Senior Manager, Software Engineering (UI/UX)

CVS Health • Scottsdale, AZ

1d

About The Position

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. At CVS Health, we’re building a world of health around every consumer and surrounding ourselves with dedicated colleagues who are passionate about transforming health care. As the nation’s leading health solutions company, we reach millions of Americans through our local presence, digital channels and more than 300,000 purpose-driven colleagues, caring for people where, when and how they choose in a way that is uniquely more connected, more convenient and more compassionate. And we do it all with heart, each and every day. Position Summary: If you’re eager to make a real impact in the health care industry through your own meaningful contributions, explore a role in technology with CVS Health. Our journey calls for technical innovators and visionaries: come help us pave the way in transforming pharmacy prior authorization product and solutions for CAS (Clinical Authorization System). As Senior Manager, Software Engineering, you will lead the end‑to‑end UI/UX engineering strategy for CAS, including modernization of the current user experience, development of design systems, and introduction of SaaS-based UI frameworks. Your teams will deliver high-performance, accessible, and intuitive user experiences across CAS while shaping UI architecture for our future cloud-based system. This role blends engineering leadership, UX partnership, design strategy, and front‑end technology expertise. This role also requires depth in full‑stack engineering, strong engineering fundamentals, and proven team leadership in enterprise environments.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in UI/UX engineering or front-end development roles.
• 3+ years leading UI/UX engineering teams or technical leads.
• Deep hands-on experience with modern JS frameworks (Angular preferred) and UI engineering principles.
• Strong knowledge of design systems, accessibility guidelines, and UX engineering workflows.
• Strong technical background in at least one modern engineering stack (e.g., .NET, Java, Node or similar).
• Experience with UI performance optimization, testing frameworks, bundling tools, and observability instrumentation.
• Experience partnering cross-functionally with UX Design, Product, and Architecture.

Nice To Haves

• Experience contributing to SaaS UI platform adoption or modernization initiatives.
• Cloud platform experience (Azure or GCP) including front-end hosting and optimization.
• Familiarity with micro‑frontend patterns, module federation, and enterprise-scale UI decomposition.
• Certifications in UX/Accessibility (CPACC), front-end engineering, or SAFe Agile.
• Domain experience in Pharmacy Benefit Management, Health Insurance, Clinical Utilization Management Products, or Prior Authorization.
• Experience in healthcare, retail, or pharmacy environments.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements (HIPAA, PCI DSS, FedRAMP).

Responsibilities

• UI/UX Engineering Leadership Lead UI/UX engineering teams building high‑quality front‑end applications and design components.
• Own the UI architecture and frameworks, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and consistent UX patterns.
• Collaborate with UX Designers, Product Managers, and Accessibility experts to translate concepts into engineered experiences.
• Experience & Design System Leadership Own the CAS Design System and ensure consistency across multiple modules and teams.
• Champion accessibility (WCAG 2.x AA), usability testing, responsive design, and human‑centered design principles.
• Partner with UX Research to integrate customer insights into engineering decisions.
• SaaS & Platform Modernization Drive the transition toward SaaS-aligned UI frameworks and platform integrations needed for CAS modernization.
• Evaluate and integrate UI platform vendors, ensuring reliability, performance, and security.
• Support the migration of UI workloads to cloud platforms, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture.
• Technical Strategy & Delivery Define UI coding standards, performance budgets, and front‑end engineering best practices.
• Lead cross-functional engineering delivery in collaboration with backend, DevSecOps, and SRE teams.
• Oversee component libraries, accessibility tooling, automated regression frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines for UI apps.
• Drive innovation initiatives, promoting a culture of creativity, experimentation, and learning. This includes leveraging Artificial Intelligence in the automation and augmentation of clinical processes; leveraging FHIR/HL7 services to drive interoperability and electronic health record integration; and increase product development velocity using AI.
• Agile Project & Release Delivery Lead UI teams through sprint execution, estimation, backlog refinement, issue resolution, and release readiness.
• Improve the speed and quality of UI delivery through process, tooling, and engineering excellence.
• Quality, Security & Operational Excellence Embed test‑first development: unit, integration, contract testing and automation-first mindset.
• Enforce security-by-design, secure coding standards, dependency hygiene, and API versioning discipline.
• Collaborate with DevSecOps, SRE, and Platform Engineering to ensure reliability, observability, and operational readiness.
• People Leadership Hire, mentor, and develop UI engineers, tech leads, and UI platform specialists.
• Build a culture of craftsmanship, innovation, and user-centered thinking.
• Promote accountability, continuous improvement, and empowered team decision-making.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration Serve as the UI engineering voice across architecture, product, backend engineering, analytics, and enterprise design organizations.
• Communicate UI strategy and technical direction to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Partner with enterprise accessibility teams, security, and compliance to ensure alignment.

Benefits

• Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.
• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.
• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level