Bring your heart to CVS Health. Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver. Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable. **Position Summary** The Lead Director, Strategic Planning supports the Executive Director in initiatives that significantly impact company strategy enabling PCW (Pharmacy Consumer Wellness) & Enterprise Brand Strategy to be competitive in the marketplace and effectively serve its customers. The role will assist with Executive leadership updates and collaboration across the Enterprise to optimize the achievement of strategic business objectives. Acts independently to address issues, guide direction, and provide analysis for management initiatives. **Responsible for:** + Installing best in class policies, procedures, and management processes for the PCW and Enterprise Brand Strategy CMO. + Management of the end-to-end strategic planning process including project management, synthesis of data, key insights and strategic formulation. + Integrate relevant data and information and apply the findings to positively impact our business and function along with share key insights and actions based on data and metrics. + Ad Hoc Leadership reporting (including financial performance/ budget, marketing activity and industry trends). + Facilitation of effective communications (verbal and written) within marketing and externally with business partners ensuring seamless coordination and alignment. + Developing effective communication vehicles (presentations in the form of slides, plans, etc.) to advance the organization’s strategic objectives. + Leading and managing all aspects of a strategic project such as planning, coordination, development, and implementation. + Tracking progress and communicating project status on a regular basis, anticipating, and surfacing issues, proposing solutions as required. + Managing cross-enterprise initiatives as assigned, providing analysis, guidance, and direction within areas of expertise; and developing relationships with cross-functional team members + Proactively identifying opportunities for improvement across the PCW and Enterprise Brand Strategy team. + May mentor and/or manage others. **Required Qualifications** + 8+ years of work experience with consulting and strategic background **Preferred Qualifications** + Proven project management skills and track record in meeting project milestones. Demonstrated ability to lead complex initiatives with minimal oversight. Adept at execution and delivery (planning, delivering, and supporting) skills + Experience with enterprise-wide and/or cross-functional large-scale initiatives with high degree of complexity + Mastery of problem solving and decision-making skills + Demonstrated relationship management skills at peer and executive levels within an organization + Demonstrated experience developing analysis, presentations and support material to successfully implement strategy or change initiatives + Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills with the ability to adjust approach to accommodate your audience **Education** + Bachelor’s degree OR equivalent (4 years’ experience and High School Diploma/GED) required. + Masters preferred **Pay Range** The typical pay range for this role is: $100,000.00 - $231,540.00 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. In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities. The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits. Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees. The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners. As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies. For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit Benefits | CVS Health (https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits) We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 01/31/2025 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.