Lead Director Enterprise Strategy, Pharmacy & Consumer Wellness

At CVS Health, we’re building a world of health around every consumer and surrounding ourselves with dedicated colleagues who are passionate about transforming health care.

As the nation’s leading health solutions company, we reach millions of Americans through our local presence, digital channels and more than 300,000 purpose-driven colleagues – caring for people where, when and how they choose in a way that is uniquely more connected, more convenient and more compassionate. And we do it all with heart, each and every day.

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. We connect business units to our priorities, both accelerating existing revenue streams and exploring net new areas of growth.

The Lead Director, Enterprise Strategy 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 pharmacy businesses. 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.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Managing cross-functional efforts to identify new white-space opportunities for further corporate investment

• Leading strategy development with the leadership teams of identify new business opportunities and enhance the profitability of existing ventures

• Supporting the stand-up of new strategic initiatives, entities and/or business units

• Communicating strategies and opportunities to C-Suite audiences

• Driving internal optimization efforts within the Pharmacy and Consumer Wellness Portfolio of companies

• Leading ad-hoc, high-priority strategic efforts for the C-Suite team

• Conducting market research and competitive intelligence, utilizing internal and external sources, to inform strategic recommendations

• Developing and maintaining relationships with internal senior leadership teams and key stakeholders

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ 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:

• Retail Pharmacy experience
• 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:

• Bachelor's degree required
• MBA preferred

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