CVS Health

Senior Manager, Process Excellence

CVS Health • $75K — $182K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in process improvement, change execution, and strategic support.
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or higher certification required.
  • Preferred: PBM experience and familiarity with QuickBase, Lucid, and Visio.
  • Experience leading complex initiatives in a matrixed environment.
  • Experience presenting to executive leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Lead large-scale, cross-functional transformation initiatives and create actionable plans from ambiguous problems.
  • Drive the design of process improvement plans using methodologies like DMAIC, DMADV, and LEAN.
  • Facilitate large-scale projects and events, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities.
  • Establish governance, KPIs, and sustainability models for initiatives.
  • Develop and execute change management plans using proven frameworks like ADKAR and Kotter's 8-Step Model.
  • Monitor adoption metrics and adjust change strategies in real-time to ensure success.
  • Serve as a thought leader, influencing without authority and scaling best practices across the enterprise.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Paid time off and retirement savings options.
  • Wellness programs and resources to support overall well-being.
  • Eligibility for a CVS Health bonus and equity award program.
Full Job Description
Summary

The Senior Manager, Process Excellence position in Caremark's Center of Excellence requires an ambitious, motivated, and eager individual, seeking to transform our business and be a part of a Fortune 6 company. The position is a part of our enterprise supporting a team focused on process improvement, change management and transformation in all facets of our business.

As the Senior Manager, Process Excellence, you'll be responsible for leading end-to-end, large-scale enterprise-wide transformations. You will lead highly complex initiatives, shape direction, and influence senior leadership while operating with a high degree of autonomy. You will also play a critical role in elevating team capability through coaching Managers and Senior Analysts.

This role requires and individual who is a thought leader and is able to establish and influence governance, KPIs and sustainability models.

Key Responsibilities
  • Process Improvement
    • Leads large-scale, cross-functional transformation initiatives and structures ambiguous problems into actionable plans.
    • Drives the design of process improvement plans and is an expert in proven methods and tools such as: DMAIC, DMADV, DFSS and LEAN.
    • Master facilitator for large-scale matrixed projects, Kaizen Events, Rapid Process Improvement Events, Current / Future state design and other types of events.
    • Aligns initiatives to enterprise priorities.
    • Establishes governance, KPIs, and sustainability models.
    • Lead and perform detailed quantitative and qualitative analyses (e.g., cycle time, defect rates, rework, capacity, handoffs, etc.) using Excel, Minitab, and other tools.
    • Ensure project team remains on track, follows departmental standards and provides regular updates to key stakeholders.
  • Change Execution
    • Drives design of change management execution plans utilizing proven methods and tools such as: ADKAR, Kotter's 8-Step Model, Lewin's Model and others.
    • Ensures change efforts and enable adoption, behavior change, and sustained outcomes across operational teams.
    • Partners with executive sponsors, stakeholders and business leaders to assess change readiness, stakeholder impacts, and resistance risks.
    • Drives the development and execution of change deliverables, including: communications, training materials, job aids and reinforcement plans.
    • Monitors adoption of metrics and feedback loops to adjust change strategies as needed, in real-time.
    • Drives business' adoption plans and enables smooth transition of ownership.
  • Strategic Support
    • Serves as a thought leader and can influence without authority.
    • Strategic thinker who applies solutions across the enterprise and ties them to corporate strategic objectives.
    • Advances enterprise methodologies and standards.
    • Scales best practices across the enterprise.
    • Displays a strong executive presence.
    • Expert in coaching experienced process and change practitioners.
    • Ability to pull resources from a variety of teams and skill sets to design, build, test and deploy solutions.


You will need to be a person who is a natural leader, a skilled mentor and coach and has a strong desire to grow with an evolving, high performing team.

Required Qualifications:
  • 7+ years of experience in process improvement, change execution and strategic support.
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or higher.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • PBM experience.
  • Experience leading complex initiatives in matrixed environment.
  • Experience presenting to executive leadership.
  • Black Belt Certification and/or Change Management Certification.
  • Project Management Certification.
  • Experience and familiarity with QuickBase, Lucid and Visio.
  • People leadership experience.


Education
  • Bachelors Degree.
  • Masters Degree preferred.


Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$75,400.00 - $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: 10/10/2026

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.

CVS Health Careers

Joining CVS Health presents a unique opportunity to advance your career in a company where innovation, leadership, and growth go hand in hand. As a leader in the healthcare industry, CVS Health is more than just a pharmacy. We are a team of professionals dedicated to improving lives and optimizing health outcomes.

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At CVS Health, you will be part of a culture that values diversity and inclusivity, fostering an environment where every team member’s contribution is valued. Engage in meaningful work that directly impacts lives, driving innovation in healthcare services and solutions.

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300,000 employees
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Net Income
$7.1 billion
Founded
1963
5 Year Trend
+10.5%
Revenue
$268.7 billion
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