoring invoices, and coordination across business areas.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years of project management experience, including leadership of large-scale, cross-functional initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex projects involving multiple workstreams, stakeholders, dependencies, and organizational impacts.
• Proven ability to lead projects through initiation, planning, execution, implementation, and closure.
• Strong experience in risk identification, mitigation planning, issue resolution, governance, and executive-level communications.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision, proactively identify opportunities and risks, and drive initiatives forward in complex and evolving environments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading healthcare, managed care, Medicare/Medicaid, or operations.
• Experience managing vendor performance and procurement activities.
• Experience interpreting and supporting compliance with healthcare regulatory and reporting requirements.

Education

• Bachelor's degree required in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Project Management, Operations Management, Information Technology, Organizational Leadership, or a related field
• Equivalent experience may be considered

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

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. 
 

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