Epic EHR Development Lead: Strategic Tech Leadership

CVS Health; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 284,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking an Epic EHR Development Lead to steer design, configuration, and optimization of Epic solutions across clinical, operational, and revenue cycle domains. You will guide teams, ensure regulatory alignment, and deliver scalable Epic outcomes that improve patient care and clinician efficiency.

You will partner with clinical stakeholders, informatics, IT leadership, and vendors to implement best practices, drive governance, and lead complex enhancements while maintaining high

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Healthcare Informatics, Computer Science, or related field.
• 7+ years of Epic EHR experience including hands-on build and configuration.
• 3+ years in a lead, senior analyst, or supervisory role supporting Epic systems.
• Active Epic certification(s) in one or more Epic modules.
• Strong understanding of healthcare clinical workflows and operations.
• Experience leading complex Epic projects or large-scale implementations.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Epic analysts, developers, and configuration teams across assigned Epic modules.
• Serve as primary technical and functional escalation point for Epic issues.
• Define and enforce Epic development standards, build guidelines, governance processes.
• Partner with Informatics, Clinical Leadership, and IT leadership to align development with strategy.
• Contribute to Epic roadmap planning, optimization initiatives, and system upgrades.
• Guide development and support of Epic integrations (HL7, FHIR, Bridges, Interconnect, APIs).
• Collaborate with interface and infrastructure teams for reliable data exchange.
• Support testing strategies including unit testing, integrated testing, and UAT.
• Oversee Epic upgrades, patches, and special updates.
• Translate clinical needs into technical Epic solutions and facilitate design/workflow reviews.

Skills

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Healthcare IT experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or related field

7+ years of Epic EHR experience

3+ years in lead or supervisory role supporting Epic systems

Active Epic certification(s) in one or more Epic modules

Job description

CVS Health is seeking an Epic EHR Development Lead to steer design, configuration, and optimization of Epic solutions across clinical, operational, and revenue cycle domains. You will guide teams, ensure regulatory alignment, and deliver scalable Epic outcomes that improve patient care and clinician efficiency.

You will partner with clinical stakeholders, informatics, IT leadership, and vendors to implement best practices, drive governance, and lead complex enhancements while maintaining high