Vice President, Interoperability

CVS Health•Island, KY

About The Position

The Vice President, Health100 Interoperability is a leadership role responsible for setting and delivering an interoperability strategy that enables access to, integration of, and use of electronic health data across the broader healthcare technology ecosystem. The role also supports enterprise interoperability strategy and execution across CVS Pharmacy, CVS Caremark, and CVS Health Care Delivery businesses. The position focuses on operational execution and measurable outcomes: ensuring relevant data is available at the time of interaction, improving partner and consumer experience, enabling scalable product adoption, and meeting applicable interoperability and technology regulatory requirements. In partnership with Government Affairs, the leader supports executive engagement with the Administration, including CMS, HHS, CMMI, and related agencies, on healthcare technology ecosystem, data interoperability, technology regulation, and adjacent policy topics. The role develops and executes strategy aligned with Health100 platform goals and the roadmap for HST commercialized products and services. It oversees value delivery across data acquisition, transformation, presentation, and return of actionable data tied to outcomes; identifies use cases and measures their benefits; and partners with the Aetna interoperability lead to align enterprise priorities and execution with the broader CVS Health framework. The leader aligns internal technology and data partners, oversees interoperability roadmaps and external integrations, manages vendors, data aggregators, and state HIE partners, and ensures approaches reflect industry standards and practical implementation constraints. The position also coordinates with Privacy, Legal, Government Affairs, and Regulatory teams; gathers customer and partner feedback; represents the organization in industry initiatives; and owns end-to-end delivery, governance, talent development, and matrixed-team leadership. The role supports CVS Health’s commitment to a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Requirements

15+ years of experience spanning strategy, health data, operations, IT, or business analysis, with demonstrated business impact in complex, matrixed environments.
Direct experience with interoperability strategies across the health data ecosystem, including hands-on familiarity with EHR interoperability capabilities and how they translate into scalable integrations.
Experience working with interoperability and industry standards for data exchange, such as CCD, HL7, FHIR, and HIE connectivity concepts, and applying them to real-world workflows and partner implementations.
Strategic relationship-management experience with interoperability vendors, data aggregators, and ecosystem partners, including evaluating offerings and translating them into solution design requirements.
Proven track record leading complex, cross-functional programs that produce measurable delivery, adoption, experience, cost, compliance, or performance outcomes.
Strong executive presence and ability to engage senior leaders in distributed organizations to drive alignment and prioritization and provide crisp synthesis.
Ability to partner effectively with Privacy, Legal, Government Affairs, and Regulatory stakeholders on interpretation and execution of market and regulatory requirements.
Data-driven decision-making and strong written and verbal communication skills, including producing executive-ready materials with minimal senior leader input.
Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, inclusive leadership behaviors, and proactive bias management.
Experience supporting commercialization of healthcare technology products and services, including partner integration models and ecosystem enablement that supports adoption and scale.
Experience engaging with public sector stakeholders and/or supporting executive-level liaison with federal agencies on healthcare technology, interoperability, and related regulatory topics in partnership with Government Affairs.
Experience in payer, provider, PBM, pharmacy, or adjacent roles where interoperability is central to reducing friction and improving stakeholder experience.

Nice To Haves

An advanced degree in a quantitative field, MBA, or similar is preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute an interoperability strategy aligned to Health100 platform goals and the roadmap for HST commercialized products and services, prioritizing use cases that drive adoption, experience, and measurable outcomes.
Establish and oversee the management process for delivering value through data acquisition, transformation to support workflows, presentation to inform decisions, and return of actionable data tied to outcomes.
Identify interoperability use cases, quantify benefits, and ensure delivery against portfolio performance, experience, and compliance expectations.
Partner with the Aetna interoperability lead to define enterprise-wide priorities, guardrails, and execution approaches aligned with Health100, HST, and the broader CVS Health interoperability framework.
Align internal technology and data partners to enable interoperability capabilities for partner integrations and scalable products.
Lead evaluation, selection, and ongoing management of interoperability vendors, data aggregators, and state HIE partners.
Provide executive oversight of interoperability solution roadmaps and external partner integration strategies, including EHR connectivity and broader ecosystem integration patterns.
Ensure interoperability approaches reflect industry standards for data exchange and practical implementation constraints across partners and platforms.
Partner with Government Affairs to influence, interpret, and respond to interoperability and technology regulatory developments affecting the Health100 ecosystem and HST commercialized offerings.
Support executive-level liaison with the Administration, including CMS, HHS, CMMI, and related bodies, on healthcare technology ecosystem, data interoperability, and technology regulation topics.
Coordinate cross-functional input from Privacy, Legal, Government Affairs, and Regulatory partners to align market dynamics, regulatory interpretation, and execution priorities with strategy.
Engage internal leaders and external partners to gather voice-of-customer feedback that informs strategy, solution design, and roadmap tradeoffs.
Build and maintain relationships with providers, payers, PBMs, pharmacies, life sciences entities, and digital health point solutions connected to Health100 and HST offerings.
Represent the organization in industry collaboration initiatives that influence interoperability adoption and improve partner implementation pathways.
Own end-to-end delivery of interoperability solutions with analytics, technology, clinical platforms, operations, and commercialization teams, driving disciplined execution and outcomes.
Establish governance for interoperability decisions, standards adoption, partner integration approaches, and vendor performance across the portfolio.
Provide leadership direction, develop talent, and lead matrixed teams to deliver the interoperability strategy.
Support CVS Health’s commitment to attracting, retaining, and engaging a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities served.