Manager, Front Store Category Marketing Strategy

CVS Health; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 66,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health in Chicago is seeking a Manager, Front Store Marketing Strategy – Category Growth, to lead omni-channel marketing initiatives across digital, email, in-store, and social media to grow front-store categories. You will partner with cross-functional teams, develop competitive analyses, and translate insights into campaigns that drive shopper engagement and ROI.

This role requires strong communication, analytical skills, and the ability to manage multiple channels while ensuring brand and

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of marketing experience with retailer and consumer understanding.
• 2+ years of retail marketing or retail agency/strategy experience.
• 1+ years of digital marketing experience.
• Proven track record of delivering positive ROI with internal and external partners.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with strong presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop the marketing strategy with competitive analysis and channel optimization.
• Lead tactics across earned, owned, and paid media including email, paid media, social, PR, influencer, and in-store.
• Manage relationships with cross-functional partners to meet deadlines.
• Measure campaigns with analytics and optimize for results.
• Synthesize insights to identify growth opportunities and adjust strategy.
• Ensure content meets channel specifications and brand guidelines.
• Proactively drive initiatives and negotiate across teams.
• Support annual marketing plans for category growth.
• Stay current on retail and marketing industry trends.

Skills

Omni-channel marketing

Digital marketing

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

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

At CVS Health, we are a health care innovation company focused on helping people on their path to better health and are looking for innovative marketing leaders who think big and push boundaries to drive business results always with the consumer at the center of everything we do. We’re looking for a dynamic marketer with a background in Omni-channel, digital to retail, to help develop game-changing ideas to grow engagement with innovative retail solutions. Sounds like you? Read on.

What you’ll do:

As the Manager, Front Store Marketing Strategy – Category Growth, you’ll be part of the team focused on driving CVS Front Store business utilizing marketing solutions across paid (e.g. Digital, SEM/ SEO, Social, Radio, TV), owned (e.g. email, in-store) and earned (e.g. influencers) channels to support category growth marketing strategy.

The manager will play a critical role in supporting marketing efforts and working cross-functionally to help ensure marketing initiatives deliver the necessary business and consumer outcomes on-time and on-strategy. Partnering closely with the Sr. Manager, FS Marketing Strategy you will drive omni-channel retail trips. This role will report to the Sr. Manager, FS Marketing Strategy and will work closely with many cross-functional partners including Merchandising, Social, Influencer, PR, Digital, Loyalty & Personalization, CMX, Store Operations, Finance, Legal, and external agencies.

Responsibilities:

Working closely with the Sr. Marketing Manager and business partners across the organization, the Front Store Marketing Manager will specifically be responsible for the following:

• Partner with the Sr. Marketing Manager in developing the marketing strategy by preparing competitive analysis, leveraging analytics to recommend campaign optimizations, and putting together materials to communicate strategy to both internal and external partners.
• Lead execution of marketing strategies and tactics across earned, owned and paid channels. Develop insight-led briefs that clearly define the target audience, customer proposition, desired behavior, messaging, channel roles, and success measures. Tactics include email, paid media, affiliate, social, PR, influencer, direct mail, in-store, and more.
• Manage and develop strong, collaborative relationships with business partners across the organization to ensure marketing initiatives meet deadlines.
• Leverage analytics to measure campaign success and support optimization to deliver desired results.
• Synthesize customer, category, competitive, loyalty, media, and campaign-performance insights to identify growth opportunities and recommend changes to audience, message, offer, channel mix, and investment.
• Must understand how to create content to a channel’s technical specifications and how to properly advise creative to build to specifications.
• Act as an independent self-starter and anticipate requests to properly execute projects and initiatives.
• Be able to negotiate compromises, have difficult conversations and manage up/across/down within and across teams in a positive and collaborative spirit.
• Ensure all marketing materials are on-strategy and meet marketing, brand, and legal guidelines.
• Proactively self-educate around retail and marketing industry trends to identify best practice opportunities and influence marketing strategies.
• Support development of annual marketing plans in support of category growth activations, helping to define the key initiatives for the segment for ongoing campaigns.

Required Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of marketing experience with a strong foundation of business, retailer, and consumer understanding
• 2+ years of retail marketing or retail agency/strategy experience
• 1+ years of digital marketing experience
• Proven track record of the ability to work collaboratively with internal and external business partners in delivering positive ROI results
• Creative critical thinker & problem solver who can incorporate new learnings into existing plans and act decisively and independently
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem‑solving environment
• Intellectual curiosity about the customer, customer journey and customer experience
• Self‑motivated, high‑capacity individual who can function and in a demanding, performance‑driven environment
• Excellent communication skills that can be effectively articulated in both written and oral forms across a diverse audience
• Strong PC knowledge including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ years of brand or category management experience
• 1+ years of shopper marketing experience
• MBA

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Anticipated Weekly Hours

40

Time Type

Full time

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$66,330.00 - $159,120.00

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.

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 (https://learn.bswift.com/cvshealth-mainland) .

Application Deadline

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 11/30/2026

Eligibility

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

Equal Opportunity Statement

CVS Health is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, including Disability/Protected Veteran — committed to diversity in the workplace.