Sr Manager, Clinical Innovation

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

A Senior Manager of Clinical Innovation is a critical contributor to managing and successfully driving complex, strategic initiatives within the clinical innovation portfolio that solve key business problems, and support development of new sources of value within Aetna’s Clinical Solutions business unit.

Core Responsibilities:

• Leads, partners, and collaborates with cross-functional teams, including key internal and external stakeholders, to develop, test, and implement innovative solutions and programs. Define, rationalize and align priorities with clearly defined business rationale
• Drives and manages assigned projects through all stages such as ideation/concept, solution development and pilot with an eye towards scaled, readiness, value realization and monitoring. Manages risk, develops interventions and facilitates working sessions as well as delivers all required analysis, reporting and presentation materials
• Supports the evaluation of new areas of innovation and clinical operations/offerings benchmarking within the healthcare industry and subsequently develops these trends into new and innovative solutions that solve key business problems and deliver break through value
• Foster a culture that accelerates our strategy through our Heart At Work Behaviors by keeping the customer and colleague as the central focus

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years program management experience leading complex initiatives within the healthcare industry, preferably within the payer space
• 5+ years successful experience in strategy, innovation and/or business process redesign within the healthcare industry (or equivalent)
• Strong interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills, with a proven ability to effectively communicate key messages and deliver presentations across all levels of the organization, including to executive leaders
• Strong data and analytics skills to synthesize information and derive key insights
• Proven ability to consistently create value and meet/exceed committed performance targets and goals
• Proven ability to drive new innovation in highly cross-functional environments and achieve strategic objectives
• Demonstrated relationship management skills; capacity to quickly build and maintain credible relationships at varying levels of the organization; ability to influence upward

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience identifying value opportunities and creating new capabilities and/or project offerings that result in incremental value
• Conceptual and structured thinker with proven ability to generate and translate concepts and ideas into effective strategies that achieve results
• Ability to embrace & promote change, navigate uncertainty and shift priorities and plans to accommodate broader changing objectives and demands
• Experience managing enterprise-wide and/or cross-functional initiatives with a high degree of complexity
• Experience with the following: Innovation, analytics, business process optimization, enterprise business portfolio management/consulting, financial analysis, strategic planning, risk management, product strategy, regulatory policy
• Broad understanding of the healthcare landscape with ability to synthesize multiple disparate data points into a structured perspective aligned to action
• Master's degree preferred in healthcare/business administration

Education

• Bachelors degree required. Appropriate licensure or certification by discipline preferred.

• Masters degree preferred, but not required.

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. 
 

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 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: 08/14/2026

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