CVS Health

Senior Manager Informatics - Strategy and Development

CVS Health$82K — $182K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Massachusetts, US
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7-10 years of experience in healthcare, strategy, finance, or healthcare IT/informatics required.
  • Familiarity with Epic (EHR) software and healthcare delivery settings.
  • Strong analytical and problem-resolution skills.
  • Experience in strategic planning and financial management within healthcare IT or informatics.
  • Proven ability to manage large cross-functional projects with knowledge of clinical applications.
  • Capacity to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Strong executive presence and experience engaging with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain multi-year strategic roadmaps for Epic and clinical informatics portfolio.
  • Evaluate vendor roadmaps and features to assess fit within existing software environments.
  • Identify project and program risks early, creating mitigation plans involving key business partners.
  • Translate business user project requests into clear, actionable project deliverables with technical teams.
  • Lead creation of use cases and functional requirements, partnering with IT for technical specifications.
  • Support execution of vendor upgrades and system changes from a strategic perspective.
  • Build strong relationships with stakeholders to support informed decision-making.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Paid time off.
  • Retirement savings options.
  • Wellness programs and resources for well-being.
  • Comprehensive benefits package designed for colleagues and families.
Full Job Description
Job Profile Summary

The role is focused on strategic planning, financial management, and enterprise alignment for the enterprise Epic (EHR) program and related clinical informatics initiatives. Owns the connection between long-range strategy and day-to-day execution, and building roadmaps, evaluating vendor direction, managing the financial portfolio, and identifying and mitigating risk across the program. Partners closely with Medical, IT, Privacy, Legal, and Compliance leaders to ensure initiatives are sound from every angle, and works directly with business and technical stakeholders to translate project requests into requirements and, ultimately, delivered outcomes. This role directly supports the organization's ability to deliver efficient, high-quality, and safe healthcare through its technology investments.

A Brief Overview

Shapes the strategic direction of the Epic and clinical informatics portfolio by developing multi-year roadmaps, evaluating vendor roadmaps for applicability and opportunity, and aligning initiatives to enterprise priorities. Manages budgeting, capital planning, and financial tracking for the program, while proactively identifying project and program risks and engaging the right cross-functional partners to resolve them. Serves as a bridge between business users and technical teams, ensuring requests are well understood, properly scoped, and translated into requirements and deliverables that hold up through implementation. Brings structure and discipline to a fast-moving, matrixed environment through strong documentation, clear governance, and consistent follow-through.

What You Will Do
  • Develop and maintain strategic roadmaps for the Epic and clinical informatics portfolio, aligning initiatives to enterprise and CI priorities.
  • Review vendor (Epic) roadmaps and upcoming features/functionality on an ongoing basis to assess applicability, opportunity, and fit within the current software environment.
  • Identify potential project and program risks early, develop mitigation plans, and engage business partners as needed (including Medical, IT, Privacy, Legal, and Compliance) to resolve issues and keep initiatives on track.
  • Work directly with business users and technical resources to understand project requests, ask the right clarifying questions, and translate requirements into clear, actionable project deliverables.
  • Lead the creation and fulfillment of use cases, identifying business and functional requirements and partnering with IT resources to translate requirements and workflows into technical specifications.
  • Partner with Project Managers to identify tasks, sequencing, and associated estimates for strategic and financial workstreams.
  • Support execution of vendor upgrades, system changes, and environment maintenance procedures from a strategic and financial planning perspective.
  • Participate in the analysis of current-state processes and collaborate with clinical, business, and reporting users to define future-state processes; identify and document process and data gaps.
  • Own creation and completion of project-related deliverables, including use cases, business requirements, scope documents, gap analyses, and impact assessments.
  • Participate in annual budgeting, capital processes, and quality improvement activities for the organization, including tracking of Epic software costs, contracting, and procurement.
  • Coordinate team and group activities across CVS Health and vendor staff resources, providing guidance and direction to project teams on planning, execution, and standards.
  • Bridge communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating complex topics for a range of audiences across a matrixed organization.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with business partners, vendors, and senior stakeholders to support informed, well-governed decision-making.


For This Role You Will Need - Minimum Requirements
  • 7-10 years of related experience in healthcare, strategy, finance, or healthcare IT/informatics is required.
  • Experience supporting or working with an Epic (EHR) and/or healthcare delivery settings.
  • Strong analytical, problem-resolution, and interpersonal skills.
  • Demonstrated experience with strategic planning, roadmap development, and portfolio or financial management within a healthcare IT or informatics setting.
  • Experience working on large, cross-functional projects; strong knowledge of clinical applications and the healthcare industry.
  • Demonstrated ability to bridge communication among technical and non-technical project staff and customers.
  • Strong executive presence with experience presenting to and building relationships with senior stakeholders across a large enterprise.
  • Experience participating in budgeting, capital planning, or financial portfolio management.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience. Master's degree preferred.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Hands-on Epic experience
  • Experience with JIRA, Confluence, or similar project and intake management tools.
  • Experience with vendor contracting, procurement, or cost accounting in a healthcare or enterprise IT setting.


Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$82,940.00 - $182,549.00

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.

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: 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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300,000 employees
Market Cap
$122 billion
Industry
Net Income
$7.1 billion
Founded
1963
5 Year Trend
+10.5%
Revenue
$268.7 billion
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