Sr Mgr, Research Programs and Governance

CVS Health•Wellesley, MA

7d•$90,480 - $199,144•Remote

About The Position

At CVS Health, we are committed to becoming an employer of choice by creating meaningful opportunities for clinicians and colleagues to grow, advance their education, and build long-term careers within the organization. The Senior Manager, Research Programs & Governance will manage Research Pathways, an enterprise program designed to enable clinicians and other eligible colleagues to successfully fulfill the research requirements of advanced-degree programs while continuing to build their careers at CVS Health. Clinical Evidence Development (CED) in the Data Strategy and Clinical Intelligence Office provides enterprise-wide strategy, consulting, governance, and oversight for clinical and scientific research and associated deliverables, including scientific consultation, methodological review, publication governance, and external dissemination support to deliver cross-enterprise evidence-generation, thought leadership, and go-to-market efforts. This role will oversee the centralized program structure, guidance, and support needed to help working clinicians navigate the intersection of advanced-degree requirements, academic research, and enterprise governance. The Senior Manager will coordinate participant intake, readiness assessment, project planning, research oversight, approvals, documentation, milestone tracking, compliance coordination, and stakeholder communications. The role will serve as a consistent point of navigation for participants, people leaders, research mentors, academic institutions, business units, and enterprise reviewers. By aligning academic requirements with feasible, appropriately governed research opportunities, the Senior Manager will help reduce avoidable administrative barriers and create a more supportive and efficient experience for clinicians pursuing advanced degrees. Through scalable infrastructure and a participant-centered experience, Research Pathways will support professional growth, retention, internal mobility, and a stronger clinician talent pipeline while advancing evidence-based practice and enterprise thought leadership. This role will work closely with cross-matrixed teams and diverse functional partners to ensure that Research Pathways is accessible, rigorous, well-governed, and responsive to the needs of clinicians and the enterprise.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in public health, epidemiology, health services research, clinical research, pharmacy, nursing, life sciences, healthcare administration, or a related field.
5 or more years of relevant experience in clinical research, health services research, real-world evidence, research administration, research training, or evidence-generation programs, including prior program or project management responsibility.
Demonstrated experience supporting the development and execution of research projects, including refinement of research questions, study design, protocol development, data-source planning, analysis planning, interpretation of findings, and dissemination.
Demonstrated knowledge of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research approaches, with the ability to assess whether proposed methods are appropriate and feasible for the research question and advanced-degree requirements.
Experience reviewing research protocols, proposals, analytic plans, data-collection tools, tables, figures, abstracts, posters, presentations, manuscripts, or other scientific deliverables for scientific rigor, accuracy, and alignment between findings and conclusions.
Experience applying research-governance requirements, including Institutional Review Board processes, human-subjects research protections, Good Clinical Practice, Responsible Conduct of Research, privacy, compliance, publication governance, and documented quality-control procedures.
Ability to guide clinicians and other learners in translating academic degree requirements and practice-based questions into feasible, appropriately scoped, and well-governed research projects.
Demonstrated experience managing research or education programs that include participant intake, project oversight, mentor or faculty coordination, approvals, documentation, milestone tracking, issue escalation, and outcome reporting.
Ability to coordinate clinicians, people leaders, research mentors, academic institutions, analysts, business units, and enterprise reviewers while maintaining clear accountability, decision records, and participant support.
Strong scientific writing, critical appraisal, project management, facilitation, communication, judgment, and attention-to-detail skills in a highly matrixed environment.
Regular and reliable attendance.
Additional responsibilities assigned by the supervisor or manager.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or higher in public health, epidemiology, health services research, clinical research, pharmacy, nursing, research administration, or a related scientific or clinical field.
8-10 years related work experience
Experience serving as an investigator, research program manager, research administrator, scientific reviewer, or mentor for clinician-led, graduate-level, residency, fellowship, or practice-based research.
Experience administering advanced-degree pathways, clinician research development, tuition-supported education, fellowship, residency, or workforce-retention programs.
Training or certification in Good Clinical Practice, Human Subjects Research, Responsible Conduct of Research, project or program management, or research administration.
Experience within a payer, provider, pharmacy, life sciences, healthcare technology, academic, or value-based care organization.
Experience with research and portfolio-management platforms, dashboards, workflow tools, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, or comparable systems.
Experience with real-world evidence, health economics and outcomes research, epidemiology, or health services research communications.
Demonstrated record of authorship on peer-reviewed publications, abstracts, whitepapers, or other scientific communications utilizing real-world data.

Responsibilities

Manage Research Pathways as an enterprise talent-development and research-support program that enables clinicians and other eligible colleagues to fulfill advanced-degree research requirements while building long-term careers at CVS Health
Provide a clear, supportive participant journey from inquiry and intake through readiness assessment, onboarding, project planning, milestone completion, dissemination, and program completion
Coordinate research oversight and governance, including project review, approvals, documentation, privacy and compliance touchpoints, publication requirements, issue escalation, and maintenance of complete program records
Partner with participants, people leaders, mentors, academic institutions, business units, and enterprise functions to align academic requirements, work-based research opportunities, available support, roles, timelines, and decisions
Build scalable processes, templates, guidance, dashboards, communications, and participant resources to support phased expansion across pharmacists, nurses, behavioral health professionals, social workers, community health colleagues, and other populations
Measure participant experience, program reach, milestone progression, completion, retention-related outcomes, risks, and opportunities for continuous improvement; complete other duties as directed by CED leadership