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**Job Summary:**
The **_Operational Readiness Program Manager_** is a project/product management role. The mission of this role is to ensure preparation for Your Aetna Virtual Assistant to be activated. Your Aetna Virtual Assistant (YAVA) is a conversational AI bot that is the strategic replacement for the traditional IVR that is in place today. This position is responsible for defining the roll out plan with our business and product teams while considering the features that are needed and ensuring it aligns with overall strategy and execution in the following areas:
**Operational Readiness - fostering preparedness of operational standards and practices**
+ Promote a readiness plan related to operations and continuity.
+ Formulate documents and processes to support readiness.
+ Facilitate communication plans to achieve preparedness.
+ Enforce standards to maintain business continuity.
**Continuous Improvement - Finding new opportunities that foster process improvement and growth**
+ Facilitate improved coordination between affected partners.
+ Conduct internal assessments and gap analysis.
+ Champion change management with additional communication assets.
**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
+ Operational readiness for YAVA supporting over 1,800 toll free numbers
+ Continuous improvement opportunities for YAVA related to >30M calls per year
+ Liaison to Account Manager teams, Legal, Compliance, WFM, etc.
+ Marketing artifact support and creation for YAVA
+ Discover and articulate key uses cases and requirements to Product team to inform SAFe Agile features.
+ Assures product strategy is followed from internal pilots to external launch.
+ Propose features that offer alignment across platform priorities.
+ Maintain strong relationships across key stakeholders and constituents.
+ Escalate risks and issues to program backlog to stakeholder along with providing recommendations on tradeoffs and solutions.
+ Collaborate with Product team on feature acceptance criteria.
+ Responsible for release definition as well as works with release management, where applicable, to decide when enough value has been accrued to warrant a release to the customer.
+ Attend various program ceremonies, e.g. demos
+ Set goals in the assessment of Metrics, including evaluation of business value achieved versus plan.
+ Provide subject matter expertise on rollout plans and implementation to stakeholders and scrum teams.
**Required Qualifications**
+ Healthcare experience
+ Project Management experience
+ 2+ years' marketing experience
+ Ability to deliver convincing business case recommendations to senior management.
+ Success meeting the needs of a diverse set of internal business stakeholders.
+ Intermediate Power Point deck creation and presentation experience
+ Intermediate Excel knowledge
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ AI experience
+ Call Center leadership
+ Plan sponsor experience
**CRITICAL SKILLS/COMPETENCIES**
+ Strong critical thinker who makes balanced, insightful decisions.
+ Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
+ Demonstrated collaborative style, with ability to find solutions
+ Ability to work independently and self-organize.
**Education**
+ Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Work Experience
**Anticipated Weekly Hours**
40
**Time Type**
Full time
**Pay Range**
The typical pay range for this role is:
$83,430.00 - $222,480.00
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.
Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.
**Great benefits for great people**
We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits - investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:
+ **Affordable medical plan options,** a **401(k) plan** (including matching company contributions), and an **employee stock purchase plan** .
+ **No-cost programs for all colleagues** including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.
+ **Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues** including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.
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We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 11/30/2025
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.