We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.
Position Summary
The Senior Manager Software Development Engineering is an experienced people and resource leader responsible for building, developing, and managing software engineering teams that deliver secure, reliable, and scalable technology solutions. This role oversees workforce planning, talent development, delivery execution, engineering quality, and operational performance while partnering closely with Product Management, Architecture, Quality Engineering, Security, Operations, and business stakeholders.
We're building a world of health around every individual, shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health, you'll be surrounded by colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold themselves accountable, and prioritize safety and quality in everything they do. A successful candidate will combine strong software engineering leadership with disciplined resource management. Experience working in a Product Agile operating model is preferred.
Primary Responsibilities
People Leadership
- Lead, coach, mentor, and develop software engineering teams
- Establish performance objectives and conduct performance reviews
- Create development plans and succession strategies for team members
- Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team culture
- Recruit, onboard, and retain engineering talent
Resource Management
- Manage team capacity, staffing, and workforce planning
- Align engineering resources to business priorities and strategic initiatives
- Manage contractor and vendor resources as needed.
- Identify skill gaps and develop plans to address organizational needs
- Ensure effective utilization of engineering resources across initiatives
Engineering Delivery
- Lead software development activities through all phases of the development lifecycle
- Ensure delivery commitments are met with appropriate quality, security, and operational controls
- Monitor project execution and proactively manage risks, dependencies, and issues
- Support Agile delivery practices and continuous improvement initiatives
- Collaborate with Product Owners and Delivery teams to prioritize work and maximize business value
Technology Leadership
- Partner with Architecture teams to implement enterprise standards and technical direction
- Promote engineering best practices, coding standards, automation, and DevSecOps principles
- Drive continuous improvement in quality, reliability, performance, and operational readiness
- Support modernization initiatives and technical debt reduction efforts
- Champion secure software development practices
Stakeholder Management
- Build strong relationships with business and technology partners
- Provide clear communication regarding delivery commitments, risks, and outcomes
- Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and issue resolution.
- Support planning, budgeting, and strategic initiatives
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in software engineering, application development, or a related technology discipline
- 5+ years of experience leading software initiatives or managing software engineering resources, including responsibility for coaching, performance, staffing, or capacity planning
- Experience leading delivery of enterprise software through the full software development lifecycle
- Experience managing multiple priorities, teams, dependencies, and stakeholders in a complex organization
- Experience with Agile software delivery and modern engineering practices, including CI/CD, DevSecOps, source control, automated testing, and production support
- Demonstrated ability to recruit, coach, develop, and retain engineering talent
- Strong communication and relationship-management skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for business and executive audiences
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in a Product Agile operating model in which Product and Engineering share accountability for outcomes
- Experience leading multiple geographically distributed engineering teams that include employees, contractors, and vendor resources
- Experience in health care, health insurance, pharmacy, financial services, or another regulated industry
- Experience with cloud technologies, APIs, distributed systems, modern application architectures, and platform modernization
- Experience using engineering and product measures to improve delivery predictability, quality, reliability, and customer outcomes
- Experience with budget planning, vendor management, workforce strategy, or technology portfolio planning
- Agile, Scrum, SAFe, cloud, security, or engineering-management certification
Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (Highschool diploma plus 4 years relevant work experience)
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$106,605.00 - $213,210.00
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.
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.
Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of experience in software engineering, application development, or a related technology discipline
- 5+ years of experience leading software initiatives or managing software engineering resources, including coaching, performance, staffing, or capacity planning
- Experience leading delivery of enterprise software through the full software development lifecycle
- Experience managing multiple priorities, teams, dependencies, and stakeholders in a complex organization
- Experience with Agile software delivery and modern engineering practices, including CI/CD, DevSecOps, source control, automated testing, and production support
- Ability to recruit, coach, develop, and retain engineering talent
- Strong communication and relationship-management skills, including translating technical concepts for business and executive audiences
- Experience working in a Product Agile operating model
- Experience leading multiple geographically distributed engineering teams including employees, contractors, and vendor resources
- Experience in health care, health insurance, pharmacy, financial services, or another regulated industry
- Experience with cloud technologies, APIs, distributed systems, modern application architectures, and platform modernization
- Experience using engineering and product measures to improve delivery predictability, quality, reliability, and customer outcomes
- Experience with budget planning, vendor management, workforce strategy, or technology portfolio planning
- Agile, Scrum, SAFe, cloud, security, or engineering-management certification
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- High school diploma plus four years of relevant work experience as an alternative to a bachelor's degree
CVS Health Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about CVS Health and has not been reviewed or approved by CVS Health.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, and vision with HSA-eligible options, free preventive care, virtual care, and access to MinuteClinic services. Mental-health resources such as counseling support are emphasized, and coverage is often considered solid for full-time colleagues.
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Retirement Support — A dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 5% after one year and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan are consistently highlighted in Total Rewards materials. Feedback suggests retirement programs are a meaningful strength within the overall package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing offerings include up to 20 no-cost counseling sessions per issue, backup care, tuition assistance, and substantial in-store discounts, alongside broader wellness tools. These everyday perks expand value beyond base pay and can be especially meaningful for full-time schedules.
CVS Health Insights
What We Do
CVS Health is the leading health solutions company that delivers care in ways no one else can. We reach people in more ways and improve the health of communities across America through our local presence, digital channels and our nearly 300,000 dedicated colleagues – including more than 40,000 physicians, pharmacists, nurses and nurse practitioners. Wherever and whenever people need us, we help them with their health – whether that’s managing chronic diseases, staying compliant with their medications, or accessing affordable health and wellness services in the most convenient ways. We help people navigate the health care system – and their personal health care – by improving access, lowering costs and being a trusted partner for every meaningful moment of health. And we do it all with heart, each and every day.
