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Medical Director, Medical Affairs

CVS Health

Remote · USFull-time$174–375K/yrPosted 2w agoStill listed 1w ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$174–375K/yr
Location
Remote · US
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Family Or Internal Medicine Board Certification, requiredUnrestricted Medical License, requiredDoctorate, required

Job overview

CVS Health’s Medical Affairs department provides clinical support and oversight across the enterprise and its PBM. The Medical Director reviews clinical cases and coverage requests, makes evidence-based coverage determinations, and supports utilization reviews, appeals, quality oversight, clinical programs, and policy revisions. The role may also provide client consultation and conduct clinical investigations or literature reviews. It is a full-time, remote work-from-home opportunity.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Clinical Judgment, nice to haveMedical Literature Evaluation, nice to haveEvidence-Based Guidelines, nice to haveClinical Information Synthesis, nice to haveMedical Statistics, requiredRegulatory Agencies, requiredAnalytic Programs, requiredManaged Care, nice to haveHealth Administration, nice to haveTeamwork, nice to haveMS Office Suite, nice to have

Qualifications

Family or Internal Medicine Board Certification, required5 Years Clinical Experience, required2 Years Clinical Outcomes Experience, requiredUnrestricted Medical License, required5 Years Management or Clinical Experience, nice to haveMaster's in Public Health Administration or MBA, nice to haveUM/QA Certification, nice to haveAccredited Medical School Graduate, requiredResidency Program Graduate, requiredCurrent Continuing Medical Education, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match

Full job description

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, a Fortune 6 company, has an outstanding opportunity for a Medical Director (Medical Affairs).

This is a full-time, remote based, work from home opportunity.

The Medical Affairs department provides clinical business support to the entire enterprise and provides clinical oversight and mentorship for CVS Health clinical programs, PBM Clinical Quality activities, consultative support to the P&T process, formulary development, drug information services and pipeline activities, and clinical leadership to various internal departments (e.g., specialty pharmacy services, clinical product development, Enterprise Analytics, Compliance, Legal, Accreditation) and clients.

Job Description

Medical Directors at CVS Health are encouraged to model the highest levels of clinical integrity, knowledge and cross functional thinking, and decision making. Medical Directors represent the clinical decision making and professional thought process of the prescriber as a partner across the enterprise’s decisions and planning.

Medical Directors are responsible for reviewing a broad range of clinical cases and coverage requests, including specialty medications, oncology therapies, biologics, and newly marketed drugs. Success in this role requires a strong clinical foundation, sound medical judgment, and the ability to efficiently identify, evaluate, and apply current medical literature and evidence-based guidelines. Medical Directors must be able to synthesize complex clinical information, assess the strength of available evidence, and make objective, well-supported coverage determinations that are clinically appropriate, consistent, and evidence based.

The Medical Director will report to a Senior Medical Director in the Medical Affairs Department and is responsible for clinical support and consultative activities across the PBM. In this role you may provide consultative clinical support to Account Management in support of Key Clients as assigned.

Directors will spend a portion of most days completing assigned medication utilization reviews and/or medical necessity appeals for commercial clients, governmental (Medicare/Medicaid) programs and individual client requested coverage determinations or appeals when appropriate. Peer to peer conversations may be required at times. If specifically assigned to one business segment (i.e., Medicare clients), each director will become sufficiently skilled in various UM programs to support other segments (including commercial and Medicaid) on evening and weekend coverage.

Medical Directors will participate in inter-rater review activities and other quality oversight processes for internal Director UM decisions.

Each Director may be responsible for providing oversight of a portion of CVS Health's clinical programs and commercial client program support and may share in reviews of utilization management criteria and clinical policy revisions/reviews.

Medical Directors may perform a share of special clinical investigations and research as requested by the Senior Medical Director. These projects can include brief reviews of published literature around specific pharmaceutical questions or more in-depth projects requiring collaboration with pharmacists within Medical Affairs and in business units outside of the Department.

Required Qualifications

  • Family Medicine or Internal Medicine Board Certification is REQUIRED. Additional subspecialty board certification is strongly preferred.

  • Minimum of 5 years of clinical experience in direct patient care.

  • 2 or more years proven experience in clinical outcomes, with a solid understanding of medical statistics, regulatory agencies, and analytic programs

  • Unrestricted license to practice medicine in the state in which the candidate is located.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Combination of five years of management and/or clinical experience in a managed care environment and health administration, including adequate clinical experience in direct patient care and working with professionals at different levels as teammates (e.g., RNs, PharmDs, etc.).

  • ABMS or AOA Board Certified in a Internal medicine or Family Medicine

  • Master’s Degree in Public Health Administration or MBA preferred, UM/QA certification desired

  • Proficiency in MS Office Suite

Education

  • Must be graduate of an accredited Medical School and Residency Program

  • Possess an unrestricted active license to practice medicine in a State, Territory, Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia

  • Required annual Continuing Medical Education (CME) up to date and must remain current in medical and management areas during employment

Pay Range The typical pay range for this role is:

$174,070.00 - $374,920.00 This pay range 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 position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company’s equity award program.

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.

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. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility. Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 11/30/2026

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,703 open Medical Director jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 14, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$174–375K/yr
  • Illinois median$182–313K/yr57 salary ranges
  • US median$228–356K/yr1,022 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $274K, is 9% above the Illinois median midpoint ($252K) — in the middle half of Medical Director salary ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 62 open Medical Director jobs in Illinois and 1,703 across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Medical Director postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (963 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a doctorate or professional degree; 1,199 of the 1,703 open Medical Director jobs (70%) ask for a doctorate or professional degree.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 14, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.

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