Senior Manager - Release Engineering

Position Summary:

CVS Health is seeking an experienced and strategic leader to oversee Release Engineering for the Pharmacy & Consumer Wellness. This role oversees the continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, building infrastructure, and deployment processes. This leader builds the technical and cultural ecosystem that enables engineers to deliver high-quality, secure, and reliable software quickly and efficiently. The ideal candidate will drive architectural alignment, risk mitigation, and process optimization championing automation and governance across the IT organization.

• Hire, mentor, and grow a team of release engineers while building a culture of operational excellence, psychological safety, and continuous learning.
• Design, scale, and maintain end-to-end build infrastructure and deployment automation—from code commit to production.
• Define deployment standards, gating criteria, version control, and compliance/audit checkpoints without bottlenecking developer velocity.
• Drive improvements in key Dev Ops metrics such as Deployment Frequency, Lead Time, Mean Time to Recovery, and Change Failure Rate.
• Partner with Product, Security, Compliance, and Platform teams to align release processes with business objectives and infrastructure needs.
• Oversee change control processes, complex multi-team dependency mapping, and deployment safety measures such as canary releases, feature flags, and rollbacks.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and defect remediation in partnership with IT and business stakeholders.

• 7+ years of senior software engineering leadership experience, with people management skills in high-growth or high-availability environments.
• 3+ years of deep hands-on background in CI/CD systems (e.g., Git Hub Actions, Jenkins, Harness), cloud platforms (Azure, GCP) and containerization (Kubernetes, Docker).
• 3+ years of experience optimizing complex build systems and branching/merging strategies.
• 3+ years of experience bridging the gap between engineering depth and business impact.
• 3+ years of experience focused on automation and customer service excellence.

• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, including executive-level engagement and ability to lead cross-functional teams, including offshore/onshore vendor teams.
• Experience implementing and improving SRE metrics in distributed environments.

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or equivalent work experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience).

The typical pay range for this role is: $ - $. This 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 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. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.

Final date to receive applications: 07/26/2026.