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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.\n\nPosition Summary\n\nWe are seeking a high-impact strategic operations senior manager to partner closely with the Site Lead for CVS Ireland’s R&D organisation.\n\nThis is a hybrid role combining strategic operations, R&D enablement, executive-level coordination, communications, and culture leadership. The role exists to ensure the site operates with clarity, pace, and cohesion-freeing the Site Lead to focus on strategy, growth, and external engagement while ensuring nothing important drops.\n\nYou will act as a force multiplier for the site: translating strategy into action, bringing structure to ambiguity, and ensuring strong alignment across engineering, product and other enterprise stakeholders.
Job Responsibility:
Partner with the Site Lead to enable execution of R&D site strategy and operating plans, translating strategy into coordinated action
Translate R&D objectives into clear priorities, tracking progress and surfacing risks early
Coordinate cross-functional and cross departmental R&D workstreams to ensure alignment, clarity of ownership, and disciplined execution
Enable effective R&D operational governance, supporting planning cycles, portfolio reviews, delivery health forums, and leadership rhythms without introducing unnecessary bureaucracy
Prepare and quality-assure materials for executive forums, business reviews, weekly site syncs, and enterprise leadership discussions
Act as an operational point of coordination with Government agencies, research institutions and Universities for R&D matters, supporting site reviews, governance, and investment narratives
Coordinate governance and reporting for R&D commitments, including headcount, capability development, and innovation outcomes, in collaboration with Finance, Legal, and R&D leaders
Ensure operational readiness for audits, reviews, and RD&I information requests, maintaining evidence-based documentation and clear accountability
Support culture, engagement, and site communications, reinforcing a high-performing, inclusive R&D culture as the organisation scales
Provide operational support and financial coordination for site charity and community initiatives, ensuring appropriate governance, budgeting discipline, and sustainable local partnerships
Requirements:
5+ years in roles spanning strategic operations, program management, R&D operations, consulting, or business/operations management
Experience supporting R&D organisations (healthcare, medtech, or regulated environments a plus)
Proven success working closely with senior leaders in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
Demonstrated ability to influence without formal authority
Strong systems thinker-able to see the big picture while managing detail where it matters
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with excellent experience creating visual presentations and reports
Highly organised with a track record of bringing order to complexity
Comfortable balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution
Able to move effortlessly between executive conversations, operational detail and people and culture topics
Trusted, discreet, and values-driven
Proactive, curious, and anticipatory
Collaborative but confident-able to challenge constructively
Deeply aligned to purpose-driven, people-first cultures