Front Store Strategy and Partnerships, Director

Job Description
CVS Health continues to experience tremendous growth! We currently have an important opportunity for a Director, Front Store Strategy and Partnerships. Does being on the inside of a transformational organization sound exciting to you? CVS Health is the nation’s world-class health innovation company with a purpose of helping people on their path to better health. CVS is pioneering a results-oriented new approach to total health by making quality care more affordable, accessible, simple and seamless. For millions of Americans, their healthcare journey begins at one of our 8,000+ retail stores, and our goal is to help each of our customers take that next step in their self-care journey. We're passionate about driving multi-million dollar enterprise-wide growth and have developed a clearly defined strategy for the future.

In this strategic role, you will lead the development and execution of key growth initiatives. This team will be driving real transformation in our stores. You will be developing the next generation of our Retail Strategy, with a particular focus on growth initiatives that will allow CVS to compete in a digital world. You will come up with solutions that will help us grow by leveraging the best of CVS Pharmacy, Minute Clinic, and other business enterprises. We believe CVS is well positioned to challenge and win in this omni-channel world by leveraging our 9,700 stores and 80 Million ExtraCare members and other digital assets.


YOUR PRIMARY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:
- Provide thought leadership into the design of CVS’s future state vision for contending in a digital world, alongside other leaders and partners within the business

- Analyze internal and external data sources in order to identify, refine and size potential partnership opportunities

- Identify, create, and develop new concepts/opportunities that are aligned to our future vision

- Develop robust business cases to support and prioritize new concepts/opportunities

- Develop presentations to communicate vision and opportunities to all levels of the organization

- Engage and influence leaders across CVS functions in order to build alignment around retail strategy vision, design and implementation

- Lead all or part of our new growth ideas through critical stages (e.g., pilot, scale and ramp-up)

Required Qualifications
- 3+ yrs. in a post-MBA capacity at a top management consulting firm or in leadership roles in the healthcare / retail industry with consulting background

Preferred Qualifications
The successful candidate will be able to identify and define business problems and issues, and develop strategic, analytical, and financial frameworks to conduct analysis. Have a validated capability to conduct and lead quantitative portfolio and growth analysis. A passion for Healthcare and retail. The ability to communicate effectively and succinctly, both verbally and on paper, and with all levels of an organization. Possess a consistent track record of engaging, influencing and aligning senior executives.

- Be modest in nature, recognizing the accomplishments of the team before the individual

- Be highly motivated and possess vision and enthusiasm

- Be comfortable acting as an individual contributor and as a team manager (Player/Coach)

- Understand how to deliver on short time frames and be committed to meeting deadlines “no matter what”

- Communicate in an open and transparent way that quickly builds trust and respect

- Possess an entrepreneurial spirit

- Be comfortable on his/her feet making presentations

Education
BA or BS required; MBA or other advanced degree preferred