Senior Manager Software Development Engineering

About the role

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.

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: 11/30/2026

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

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$106.6k–213.2k/yr AI reading of the posting

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