Backend Capability Product Specialist

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.

CVS Health is looking for hands‑on, passionate people who want to join a high energy and growing team to make a difference in customers' lives and who want to be on the forefront of digital innovation that aims to reinvent what a pharmacy and a health care company can be in the digital world. Currently, we are seeking a technically fluent and strategically minded Backend Capability Product Specialist to own the backend platform, API ecosystem, and third‑party integration layer of our SaaS product suite.

This role sits at the intersection of engineering, business strategy, and market intelligence - driving the development of scalable, interoperable systems that power both internal capabilities and external partner integrations.

The ideal candidate combines deep SaaS platform expertise with a data‑driven approach to prioritization - balancing market trends, ROI potential, and customer needs to build a backend that is a competitive differentiator. Experience with Healthcare technology, EHR/EMR systems, and health data interoperability standards is highly valued.

• Own the product roadmap for backend systems, APIs, and data platform capabilities
• Define API design standards, versioning strategies, and developer experience (DX) principles
• Drive the vision for a scalable, event‑driven microservices architecture in collaboration with engineering leads
• Establish and govern API governance frameworks including authentication, rate limiting, and SLA commitments

• Lead strategy and execution for third‑party integrations, partner APIs, and marketplace ecosystem development
• Identify and prioritize integration opportunities with EHR/EMR platforms (Epic, Cerner, athenahealth, etc.), payer systems, and health data networks
• Collaborate with technical architects to evaluate and adopt interoperability standards:
  • HL7 FHIR R4 / R4B
  • SMART on FHIR
  • Direct Messaging / TEFCA / QHIN participation
• Manage the integration roadmap from vendor evaluation through production go‑live and ongoing lifecycle management

• Monitor and synthesize healthcare technology market trends, regulatory shifts (ONC, CMS), and competitive landscape to inform the backend roadmap
• Evaluate emerging capabilities - including commercial AI model APIs (Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT), generative AI integration, and real‑time data streaming - and translate them into business‑ready features
• Build ROI‑based business cases for platform investments, with quantified impact projections tied to revenue, retention, or efficiency
• Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and pre‑sales teams to understand unmet integration and API needs from the market

• Serve as the primary product owner embedded with backend engineering squads - running sprint planning, backlog grooming, and stakeholder reviews
• Translate complex technical requirements into clear, actionable product specs, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Act as the internal API product evangelist, enabling internal teams to leverage platform capabilities effectively
• Define and track platform KPIs: API adoption, uptime, latency, integration success rates, and developer satisfaction

• At least 7 years of product management experience
• 4+ years focused on backend systems, APIs, or platform products
• Proven track record delivering SaaS platform features at scale - ideally in a B2B or enterprise context
• Deep understanding of RESTful API design, webhooks, async messaging, and modern integration patterns
• Hands‑on experience with API management platforms (e.g., Apigee, AWS API Gateway, Kong, Mule Soft)
• Strong…