Senior Manager, Operations & Strategic Enablement

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.

Position Summary

We are seeking a high-impact strategic operations senior manager to partner closely with theSite Lead for CVS Ireland's R&D organisation

This is a hybrid rolecombining strategic operations, R&D enablement, executive-level coordination, communications, and culture leadershipThe role exists to ensure the site operates with clarity, pace, and cohesion-freeing the Site Lead to focus on strategy, growth, and external engagement while ensuring nothing important drops.

You will act as a force multiplier for the site: translating strategy into action, bringing structure to ambiguity, and ensuring strong alignment across engineering, product and other enterprise stakeholders.

What will you do?

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the Site Lead to enable execution of R&D site strategy and operating plans, translating strategy into coordinated action.

• Translate R&D objectives into clear priorities, tracking progress and surfacing risks early.

• Coordinate cross-functional and cross departmental R&D workstreams to ensure alignment, clarity of ownership, and disciplined execution.

• Enable effective R&D operational governance, supporting planning cycles, portfolio reviews, delivery health forums, and leadership rhythms without introducing unnecessary bureaucracy.

• Prepare and quality-assure materials for executive forums, business reviews, weekly site syncs, and enterprise leadership discussions.

• Act as an operational point of coordination with Government agencies, research institutions and Universities for R&D matters, supporting site reviews, governance, and investment narratives.

• Coordinate governance and reporting for R&D commitments, including headcount, capability development, and innovation outcomes, in collaboration with Finance, Legal, and R&D leaders.

• Ensure operational readiness for audits, reviews, and RD&I information requests, maintaining evidence-based documentation and clear accountability.

• Support culture, engagement, and site communications, reinforcing a high-performing, inclusive R&D culture as the organisation scales.

• Provide operational support and financial coordination for site charity and community initiatives, ensuring appropriate governance, budgeting discipline, and sustainable local partnerships.

We are looking for someone with:

• 5+ years in roles spanning strategic operations, program management, R&D operations, consulting, or business/operations management

• Experience supporting R&D organisations (healthcare, medtech, or regulated environments a plus)

• Proven success working closely with senior leadersin ambiguous, fast-moving environments

• Demonstrated ability to influence without formal authority

• Strong systems thinker-able to see the big picture while managing detail where it matters

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with excellent experience creating visual presentations and reports.

• Highly organised with a track record of bringing order to complexity

• Comfortable balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution

• Able to move effortlessly between executive conversations, operational detail and people and culture topics

Personal Attributes

• Trusted, discreet, and values-driven

• Proactive, curious, and anticipatory

• Collaborative but confident-able to challenge constructively

• Deeply aligned to purpose-driven, people-first cultures

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:
€65,000.00 - €165,000.00

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 19/06/2026