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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.

CVS Health is seeking a strategic and influential leader to serve as Associate Vice President, Life Sciences Innovation, focused on deepening partnerships with pharmaceutical manufacturers. This executive will act as the primary liaison between CVS Health and senior leadership at pharmaceutical manufacturers, translating their business objectives into innovative, data-driven collaboration opportunities that deliver mutual value and improve patient access to therapies.

Key Responsibilities

• Represent CVS Health with credibility and confidence in high-level discussions with pharmaceutical executives, cultivating trusted, long-term relationships that result in new strategic partnerships annually.

• Translate manufacturer needs and market signals into actionable business opportunities aligned with CVS Health’s capabilities and growth priorities.

• Collaborate with life sciences companies to design and pilot patient and provider engagement programs that address unmet needs and demonstrate product value, with new pilots and measurable improvements in patient adherence or satisfaction.

• Partner with Trade negotiators to ensure patient access to complex and limited-distribution therapies, leveraging CVS Health’s franchise framework and end-to-end support, resulting in measurable increase in therapy access across key therapeutic areas.

• Lead the development of insights publications and Executive briefings on manufacturer strategy and drug pipeline trends with quarterly deliverables that reach 500+ industry stakeholders.

• Synthesize internal and external intelligence—including market share, pipeline, and channel dynamics to inform CVS Health’s strategic positioning and support enterprise-level decisions.

Qualifications & Expertise

• 10+ years of experience in Strategy, Management Consulting, Corporate Development, or Pharma Market Access.

• Proven Success in roles with P&L responsibility or direct revenue impact exceeding $25M annually.

• Deep understanding of pharmaceutical industry economics, supply chain dynamics, and payer-pharma-pharmacy relationships.

• Experience at a pharmaceutical company and/or in management consulting highly valued.

• Strong executive presence with a track record of influencing C-suite stakeholders and securing cross-functional alignment.

• Demonstrated success in leading teams of 5+ direct reports and mentoring junior talent, with measurable improvements in team engagement and performance.

• Proven ability to generate new ideas, build business cases, and lead initiatives from concept to in-market launch with at least 3 successful product or program launches.

• Track record of securing $10M+ in investment funding for innovative initiatives.

• Expertise in business development strategy and generating data insights, with quantifiable impact on pricing, access, or formulary decisions.

• Ability to generate actionable insights from complex data sets, contributing to measurable improvement in strategic forecasting accuracy.

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$157,800.00 - $363,936.00

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: 11/07/2025

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.