CVS Health

Executive Director-Digital Product - Medical Cost Initiatives

CVS Health • $175K — $334K *
US-Anywhere
+ 50 other locationsRemote
Healthcare
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; Graduate degree or clinical background preferred (RN, MD, DO, NP, PA)
  • 10-15+ years of leadership experience in healthcare operations and clinical technology product management
  • Hands-on experience with Epic EHR workflows and configurations
  • Deep familiarity with Value-Based Care (VBC) and Fee-For-Service (FFS) operational dynamics
  • Proven track record partnering with primary care networks to improve medical cost trends
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills and accountability for measurable outcomes
  • Demonstrated people leadership with an emphasis on empathy and team building.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with healthcare leadership to integrate end-to-end care models across various medical pathways
  • Serve as a strategic thought partner to define the core objectives and ensure technology solutions align with business outcomes
  • Establish metrics with leaders to measure technology investments on clinical quality and financial performance
  • Lead multidisciplinary teams to create seamless clinical technology pathways that reduce costs and enhance patient experiences
  • Oversee the development of actionable product specifications and ensure effective Epic/technology architectures
  • Manage the integration of external data sources with internal workflows for actionable clinician insights
  • Account for the entire technology lifecycle from problem discovery to measurable outcome realizations

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Paid time off
  • Retirement savings options
  • Wellness programs and resources
  • Support for physical, emotional, and financial well-being of employees and their families
Full Job Description
Executive Director, Technology Product Management 6 Medical Cost Initiatives

Location: Remote

Department: Healthcare Technology & Product Management

Reports To: VP, Chief Health Informatics Officer (CHIO) - CVS Healthcare Delivery

Role Overview

As the Executive Director, Digital Product 6 Medical Cost Initiatives, you will lead the technology product strategy and execution for key medical cost portfolios for CVS Healthcare Delivery businesses. Core areas of focus are Care Transitions, Patient Segmentation, Chronic Condition Pathways, and Specialty Care Services.

In this high-impact executive role, you will partner directly with clinical and business operational leaders to shape end-to-end technology pathways that support CVS Healthcare Delivery care models. You will lead a multidisciplinary team of product managers, Epic analysts, software engineers, data scientists, and UI/UX designers to translate clinical vision into scalable technology roadmaps that optimize patient outcomes and lower the total cost of care.

The ideal candidate must have expertise with value-based care models and Epic as a core care delivery platform.

Key Responsibilities
Strategic Business Partnership & Care Model Integration
  • Partner with healthcare delivery leadership to collaborate on end-to-end care models across transitions, chronic care pathways, patient segmentation, and specialty care.
  • Serve as a strategic thought partner with CVS HCD business stakeholders as they define the 4why4 and the 4what.9 Serve as the accountable party to ensure cross-functional technology teams deliver meaningful technology solutions to drive core business outcomes.
  • Establish shared outcome metrics with business leaders, ensuring all technology investments directly drive improved clinical quality, patient experience, and financial performance.
Product & Technology Leadership
  • Lead multidisciplinary technology teams 6including Product Managers, Epic Analysts, Software Engineers, Data Scientists, and Designers 6to build seamless, end-to-end clinical technology pathways that reduce medical costs, while driving patient experience and outcomes.
  • Oversee the transformation of broad clinical ideas into rigorous problem statements, actionable product specifications, and robust Epic/technology architectures.
  • Ensure smooth integration between external data sources (e.g., claims data, remote monitoring, health plan feeds) and internal Epic workflows to provide clinicians with real-time, actionable insights. Know when these integrations are needed and partner with technical team members to ensure effective execution that works well in clinical practice.
Operational Execution & Continuous Improvement
  • Take end-to-end accountability for the technology lifecycle, from initial problem discovery through technical solutioning, build, deployment, and measurable outcome realization.
  • Establish continuous feedback loops and iterative improvement cycles to ensure deployed technologies achieve targeted clinical and financial goals.
  • Maintain a deep operational understanding of both Value-Based Care (VBC) and Fee-for-Service (FFS) delivery environments to ensure solutions scale across business models.
Team Leadership & Culture
  • Lead, mentor, and build a high-performing product team of 4translators4 6professionals fluent in both healthcare operations and technology capability.
  • Lead and mentor cross-functional technology teams beyond product - Epic analysts, engineers, data scientists - focused on driving success in CVS HCD Medical Cost Initiatives.
  • Foster a team culture grounded in curiosity, resilience, problem-solving, and joy, maintaining high engagement even during complex, high-pressure execution cycles.
Qualifications & Key Competencies
  • Executive Presence: Proven ability to communicate, influence, and build trust with senior executive stakeholders and frontline team members alike.
  • Epic & Healthcare Tech Expertise: Hands-on experience with Epic EHR workflows, module configurations, and translating operational requirements into Epic builds. Understanding of how external health data enriches EHR clinical workflows.
  • Healthcare Operations & Domain Knowledge: Deep familiarity with clinical operations, Quality Improvement (QI) methodologies, Value-Based Care (VBC) constructs, and Fee-For-Service (FFS) operational dynamics, and medical cost initiative care pathways.
  • Product & Technical Leadership: Track record of leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-scale technology backed clinical interventions.
  • Problem-Solving & Accountability: Exceptional analytical rigor; ability to frame ambiguous clinical challenges into structured problem statements and hold teams accountable to measurable outcomes.
  • Hands-on Leader: Knows when to delegate and work alongside team members to drive success.
  • People Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead with empathy, optimism, and rigor, building high-trust teams that excel under pressure.
Required Experience & Education
  • Education: Bachelor9s degree required; Graduate degree and/or clinical background preferred (RN, MD, DO, NP, PA)
  • Experience: 10-15+ years of progressive leadership experience spanning healthcare operations, clinical technology product management, and enterprise EHR implementation (specifically Epic).
  • Track Record: Proven history of partnering with primary care delivery networks, retail clinics, or value-based care organizations to improve medical cost trends and clinical care pathways.
Travel & Location
  • Domestic travel approximately generally once per quarter, but could be more frequent.
  • Location remote anywhere in the U.S.

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$175,100.00 - $334,750.00


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 company9s 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 full9time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well9being 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 .

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 10/26/2026

About CVS Health

Omnicare provides comprehensive pharmaceutical services to patients and providers across the United States. As the market-leader in professional pharmacy, related consulting and data management services for skilled nursing, assisted living and other chronic care settings, Omnicare leverages its unparalleled clinical insight into the geriatric market along with some of the industry's most innovative technological capabilities to the benefit of its long-term care customers. Omnicare also provides key commercialization services for the bio-pharmaceutical industry through its Specialty Care Group.

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