Manager, Business Strategy

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Position Summary

The Manager of Business Strategy is a part of the Price and Value Org and is responsible for analyzing discount strategies to create clear, compelling, profitable promotions across the business. This includes organizing and prioritizing key areas of focus to facilities efficient decision making. The Manager will also be responsible for sizing, forecasting, and reporting of promotional initiatives to inform decisioning on scope and scaling. They will provide guidance and direction to category managers and be a thought leader in cross-function partner discussions. This role will also include deriving insights from large sets of data and presenting findings to leadership on a regular basis. This is a strategy and analytics intensive role with the ability to not only uncover discounting opportunities but work cross-functionally to build an executable plan.

This role requires strong analytical skills, comfort with large data sets, excellent communication, and the ability to influence cross-functionally. It offers significant exposure to Category Managers, Merchandising Directors, and partners across Merchandising and Analytics.

Primary Responsibilities

• Developing the current and future-state roadmap and deliverables for Price Value Innovation.
• Leverage best-in‑in‑class analytics tools to tailor discounting strategies to the category and consumer’s needs.
• Identify, develop, size, and execute new opportunities to drive business growth
• Oversee and support the workload and priorities across the team.
• Lead strategic meetings with CMs and cross-functional teams.
• Building test plans for pricing and promo strategies and develop measurement methodologies to size the impact.
• Manipulate large datasets utilizing tools such as SQL, Python, and R

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of working in consulting, retail, or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of experience with MS of Excel, including ability to construct and manipulate pivot tables, financial models, and advanced experience with Excel functions (e.g., v lookup, index, match, etc.)
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to prioritize and deliver on multiple concurrent initiatives that have significant financial impact.
• Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills. Demonstrated ability to synthesize facts and insights into concrete, actionable strategies, and tactical plans.
• Excellent communicator, both verbal and written, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization
• Results driven, with a desire to work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong cross-boundary abilities with the ability to work collaboratively and effectively across organizational boundaries.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of industry trends and best practices.
• Previous experience working with tools such as SQL, Python, and R
• Demonstrated ability to manage a P&L

Education

Bachelors required/ MBA preferred

Anticipated Weekly Hours

40

Time Type

Full time

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$66,330.00 - $145,860.00

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. 
 

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: 04/30/2026

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