Enterprise Strategy Lead

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Position Summary

The Enterprise Strategy team is responsible for helping steward the development of the company’s long-term strategy and associated priorities, connecting each business unit to those priorities, exploring white space opportunities for growth, and connecting the dots across businesses to accelerate existing revenue streams. Our team has a unique opportunity to sit on the cutting edge of CVS Health’s future aspirations and enable our future strategy, specifically in pharmacy, health services, and technology. We connect business units to our priorities, both accelerating existing revenue streams and exploring net new areas of growth.

The Enterprise Strategy Lead (Sr. Manager) will play a pivotal role to supporting new growth initiatives and enabling execution of key strategic priorities. You will operate within a nimble team dedicated to top priority strategic initiatives with executive leadership visibility. You will closely partner with business stakeholders across our core businesses, including Caremark, Retail Pharmacy and new strategic ventures across Health Care Delivery. This role requires comfort in working with ambiguity, as our team strives to create simplicity within complex, cross-functional strategic challenges. You will utilize market insights alongside CVS-focused expertise to help chart the path forward for a vertically integrated health care company.

The Enterprise Strategy team is looking for a dynamic and creative team member who is passionate about driving change across the healthcare industry and improving health outcomes. This role is a great fit for an out-of-the-box thinker who is intellectually curious, self-motivated, entrepreneurial, adaptable, and high-energy who can easily function in a demanding, rapidly evolving business and organizational environment. This role is an excellent opportunity for mentorship and personal development from a senior team of highly experienced industry experts.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead key qualitative and quantitative analyses, creating cohesive storylines and actionable recommendations to deliver value to our customers, clients, and shareholders
• Drive identification and development of new growth opportunities, including scanning market developments, remaining current on healthcare and consumer trends, and tracking new innovation and potential disruptors
• Effectively synthesize insights and develop materials to support senior executive-level decision-making, both within existing CVS Health business units and across the Enterprise
• Support process management for business unit leadership, including goals tracking and agenda development for executive leadership forums
• Conduct research and competitive intelligence, utilizing internal and external sources, to inform strategic recommendations
• Collaborate across the Enterprise Strategy team and with business partners across CVS, building strong relationships and effectively partnering with Finance and Operations stakeholders to translate strategy into execution 

Required Qualifications

• 4 years of experience in a dynamic, fast-moving profession; related experience within management consulting, corporate development, financial analysis, public policy, product development, mergers and acquisitions, or similar role(s)
• Expertise in storyboarding and logically framing presentations, both in written deliverables and in facilitating live discussions
• Executive presence: demonstrated ability to actively listen, empathize, and communicate effectively
• Comfort in ambiguity; demonstrated ability to simplify complex problems and concepts
• Comfort working in a matrixed environment and in managing competing priorities; demonstrated ability to juggle concurrent projects and prioritize effectively
• Ability to “manage up”, influencing internal and external partners, often more senior in job title

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of payor, provider, and product segments of the healthcare and pharmacy industry
• Growth mindset and commitment to deepening expertise across the healthcare industry
• Demonstrated ability developing analysis, presentations, and supporting material to successfully implement strategy or change management initiatives
• Experience building and evaluating financial models

Education

• BA/BS degree required

• MBA preferred

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

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. 
 
In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities.  The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits.  Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees.  The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners.  As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies. 
 
For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit jobs.CVSHealth.com/benefits

CVS Health requires certain colleagues to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (including any booster shots if required), where allowable under the law, unless they are approved for a reasonable accommodation based on disability, medical condition, religious belief, or other legally recognized reasons that prevents them from being vaccinated. 

You are required to have received at least one COVID-19 shot prior to your first day of employment and to provide proof of your vaccination status or apply for a reasonable accommodation within the first 10 days of your employment. Please note that in some states and roles, you may be required to provide proof of full vaccination or an approved reasonable accommodation before you can begin to actively work.

CVS Health is committed to recruiting, hiring, developing, advancing, and retaining individuals with disabilities. As such, we strive to provide equal access to the benefits and privileges of employment, including the provision of a reasonable accommodation to perform essential job functions. CVS Health can provide a request for a reasonable accommodation, including a qualified interpreter, written information in other formats, translation or other services through ColleagueRelations@CVSHealth.com If you have a speech or hearing disability, please call 7-1-1 to utilize Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS). We will make every effort to respond to your request within 48 business hours and do everything we can to work towards a solution. 

Salary : $86,700 - $187,000