Senior Manager, Payer Deal Intelligence & Analytics Insights

CVS Health; Woonsocket (RI); On-site; USD 83,000 - 183,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Manager to lead analytical strategy for payer deals, market intelligence, and decision support in pharmacy reimbursement negotiations. You will own financial models and pre-negotiation intelligence used in live negotiations and cross-functional forums.

The role requires building multi-year deal strategies, translating data into concise VP-level recommendations, and managing multiple deliverables against deadlines. Travel up to 10% is expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in pharmacy reimbursement, pharmacy benefit management, managed care, or healthcare financial analysis.
• Ability to build, document and defend multi-year financial models from incomplete inputs.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency, including scenario construction and sensitivity analysis.
• Ability to translate quantitative analysis into a concise written recommendation for VP and above audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead analytical strategy, market intelligence, and decision support for deal evaluation and reimbursement performance.
• Own financial models and pre-negotiation intelligence packages for CVS Pharmacy negotiation positioning.
• Develop multi-year deal strategies and scenario analyses for counterparty economics.

Skills

Pharmacy reimbursement

PBM/Managed care

Healthcare financial analysis

Advanced Excel

Written recommendations

Independent work

Travel

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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, Payer Deal Intelligence & Analytics is responsible for leading the analytical strategy, market intelligence, and decision support framework that informs complex deal evaluation, PBM negotiation strategy, and pharmacy reimbursement performance. This role serves as a strategic partner across the organization, translating business priorities, market dynamics, and analytical findings into actionable recommendations that improve deal outcomes and advance pharmacy reimbursement goals.

This role owns the financial models and pre-negotiation intelligence packages that determine how CVS Pharmacy positions itself across a portfolio of pharmacy benefit managers, health plans, third party discount providers and state Medicaid plans. The role builds a multi-year deal strategy that reflects counterparty economics and produces the scenario analysis that establishes where CVS can trade and where it must hold.

Work product from this position is used directly in live negotiations and in recurring cross-functional forums, including the weekly Finance Call and the Payer Operating Strategy meeting. The role is an individual contributor position with direct exposure to senior decision-making and is deliberately structured as a development seat for an analytical professional who intends to grow into deal ownership and portfolio leadership within Payer Relations.

Success is measured by whether CVS enters every material negotiation with a quantified position and a defined walk-away point rather than a reactive one.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in pharmacy reimbursement, pharmacy benefit management, managed care, or healthcare financial analysis
• Demonstrated ability to build, document and defend multi-year financial models constructed from incomplete or contested inputs
• Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency, including scenario construction and sensitivity analysis
• Ability to translate quantitative analysis into a concise written recommendation suitable for Vice President and above audiences
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple concurrent analytical deliverables against externally driven negotiation deadlines
• Travel up to 10% of the time

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in pharmacy reimbursement, pharmacy benefit management, managed care, or healthcare financial analysis
• Demonstrated ability to build, document and defend multi-year financial models constructed from incomplete or contested inputs
• Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency, including scenario construction and sensitivity analysis
• Ability to translate quantitative analysis into a concise written recommendation suitable for Vice President and above audiences
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple concurrent analytical deliverables against externally driven negotiation deadlines
• Travel up to 10% of the time

Education

Bachelors Degree Required. Advanced Degree Preferred

Pay Range

The Typical Pay Range For This Role Is

$82,940.00 - $182,549.00

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: 09/30/2026

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