CVS Health

Senior Manager, Strategy & Innovation

CVS Health$67K — $182K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Texas, US
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience in analytical fast-moving environments like corporate strategy or consulting.
  • Expert-level proficiency in Excel for building complex financial models.
  • 3+ years of healthcare industry experience focusing on Medicare/Medicaid and value-based care.
  • Strong strategic and analytical intuition to tackle ambiguous problems with data.
  • Proven communication skills for engaging with senior leaders and presenting complex concepts.
  • Willingness to travel up to 20% (remote otherwise).

Responsibilities

  • Monitor healthcare trends to identify quantifiable business growth opportunities.
  • Support strategic evaluations and pilot testing of innovative products.
  • Evaluate partnerships and external capabilities through financial diligence.
  • Align growth initiatives with corporate planning cycles and strategic goals.
  • Develop complex financial models and long-range forecasts for initiatives.
  • Conduct market sizing and pricing analyses for strategic evaluations.
  • Translate financial data into compelling presentations for senior leadership.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Paid time off to support work-life balance.
  • Retirement savings options to secure financial future.
  • Wellness programs to promote physical and emotional health.
Full Job Description
Position Summary:

The Signify Health Strategy & Innovation team is responsible for shaping the company's long-term strategy, discovering opportunities to accelerate growth, and identifying and testing net-new offerings or capabilities. The team serves in an advisory capacity to Signify's Executive Leadership Team (ELT)-partnering closely with leaders to evaluate challenges, facilitate decision-making, and execute early-stage proofs of concept.

The Senior Manager, Strategy & Innovationwill play a pivotal role in translating Signify Health's long-term vision into actionable growth strategies and rigorously vetted business cases. Reporting to the team's Executive Director, you will serve as the Strategy & Innovation team's ultimate go-to resource and subject matter expert for all financial analyses, commercial modeling, and business case underwriting.

This role requires a unique blend of strategic intuition, healthcare domain knowledge, and advanced quantitative skills. You will be tasked with aligning industry trends to company capabilities, building the financial architecture behind next-generation product ideas, and pressure-testing viability through data-driven methodologies.

Position Responsibilities
Growth Opportunity Ideation & Vetting
  • Market Intelligence:Monitor evolving healthcare landscape trends, regulatory shifts, and policy developments to translate them into quantifiable business implications and growth opportunities.
  • Ideation & Market Testing: Support the strategic evaluation and piloting of next-generation products, utilizing lean methodologies to validate solutions for market readiness and scalable revenue growth.
  • Partnership & Capability Evaluation:Play a key analytical role in evaluating strategic partnerships and external capabilities, driving financial diligence and build-vs-partner framework economics.
  • Strategic Roadmap Alignment: Ensure growth initiatives seamlessly integrate into Signify Health's corporate planning cycles and CVS Health's long-range strategic objectives.

Financial Modeling & Commercial Analytics
  • Go-To Financial Anchor: Serve as the core quantitative resource for the Innovation team, owning the end-to-end development of complex, dynamic financial models, long-range forecasts, and ROI frameworks for net-new initiatives.
  • Commercial Modeling & Market Sizing: Conduct rigorous market sizing (TAM/SAM/SOM), competitive benchmarking, and pricing sensitivity analyses to determine the financial viability of new strategic plays.
  • Business Case Underwriting: Build the financial foundation for capital allocation requests, ensuring assumptions around revenue structures, cost to serve, and implementation margins are ironclad.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Leadership
  • Cross-Functional Mobilization: Partner closely with Product, Clinical, Operations, and Corporate Finance teams to gather modeling inputs, stress-test operational hypotheses, and align financial projections.
  • Data-Driven Storytelling: Translate highly complex financial outputs and strategic hypotheses into clean, visually compelling, and persuasive presentations for senior leadership.
  • Executive Presentation Support: Present analytical findings and financial models clearly to senior leadership, defending assumptions under scrutiny and translating numbers into strategic narratives.

Required Qualifications
  • 6+ Years of Experience in highly analytical, fast-moving environments such as corporate strategy, management consulting, corporate finance
  • Advanced Financial Modeling Skills: Advanced, expert-level proficiency in Excel with a proven track record of building complex, transparent, and dynamic financial models
  • 3+ Years of Healthcare Industry Experience: Strong foundational knowledge of the provider/payer sectors, Medicare/Medicaid populations, and the value-based care regulatory environment.
  • Strategic & Analytical Intuition: A strategic thinker who is highly comfortable with ambiguity, capable of structuring abstract problems, and dedicated to backing up hypotheses with rigorous data.
  • Strong Communication Presence: Proven ability to deliver structured presentations, distill complex financial concepts for non-financial audiences, and confidently engage with senior leaders.
  • Ability to Travel up to 20% (otherwise remote).

Preferred Qualifications
  • Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of additional relevant healthcare domains (home health, diagnostics/preventive services, pharma services, population health, or digital health tech).
  • Location: Chicago or New York City is preferred, but not required.

Education
  • Bachelor's degree required (preferably in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a highly quantitative field).
  • Advanced degree (MBA) is highly preferred.


Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$67,900.00 - $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: 08/31/2026

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

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.

Work You’ll Do

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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Whether you’re looking for a position in pharmacy services, corporate leadership, or in-store management, CVS Health offers a variety of employment opportunities that will help you harness your skills and thrive professionally. Our job opportunities span across a wide range of professional fields and geographic locations, ensuring that your career at CVS Health aligns with your professional goals and lifestyle.

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CVS Health is committed to the professional growth of our employees. With access to cutting-edge technology, industry-leading experts, and comprehensive diversity training, our team members are equipped to lead and innovate. We support career advancement through professional development programs, leadership training, and opportunities for networking and internal mobility.

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Our employees enjoy a range of benefits that reflect our commitment to their well-being and success. From health and wellness benefits to professional development programs, CVS Health is dedicated to ensuring our team members have the resources they need. Our inclusive culture encourages collaboration and continuous learning, making CVS Health a place where you can grow and succeed.

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Size
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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