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We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.
This role will plan and manage the Client & Member Experience team operating model within the Caremark Digital, Data and Analytics, and Technology team — spanning Product Management, User Experience, Operations Management, Strategic Planning, and Project Portfolio Management. The Chief of Staff drives operational norms, cross-functional collaboration, and special projects/requests. This ensures that the VP and the organization operate at maximum clarity, velocity, and impact.
Key Responsibilities
1. Executive Enablement and Decision Support
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the VP, providing insight, analysis, and recommendations on priorities, risks, and organizational effectiveness.
2. Operating Rhythm and Leadership Cadence
- Design, implement, and continuously optimize the operating rhythm for the Client & Member Experience team
- Lead preparation and follow-ups for leadership meetings, QBRs, MBRs, program reviews, special projects, and executive discussions.
3. Capacity, Budget, and Financial Management
- Partner with HR on talent strategy, staffing, onboarding, headcount planning, and succession pipelines
- Partner with HR and Finance to ensure balanced and predictable resource management and financial adherence.
- Ensure alignment on priorities, resource allocation, and dependencies across Product Management and Technology Operations.
- Unblock cross-team issues and create predictability in execution across products and programs.
5. Communication, Messaging & Executive Storytelling
- Develop executive-level presentations, strategy documents, communications, and business narratives for internal and external audiences.
- Craft crisp messaging for product/program updates, leadership updates, operating model changes, and investment cases.
- Ensure consistent and high-quality communications across all levels of the organization.
6. Program Leadership & Special Initiatives
- Lead high-impact, VP-sponsored initiatives spanning but not limited to operational priorities, engagement initiatives, or change management initiatives.
- Manage confidential and sensitive initiatives that require executive discretion and precision.
- Maintain an escalation log and risk register, give the VP a short pre-brief on each item before leadership discussions, and track closure
7. Talent, Culture, and Organizational Health
- Serve as a culture champion — driving clarity, transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the Client & Member Experience team.
- Monitor team morale, workload balance, role clarity, and leadership alignment.
8. Decision Support & Prioritization
- Triaging decisions, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring the VP focuses on the highest-leverage activities.
- Prepare briefing materials, analysis, insights, and recommendations for complex decision-making.
- Represent the VP in key meetings when needed to drive continuity and alignment.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in technology strategy, product/program leadership and/or technology operations.
- Experience supporting senior executives or leading cross-functional technology programs.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to synthesize complexity.
- Proven ability to lead through influence in large, matrixed organizations.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and strategic planning skills.
- Experience with executive-level financials (budget, headcount, capacity models)
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA or master’s degree preferred, Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
- Experience in healthcare, PBM, insurance, or financial services.
Leadership Competencies
- Executive Presence: Operates with discretion, maturity, and high trust.
- Strategic Thinking: Converts vision into clear plans, priorities, and measurable outcomes.
- Collaboration & Influence: Aligns multiple senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
- Operational Excellence: Obsessed with clarity, execution rigor, and predictable results.
- Communication Mastery: Elite storyteller capable of simplifying complex information.
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$100,000.00 - $231,540.00
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. This position also includes an award target in the company’s equity award program.
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 offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.
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. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.
Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 12/31/2026
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.
This role will plan and manage the Client & Member Experience team operating model within the Caremark Digital, Data and Analytics, and Technology team — spanning Product Management, User Experience, Operations Management, Strategic Planning, and Project Portfolio Management. The Chief of Staff drives operational norms, cross-functional collaboration, and special projects/requests. This ensures that the VP and the organization operate at maximum clarity, velocity, and impact.
Key Responsibilities
1. Executive Enablement and Decision Support
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the VP, providing insight, analysis, and recommendations on priorities, risks, and organizational effectiveness.
2. Operating Rhythm and Leadership Cadence
- Design, implement, and continuously optimize the operating rhythm for the Client & Member Experience team
- Lead preparation and follow-ups for leadership meetings, QBRs, MBRs, program reviews, special projects, and executive discussions.
3. Capacity, Budget, and Financial Management
- Partner with HR on talent strategy, staffing, onboarding, headcount planning, and succession pipelines
- Partner with HR and Finance to ensure balanced and predictable resource management and financial adherence.
- Ensure alignment on priorities, resource allocation, and dependencies across Product Management and Technology Operations.
- Unblock cross-team issues and create predictability in execution across products and programs.
5. Communication, Messaging & Executive Storytelling
- Develop executive-level presentations, strategy documents, communications, and business narratives for internal and external audiences.
- Craft crisp messaging for product/program updates, leadership updates, operating model changes, and investment cases.
- Ensure consistent and high-quality communications across all levels of the organization.
6. Program Leadership & Special Initiatives
- Lead high-impact, VP-sponsored initiatives spanning but not limited to operational priorities, engagement initiatives, or change management initiatives.
