Executive Director, Trade Strategy & Partnerships

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. The Executive Director, Trade Strategy & Partnerships, is a highly visible role responsible for sourcing, structuring, and executing new business ventures to advance CVS Health’s financial and strategic goals at the functional and corporate level. This strategic innovator will lead a small team that is tasked with leveraging CVS Health’s size and scale to focus on new opportunities for reducing the costs of goods and making pharmaceuticals more accessible for CVS customers, clients, members, and patients across the CVS Health enterprise. Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure all components of new Trade Strategy & Operations ventures are aligned with Enterprise Strategy and CVS Health initiatives.
• Source unique business venture deals to meet these strategic goals, prioritize opportunities by size and value and align all stakeholders and operational execution support.
• Sourcing and contracting responsibilities will include, but not limited to, cold calling potential partners/investors, defining and designing term sheets and crafting core deal documents. Required Qualifications:
• 10 + years of experience in the healthcare arena
• Management Consulting, Investment Banking, Venture Capital, or Private Equity experience in the healthcare arena will be required
• Possess a strong understanding of business dynamics at the intersection of pharmaceutical, pharmacy, and payer counterparties.
• Must understand pharmaceutical industry and supply chain economics
• Demonstrated history of strategic and creative deal sourcing/closing
• Demonstrated experience forming and leading deal teams comprised of internal and external partners through strategic partnerships and joint ventures.
• Nimble identifier, manager, and navigator of internal and external stakeholders, ensuring venture portfolio alignment across CVS Health (e.g. Enterprise Strategy, Corporate Development and Health Ventures)
• Expert manager of internal and external subject matter experts (e.g. finance, legal, external advisors), engaging the right experts at the right time to drive timely deal closure
• Strong influencing skills Education:
• Bachelor’s Degree Pay Range The typical pay range for this role is: $131,500.00 - $303,195.00 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 our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits – investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include: Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan. No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching. Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility. For more information, visit https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 09/11/2025 Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws. Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.

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