Program Manager, Early Career Apprenticeships - Hybrid

The Program Manager - Access Point Apprenticeship will partner with the Program Lead to provide oversight and mentorship to a group of fulltime program associates. Access Point provides education, mentorship, and skill development in both technical and leadership areas to high school graduates from traditionally underserved populations.

This position plays a key role in developing early career technologists, talent that is integral for the delivery of current and future health service technologies. In addition, the role is instrumental creating and implementing strategy/improvements to the program.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Support early career technology associates (apprentices and fulltime employees) through developing and implementing various program initiatives.
• Identify learning needs and appropriately align program curriculum to address learning and enterprise needs.
• Provide career coaching, professional skill training, and mentorship to associates through one-on-one and group engagements.
• Provide support for onboarding new hires. This includes accountability for fulfilling equipment needs, securing desk assignments, confirming system access rights and coordinating with HR Operations to ensure new hires are transitioned to proper manager assignments.
• Collaborate with leadership development program managers, technical experts, talent acquisition and external partners to create and sustain a high-impact earning development program.
• Complete other general program management responsibilities as needed, including expense tracking, website updates, rosters and distribution lists, program metrics reporting, etc.
• Educate stakeholders at all levels of the organization on program requirements and associate performance/development action plans. Be an advocate for the program.
• Coach managers at all levels of the organization on program requirements and associate performance/development action plans.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in leadership development programming or human resources required; experience supporting early career technology employees strongly preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
• Strong skills in career coaching and development required.
• Ability to communicate and facilitate across all levels of a large organization with a propensity to lead by example.
• Prior experience in implementing and managing processes.
• Experience with reporting and metrics; job incumbent must utilize data to create insights and drive process improvements.
• Capable of managing competing priorities and navigating through change.
• Strong time management skills; highly organized and detail oriented.

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.

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

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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The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employ