- Manage confidential and sensitive initiatives that require executive discretion and precision.
- Maintain an escalation log and risk register, give the VP a short pre-brief on each item before leadership discussions, and track closure
7. Talent, Culture, and Organizational Health
- Serve as a culture champion — driving clarity, transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the Client & Member Experience team.
- Monitor team morale, workload balance, role clarity, and leadership alignment.
8. Decision Support & Prioritization
- Triaging decisions, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring the VP focuses on the highest-leverage activities.
- Prepare briefing materials, analysis, insights, and recommendations for complex decision-making.
- Represent the VP in key meetings when needed to drive continuity and alignment.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in technology strategy, product/program leadership and/or technology operations.
- Experience supporting senior executives or leading cross-functional technology programs.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to synthesize complexity.
- Proven ability to lead through influence in large, matrixed organizations.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and strategic planning skills.
- Experience with executive-level financials (budget, headcount, capacity models)
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA or master’s degree preferred, Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
- Experience in healthcare, PBM, insurance, or financial services.
Leadership Competencies
- Executive Presence: Operates with discretion, maturity, and high trust.
- Strategic Thinking: Converts vision into clear plans, priorities, and measurable outcomes.
- Collaboration & Influence: Aligns multiple senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
- Operational Excellence: Obsessed with clarity, execution rigor, and predictable results.
- Communication Mastery: Elite storyteller capable of simplifying complex information.
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$100,000.00 - $231,540.00
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. This position also includes an award target in the company’s equity award program.
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 offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.
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. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.
Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 12/31/2026
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Construction & Real Estate
- Transportation & Logistics
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in chief project engineer jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in civil, mechanical, electrical, or systems engineering
- Ten or more years of progressively responsible project engineering experience
- PMP, PE licensure, or equivalent professional certification
- Experience managing multimillion-dollar capital or infrastructure programs
- Proficiency with project controls software such as Primavera P6 or MS Project
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams across engineering, procurement, and construction
Tips for Your Chief Project Engineer Job Search
Quantify your project delivery record
Hiring managers for chief project engineer roles expect concrete figures on scope, budget, and schedule performance. Replace vague descriptions with actual project values, team sizes, and on-time delivery outcomes drawn from your most recent programs.
Align your resume to the contract type
Federal, EPC, and commercial project environments weight different skills. Tailor your resume to highlight relevant delivery methods, whether that is design-build, IDIQ contracts, or owner-side program management, so your background maps directly to what the employer is managing.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists chief project engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings with matching engineering domains
Chief project engineer openings in energy often require P.E. licensure or PMP certification, while defense roles may list security clearance as mandatory. Prioritize listings where your discipline, credentials, and clearance level already match what the employer states upfront.
Prepare a cross-functional leadership narrative
Interviewers for this role focus heavily on how you coordinate engineering, procurement, and construction teams simultaneously. Prepare two or three specific examples where you resolved a schedule or scope conflict across multiple disciplines without escalating to executive leadership.
Negotiate scope authority before you accept
Before accepting an offer, clarify what budget authority, change-order approval limits, and staffing decisions sit with you versus a program director above you. Ambiguous authority structures are a common source of friction for chief project engineers in their first ninety days.
Chief Project Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most chief project engineers?
The companies hiring the most chief project engineers right now include L3Harris, Collins Aerospace, and New Hanover County, with the largest share of openings in Illinois, Virginia, and Utah, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Openings are concentrated in energy, defense, and large-scale infrastructure sectors.
How many chief project engineer jobs are remote?
About 33% of chief project engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the hands-on, site-coordination nature of most programs. The sub-areas most compatible with remote arrangements are systems engineering oversight, program planning, and cost and schedule analysis roles that do not require regular field presence.
How do you become a chief project engineer?
Start with an accredited engineering degree in a relevant discipline, then build field and project coordination experience across multiple program phases. Progress through project engineer and senior project engineer roles, earning a PMP or professional engineering license along the way. Demonstrating successful delivery of a full-lifecycle capital program is typically what moves a candidate into a chief-level position.
Can you get hired as a chief project engineer without direct experience at that level?
Yes, candidates who have functioned as a de facto lead engineer on a major program without holding the formal title can compete for chief project engineer roles. The key is documenting the specific decisions you owned, the teams you directed, and the outcomes you delivered, rather than relying solely on your job title to represent your experience level.
What does the chief project engineer interview process look like?
Most processes include an initial screening call focused on project scale and domain fit, followed by a technical interview covering project controls, risk management, and cross-functional coordination. A panel interview with program leadership is common, and candidates are often asked to walk through a past project end-to-end, including how they handled schedule slippage or budget overruns.
Where can I find and apply to chief project engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to chief project engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your engineering discipline, project type, and experience level, then apply directly to each listing from the job page.
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