Senior Manager - RunOps - PBM-IT

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 PBM-IT Service Delivery - Senior Manager is a highly visible role within the Member & Client Services Engineering (MCSE) group at CVS Health supporting enterprise level, mission critical services. These services include applications used directly by CVS Health members or by call center agents to provide world-class member experience, call center technology applications, services provided by 3rd party call center vendors, clinical & benefit coding applications, Clinical Prior Authorization systems etc. The Senior Manager leverages proven leadership skills to manage a team of technical vendor resources maintaining applications central to the operations of CVS Health. The Senior Manager leads strategic decision making, influences change, and drives results. The Senior Service Delivery Manager is proficient in all critical functions for the applications assigned and is expected to champion SDLC & ITIL methods and best practices on the team to ensure that quality standards are met. The role includes being accountable for maintaining the production application ecosystem, working with managed services vendor closely on achieving application SLAs, stability, partnering with core infrastructure & application development teams to resolve defects, execute defect elimination plans and identify actions to ensure overall service stability. The role includes being accountable for working closely with managed services vendor on production maintenance, incident management, problem management, and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement for the applications assigned. The Senior Manager is proficient with all the platforms assigned and is expected to be a platform leader with responsibility and accountability for the tactical and strategic directions of the production platforms. The manager contributes to the development and design of technical solutions adhering to all established methodologies, standards and guidelines. The candidate must have a sharp focus on platform stability, quality of service, continuous improvement and risk mitigation. The ideal candidate can influence behavior to achieve the right outcomes to support the business.