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CVS Health Medicare Performance Management Lead Director in Phoenix, Arizona
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Position Summary
The Medicare Performance Management Lead Director will facilitate and support the business unit’s performance management. This role will assist the Arizona and Mountain Medicare Advantage market, in supporting the development and execution of performance management strategies, including: P&L financial analysis, trends, outliers, mitigation strategies, med expense and provider outlier workgroups, VBC performance, STARs, Revenue Integrity, Network Optimization, and other areas of focus as needed. Role will report to the Medicare General Manager, AZ and Mountain.
The ideal candidate will not only manage business processes, but also actively influence local market performance by helping to shape the market’s bid strategy. The role will analyze Medicare business performance, expected to review both financial and medical economic information, to be a self-guiding individual that can point to issues that need to be addressed and focused on. Helps to communicate focus activities on diagnosis i.e. unit cost / utilization / value-based models / revenue management. Drives execution of pricing commitments and corrective action plans. Creates a metrics driven management process that allows the segment to understand measured performance, to deliver on the strategic objectives, cost containment activity, and new initiatives to identify and pursue opportunities for further alignment across the Medicare Advantage market and segment leadership teams. The Lead Director role will be a liaison between senior management and local market leaders. This role will identify and lead:
Performance Improvement opportunities relating to Medicare Advantage
Manage process for identification of areas to prioritize performance improvement
Review Key Performance Metrics
Help establish targets
Supports Local Market General Manager
Develop a project management framework for driving accountability
Developing monthly Performance Excellence agenda and facilitating meetings and follow-ups
Management process such as Pricing Commitments, deep dives, performance/ scorecard and takeaways that align to execution of Strategy Identifying, prioritizing and driving alignment opportunities for partnership with local General Managers, Director of Operations, CFOs, Medical Directors, Network Managers, Medical Economics, and Pricing Actuaries.
Required Qualifications
10+ years’ experience with several of the following: performance management, revenue integrity, VBC, STARs, management consulting, project consulting, business process consulting, financial strategic analysis, mergers and acquisitions, strategic business planning, and/or risk management consulting.
Experience with enterprise-wide and/or cross-functional large-scale initiatives with a high degree of complexity.
Demonstrated experience successfully implementing change in complex organizations.
Demonstrated superior business process, project management and organizational redesign experience.
Demonstrated leadership with relevant initiatives: Business process, enterprise business project management/consulting, financial strategic planning and analysis, mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, risk management.
Demonstrated relationship management skills at the senior level; capacity to quickly build and maintain credible relationships at varying levels of the organization simultaneously.
Preferred Skills
Creating Profitable Partnerships
Collaborating for Results
Developing and Executing Strategy
Communicating for Impact
Engaging and Developing People
Meetings and Projects to lead and manage:
Med Expense Workgroup
Financial outliers workgroup
Provider outlier workgroup
Network Optimization
STARs
VBC performance
Preferred Technical Qualifications
Desktop Tools - Microsoft PowerPoint/1-3 Years/End User Database - Hyperion Essbase/1-3 Years/End User
Database - Microsoft Access/1-3 Years/End User
Management - Management - Medicare/7-10 Years
Finance - Financial analysis - P&L support/7-10 Years
Project Management - Plan management/7-10 Years
Management - Management - Process and quality improvement/7-10 Years
Education
Master's degree preferred
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.
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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 (https://learn.bswift.com/cvshealth-mainland) .
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 05/02/2026
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
CVS Health is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, including Disability/Protected Veteran — committed to diversity in the workplace.