Executive Director – Interoperability Strategy

Role Overview

• Drive and advance a unified, enterprise-wide interoperability strategy across all Aetna business lines
• Synthesize and govern enterprise interoperability and platform roadmaps, identifying dependencies, risks, and opportunities for convergence
• Serve as the executive convener aligning senior leaders across technology, product, operations, quality, revenue integrity, and lines of business
• Advise enterprise leadership on the intersection of interoperability standards, policy, technology, and business strategy
• Represent Aetna’s interoperability strategy across the CVS Health enterprise and externally with providers, vendors, and industry bodies
• Guide long-term planning while ensuring near-term regulatory and operational commitments are met
• Influence capital allocation, investment prioritization, and portfolio optimization related to interoperability initiatives
• Champion executive-level storytelling, translating complex strategies into clear, decision-oriented narratives
• Support and lead governance processes to ensure strategy is executed, measured, and value is realized
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement

Requirements

• 12–15+ years of progressive leadership experience in U.S. healthcare technology or interoperability
• Demonstrated executive accountability for enterprise-scale strategy and transformation
• Deep expertise in interoperability standards including FHIR, HL7, X12, and NCPDP
• Proven ability to lead through influence in large, matrixed organizations
• Executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong business and financial acumen, including portfolio and investment decision-making
• Deep understanding of payer and provider workflows and regulatory requirements
• Ability to balance long-term vision with pragmatic execution

Benefits

• Affordable medical plan options
• 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions)
• Employee stock purchase plan
• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching
• 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