Senior Manager, Strategy and Technical Product Manager

$130,295 - $260,590/Yr

CVS Health - Boston, MA

Full-time - Senior

Boston, MA

Health and Personal Care Retailers

About the position

As a Senior Manager, Strategy and Technical Product Manager at CVS Health, you will play a pivotal role in driving innovation within the "Analytics & Behavior Change" group. This position is designed for a strategic leader who will oversee the development of analytical cloud-based products that support pharmaceutical forecasting and pricing. You will be at the forefront of modernizing legacy systems by leveraging cutting-edge technology, data science, and AI to enhance accuracy and efficiency. Your work will involve collaboration with various teams, including business groups, data science, data engineering, and application development, as well as coordination with partner product owners. In this role, you will be responsible for developing components of software products that cater to financial users within the Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) business unit. You will work on multiple components of the Data and Forecast Mart (DFM) and Computation Engine (CE) applications, where data is managed on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and transferred to Azure for forecasting and modeling. The products you will help build will focus on forecasting, what-if scenarios, and financial analysis, making your contributions critical to the success of the organization. Your responsibilities will include providing strategic leadership, defining product roadmaps, prioritizing feature development, and ensuring successful product launches. You will oversee the entire product lifecycle, from user research and requirements gathering to architecture/design, development, testing, integration, and iteration. By aligning product strategies with business goals and facilitating collaboration across departments, you will drive product success and enhance customer satisfaction. Additionally, you will identify new opportunities, assess product performance, and contribute to the long-term strategic plans for future product lines. Your role will require you to analyze qualitative and quantitative data to influence product features and prioritization, ensuring that the digital product roadmap is effectively managed and delivered. You will also be responsible for organizing meetings, managing resources, and supporting budget management to ensure the success of the product team.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and lead a team responsible for digital product development.
• Define strategy, vision, and product roadmaps, prioritizing feature development and coordinating with stakeholders.
• Oversee the entire product lifecycle, including user research, requirements gathering, architecture/design, development, testing, integration, and iteration.
• Work across the organization to align product strategies with business goals and manage resources.
• Facilitate effective collaboration between product teams and other departments to drive product success and customer satisfaction.
• Identify new opportunities and assess the company's product performance.
• Develop technology and product roadmaps to provide visibility of risk and improvement options.
• Analyze qualitative and quantitative data to influence product features and prioritization.
• Facilitate continuous communication across functional units and stakeholder groups.
• Define strategy for product iterations, schedules, releases, and roadmaps.
• Discover, design, and document business requirements for the development team.
• Work with users and stakeholders towards requirements and prioritizing features.
• Organize and lead meetings for collaboration, status reporting, and resource management.

Requirements

• 10+ years of work experience in Software Development projects.
• 5+ years of Product Owner/Product Manager experience.
• 5+ years of Agile development methodology.
• 1+ year of hands-on experience with any programming language.
• Exceptional communication skills to ensure all stakeholders understand and are aligned with the product plan.
• Adept at collaboration and teamwork.
• Mastery of problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to thrive in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Nice-to-haves

• History of providing data-based experiences to customers that make the complex understandable.
• Experience with forecasting, what-if scenario planning, and financial analysis.
• Technical hands-on experience with SQL, Cloud based Architecture, PySpark, Python.
• Any data analytics experience is a big plus.

Benefits

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Fully-paid term life insurance plan.
• Short-term and long-term disability benefits.
• Well-being programs and education assistance.
• Free development courses.
• CVS store discount and discount programs with participating partners.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays throughout the calendar year.