Senior Manager, Medicare Strategy & Performance
Posted Sep 30, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a large cross-functional initiative you led. How did you keep it on track?
What they are checking: Whether they can manage dependencies and people across functions they do not directly control.
Tell me about a post-implementation review you led. What did it change?
What they are checking: Whether they use lessons learned to improve future work instead of filing reviews away.
How do you develop the people on your team while delivering on a heavy plan?
What they are checking: Whether they invest in their team's growth even under delivery pressure.
What would you do
How would you turn an annual Medicare strategic plan into a set of initiatives your team can actually execute?
What they are checking: Whether they can break strategy into owned, scheduled work with clear measures of success.
Two initiatives compete for the same people and budget. How do you decide what goes first?
What they are checking: Whether they use clear criteria tied to strategy rather than deferring to whoever pushes hardest.
A state-level initiative is falling behind while national work is on track. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they can balance local and national priorities and act on slipping work early.
About the work
How do you build a cost-benefit analysis for a proposed Medicare initiative?
What they are checking: Whether they can work with finance to weigh costs, risks and return before a project is approved.
How do you find the critical path when you integrate several project plans into one program?
What they are checking: Whether they understand program management mechanics well enough to see what really drives the timeline.
What Medicare levers, like Star Ratings or risk adjustment, would you expect a strategy team to focus on?
What they are checking: Whether they understand what drives Medicare Advantage performance and revenue.
How do you manage a large, complex budget across many initiatives?
What they are checking: Whether they can track spend, forecast and catch overruns early across a portfolio.
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