Health Equity Program Management Advisor - Evernorth - Remote

The job profile for this position is Program Management Advisor, which is a Band 4 Senior Contributor Career Track Role.

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Help us make a measurable difference for our customers through the advancement of healthcare equity programs and initiatives. As a Program Management Advisor for Cigna Healthcare Clinical, you will provide strategic and project management support to the Enterprise Health Equity and Language Accessibility Program (HE/LAP). This role blends strategy, execution, and collaboration to improve patient outcomes, strengthen regulatory readiness, and scale initiatives that reduce health disparities. You will plan, execute, and deliver initiatives that improve access, quality, and experience for customers while partnering across clinical, analytics, technology, operations, and compliance teams.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of Language & Accessibility Program and Health Equity initiatives, managing scope, schedule, dependencies, risks, and outcomes from intake through implementation and sustainment.

• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, roadmaps, and delivery artifacts that advance equitable access to care and language assistance services across the enterprise.

• Select and apply appropriate delivery methodologies (Agile, hybrid, or waterfall) to meet initiative goals, stakeholder needs, and regulatory requirements.

• Support governance and delivery forums, including project kickoffs, status reviews, risk reviews, and retrospectives, to align stakeholders and drive accountability.

• Proactively manage risks, issues, and dependencies; drive mitigation strategies and timely resolution to support language access service delivery, health equity compliance, program performance, and regulatory audit readiness.

• Partner with clinical, compliance, operations, analytics, and technology stakeholders to implement solutions that improve access, experience, and outcomes for diverse and underserved populations.

• Prepare concise, executive-ready reporting that communicates progress, risks, decisions required, performance metrics, and program impact related to health equity and language assistance efforts.

• Support adoption and sustainability of delivered solutions through effective change management, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement.

• Lead coordination of compliance training and program support activities to help ensure adherence to state and federal language access and health equity requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of project or program management experience delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives.

• Demonstrated proficiency in core project management disciplines including planning, scheduling, risk management, dependency tracking, and change control.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including experience presenting to senior leaders.

• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects in a matrixed environment with attention to detail for integrating regulatory requirements.

• Proficiency with project and collaboration tools such as Wrike, SharePoint, Microsoft Office, and/or Microsoft Project.

• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity and drive execution with minimal direction.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred

• Experience in healthcare, health equity, or population health with a deep understanding of equity-centered design principles.

• Experience leading enterprise initiatives with executive visibility and measurable delivery outcomes.

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 95,400 - 159,000 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

At The Cigna Group, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you’ll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k), company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, click here.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

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