# Executive Director, Clinical Strategy and Operations

**Company**: Aetna
**Location**: Hartford, CT
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $131,500.00 - $303,195.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Aetna is seeking an Executive Director, Clinical Strategy and Operations to integrate strategy, operational planning, governance, relationship management, and execution across Aetna Clinical Service's Strategic Operations & Program Management (SOPM).

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Lead annual and multiyear strategic and operating planning, aligning priorities, resources, and intended outcomes.

- Design and lead governance forums, operating reviews, and decision processes that establish clear ownership, leadership alignment, and timely escalation.

- Integrate portfolio roadmaps, performance measures, risks, and dependencies.

- Define SOPM's tooling strategy and lead the selection, governance, adoption, and optimization of tools.

- Develop executive briefings and leadership agendas.

- Lead relationship management with business and cross-functional partners.

- Lead SOPM change management and communications.

- Lead a team of six employees.

**Required Qualifications:**

- 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in strategic planning, business operations, portfolio/program management, transformation, or related discipline.

- Demonstrated success translating enterprise strategy into multiyear operating plans.

- Experience establishing governance, operating reviews, performance management, and decision-making processes.

- Strong portfolio management capabilities.

- Experience leading the strategy, adoption, or optimization of portfolio management tools.

- Proven ability to influence senior leaders and lead complex, cross-functional initiatives.

- Exceptional executive communication and analytical skills.

- Demonstrated experience leading organizational change and adoption of new processes.

- Strong people leadership capabilities.

**Education:**

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.

**Pay Range:** $131,500.00 - $303,195.00

**Benefits:** 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.

## Skills

### Required
- strategic planning
- business operations
- portfolio management
- transformation
- governance
- performance management
- decision-making processes
- portfolio management tools
- executive communication
- analytical skills
- organizational change management
- people leadership

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