A Senior Manager of Clinical Innovation is a critical contributor to managing and successfully driving use cases within the clinical innovation portfolio and initiatives that solve key business problems, and support development of new sources of value within Aetna’s Clinical Solutions business unit.
Leads, partners, and collaborates with cross-functional teams, including key internal and external stakeholders, to develop, test, and implement innovative solutions.
Define, rationalize and align priorities with clearly defined business rationale
Drives and manages innovation scope through all stages such as ideation/concept, solution development and pilot with an eye towards scaled, readiness, value realization and monitoring.
Manages risk, develops interventions and facilitates working sessions as well as delivers all required analysis, reporting and presentation materials.
Supports the evaluation of new concepts, emerging innovation trends and clinical operations/offerings benchmarking within the healthcare industry and subsequently develops these trends into new and innovative solutions that solve key business problems and deliver break through value.
Foster a culture that accelerates our strategy through our Heart At Work Behaviors by keeping the customer and colleague as the central focus.

7+ years Program Management experience leading complex initiatives within the payer clinical space such as utilization management.
5+ years successful experience in strategy, innovation and/or portfolio management within healthcare industry or equivalent industry
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, effectively communicate key messages across all levels of the organization including executive leaders and internal/external stake holders.
Strong verbal and written communication skills; proven ability to develop and deliver presentations to senior leadership team members.
Strong data and analytics skills to synthesize information and derive key insights.
High ability to consistently produce and create value and meet/exceed committed performance
High ability to drive new innovation in highly cross-functional environments
Demonstrated relationship management skills; capacity to quickly build and maintain credible relationships at varying levels of the organization.

Senior Manager – Clinical Innovation Strategy and Planning

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