Executive Director, HR Business Partner - Medical Affairs & Enterprise Strategy

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 Executive Director, HR Business Partner, is the strategic HR thought partner for Medical Affairs, Chief Medical Officer & Enterprise Strategy/Investor Relations/Office of the CEO supporting the 2 EVPs and their executive leadership team, under the direction & guidance of the Corp. Functions CPO.  This will report to the VP, HR Corporate Functions and will have one direct report.

Leader will play a critical role developing and executing talent strategies to attract, develop, and retain an engaged, highly effective workforce. Anticipating organization and talent requirements, they will support organizational design, enhance colleague learning opportunities, growth, and mobility. Leader will be a member of the MA & ES/IR/OCEO leadership team, partnering to articulate and shape culture, with a focus on colleague development, engagement, and alignment with enterprise behaviors.

Major Responsibilities

• Deliver strategic consulting to business leaders to foster best in class talent solutions, including succession planning, management practices, workforce, engagement, and organizational design effectiveness strategies that enable business goals and colleague development.

• Build talent bench strength and robust succession planning by consulting on talent selection, onboarding, development, mobility, performance assessment, management, and total rewards supporting talent strategy execution leveraging enterprise and HR COEs and partners. 

• Team with business leaders to organize optimal structure and human capital requirements; evaluate and adjust human capital based on business needs in partnership with Business Leaders.

• Establish and monitor organization and talent metrics aligned to business strategy to inform and drive improved talent strategy and outcomes. Leverage metrics to align on leadership and talent gaps. Inform progress against people goals and efficacy of the HR model and strategy leveraging data.

• Collaborate as a thought partner with enterprise and HR COEs to create simplicity with HR solutions and processes. Enable empowered leaders, streamline HR service, and support prioritizing colleague experience.  Leverage the full suite of HR tools and resources including technology, AI best practices and diverse support models.

• Lead, mentor, and grow a skilled and highly motivated HR team to consistently achieve goals. Drive cadence and routines with leadership team, HR, and key partners to enable talent activities that build organizational capability.

• Establish best-in-class talent practices providing input and materials for Executive Leadership communications, engagement, and talent reviews. Share best practices and actively collaborate across HR. Travel as needed per business demands.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years work experience.

• Comprehensive HR functional experience, with deep capabilities in organizational design, talent management, workplace culture and values, and colleague experience.

• Experience gaining credibility, coaching, influencing, and partnering collaboratively with all levels of leaders (C-Suite preferred).

• Experience identifying business opportunities and translating into comprehensive talent strategies to address needs. Adept at business intelligence.

• Ability to build and sustain strong relationships with multiple and cross-functional partners, coach and develop colleagues at all levels. Experience working within hybrid or complex business and HR structures.

• Experience with talent trends & benchmarks, gathering data, analyzing issues, identifying core causes, and addressing opportunities related to a diverse and dynamic slate of business challenges. Mastery of growth mindset (agility; developing self and others) skills.

• Strong organization and planning skills. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making. Ability to develop, own, and lead effective talent strategies.

• Project and change management skills to respond to short- and long-term business priorities.

• Travel as needed for business 25-50%

• Ability to work Hybrid Model (in office Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursda