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Position Summary:

As a Corporate Development Lead Director, you will lead the M&A integration function of a diligence exercise for acquisitions and divestitures. This role will allow you to be responsible for forecasting the business needs and assisting with hiring a mixed team of employees and vendors for a divestiture or acquisition execution post-closing.  You will be responsible for ensuring appropriate cross functional areas are involved timely and appropriately, be accountable for delivering outputs according to the transaction schedule, and for evaluating all transaction documents for post close execution smoothly, including but not limited to designing documents governing transitional periods for an acquisition or divestiture.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze, interpret, and summarize transaction legal documents and contracts

• Understands and can resolve disputes or issues with internal and external stakeholders resulting from a transaction

• Proactively identifies process improvement opportunities

• Forecasts transaction-related costs and oversees transaction-related spend during a transition period

• Independently influences business leader(s) to act or change behavior through negotiations and/or consultation that promotes issue resolution

• Independently facilitates relationships and negotiations with buyer or seller parties post-closing; able to make independent decisions and escalate items when appropriate

• Communicates compelling and concise results to empower cross functional groups in decision making regarding initiative opportunities

• Builds relationships with internal and external stakeholders in a way that results in positive outcomes for all

• Assesses challenges for their financial and relationship impact and drives them to closure

• Conducts thorough business case and external customer value analysis to determine selection, prioritization positioning and approach for broadest range of potential solutions (eg. outsourcing, process improvements, technology solutions)

• Evaluates vendor and customer contracts to determine and eliminate roadblocks in migration and to direct appropriate disposition of use and/or transfer

• Formally reports status, issues, risks, and changes upward and to appropriate audiences to drive closure

• Provides continuous coaching, direction, feedback and development for other consultants, matrixed staff and/or external vendors as required

• Drives or guides engagement using a disciplined repeatable methodology

• Develops and delivers all required analysis, reporting and presentation materials

• Gathers, analyzes and synthesizes business intelligence to drive achievement of transaction objectives

• Facilitates diverse internal and external networks, as appropriate, for data gathering and best practice identification

• Leverages internal and external networking to drive optimal initiative results and knowledge/best practice transfer

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years’ experience with several of the following methodologies: management consulting, project consulting, business process consulting, financial strategic analysis, mergers and acquisitions, strategic business planning, and/or risk management consulting

• Demonstrated relationship management skills at the senior level; capacity to quickly build and maintain credible relationships at varying levels of the organization simultaneously

• Demonstrated leadership with relevant initiatives: Business process, enterprise business project management/consulting, financial strategic planning and analysis, mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, risk management

• Demonstrated superior business process, project management and organizational redesign experience

• Demonstrated experience successfully implementing change in complex organizations

• Experience with enterprise-wide and/or cross-functional large-scale initiatives with high degree of complexity

• Ability to travel up to 10% (including by plane)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience in healthcare industry experience

• M&A experience

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree with focus on business, IT, or Finance; equivalent years of related professional work experience may substitute

• Master’s degree in finance or business preferred, but not required

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$144,200.00 - $288,400.00

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. 
 

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Great benefits for great people

We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.

This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.

Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 07/24/2026

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