Lead Director, New Business Development, Life Sciences Innovation

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🕒 July 10

🌵 Arizona, Illinois, +3 more states – Remote

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💵 $100k - $231.5k / year

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🟠 Senior

💰 Business Development (BDR)

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CVS Health

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1963

🏥 Healthcare

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🛒 Retail

Healthcare • Healthcare Insurance • Retail

CVS Health is a leading American healthcare company dedicated to improving health access and affordability. The company focuses on a comprehensive approach that includes health services, health insurance, and pharmacy benefits management. Through its subsidiaries, such as Aetna and CVS Caremark, CVS Health offers a range of services that facilitate wellness, condition management, and affordable prescription drug coverage. CVS Health operates neighborhood pharmacies, provides mail-order pharmacy services, and manages specialty medication programs, aiming to make healthcare convenient and accessible for everyone. Driven by a mission to connect people with essential care services, CVS Health is committed to fostering healthier communities and supporting the wellbeing of all individuals.

📋 Description

• The Lead Director, New Business Development, is a strategic leadership role responsible for advancing enterprise growth through innovative partnerships with pharmaceutical manufacturers. • As a key member of the Life Sciences Innovation team, this leader supports the Executive Director, New Business Development, Life Sciences Innovation by evaluating partnership opportunities from external companies, internal leadership priorities, and enterprise strategy teams. • The role also helps define the vision and strategy for pharma-facing initiatives, develop business cases, and advance new programs from concept through execution. • The Lead Director, Life Sciences Innovation is expected to be entrepreneurial, analytical, and skilled at translating insights from diverse data sources into innovative business opportunities. • This leader will manage a high-performing team of two Senior Managers while building strong cross-functional relationships across the enterprise. • To support enterprise growth goals, the team will monitor healthcare trends, identify where CVS Health is best positioned to win, develop business cases for priority ideas, and incubate and launch high-impact initiatives. • Success in this role requires strategic thinking, deep understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturer challenges, strong business and financial acumen, and the ability to identify innovative models that address evolving market needs. • The Lead Director must possess strong executive presence, credibility with internal and external partners, and the ability to build alignment across enterprise teams with competing priorities while maintaining momentum through ambiguity and risk.

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in Strategy and/or Corporate Development within healthcare, with focus on expertise and experience working in the PBM or pharmaceutical segments. • 10+ years of overall professional experience • Demonstrated experience developing analyses, presentations, and support material to successfully recommend strategy or change initiatives and ability to generate new ideas and new potential deals • Demonstrated experience in bringing new, ‘non-traditional’ ideas to leadership and successfully obtaining buy-in (e.g., investment) • Strong executive presence with the ability to effectively influence, communicate, and present to senior leaders both internally and with external business partners. • Demonstrated ability to develop strong relationships across all levels within an organization and with relevant external constituents • Demonstrated analytical, communication, and entrepreneurial skillsets; must operate comfortably in ambiguous environments • Demonstrated understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturer business challenges, with the ability to proactively identify and deliver innovative, value‑driven solutions. • Direct leadership of people or matrix leadership of stakeholder partners • Ability to manage risk, ambiguity, and competing priorities in a fast‑paced environment while maintaining focus and execution momentum. • Mature problem solving, analytical, oral and written communication, and presentation skills; advanced MS Office skills • At least 5 years of experience in managed care which may include PBM, Pharma, market access, account management, specialty pharmacy, or health plan experience. • MBA or management consulting experience.

🏖️ Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision coverage • paid time off • retirement savings options • wellness programs • comprehensive benefits package