Senior Manager, Corporate Strategy

CVS Health Corporation; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health Corporation is seeking a Senior Manager, Market Intelligence to lead end-to-end strategic workstreams and deliver executive-ready recommendations. You will partner with Enterprise Strategy to drive market research, competitive analysis, and M&A evaluation, leveraging AI-enabled tools to accelerate insights and support senior decision-makers.

You'll coach junior colleagues, build alignment across stakeholders, and shape growth opportunities across healthcare, pharmacy and retail

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in market/competitive intelligence, research operations, enterprise or corporate strategy, consulting, or a related strategy/insights function.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex analytical workstreams from scoping through recommendation.
• Strong market research expertise across primary and secondary methodologies.
• Advanced Excel skills, including modeling, scenario analysis, and data interpretation.
• Familiarity with AI tools for research and with market intelligence platforms (e.g., AlphaSense, CB Insights, FactSet).

Responsibilities

• Lead one or more Market Intelligence workstreams by defining scope, structuring plans, and adjusting course as priorities evolve.
• Analyze market trends, competitive dynamics, macroeconomic factors, and growth opportunities to shape strategic recommendations.
• Direct hypothesis-driven analysis, ensuring insights are accurate, timely, and decision-ready.
• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative insights into clear points of view by challenging assumptions, reconciling differing perspectives, and connecting findings to broader strategic implications.
• Craft executive-ready narratives, business cases, and recommendations from complex analysis.
• Develop recurring competitive intelligence and rapid-response analyses for senior leaders, distilling complex market and technology developments into concise insights, presentations, and market landscapes.
• Build stakeholder relationships and facilitate discussions that drive alignment.

Skills

Market intelligence

Strategic analysis

Excel modeling

Executive communication

AI research tools

Project management

Macroeconomic analysis

Leadership coaching

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, or related field

Master’s degree (MBA, MPH, MHA, Economics, or related discipline)

Tools

AlphaSense

CB Insights

FactSet

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 ourselvesaccountable 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 Senior Manager, Market Intelligence will lead strategic workstreams end-to-end, directing team analysis and shaping executive-ready recommendations on the enterprise’s most important growth and corporate development questions. Partnering closely with the Enterprise Strategy team, this role drives market research, competitive analysis, and project management to identify growth opportunities, assess markets, and support M&A and partnership evaluation. The Senior Manager will leverage AI-enabled research and market intelligence tools to accelerate insight generation and inform enterprise decision-making, while coaching junior colleagues and building alignment across senior stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead one or more Market Intelligence workstreams by defining scope, structuring plans, and adjusting course as priorities evolve.
• Analyze market trends, competitive dynamics, macroeconomic factors, and growth opportunities to shape strategic recommendations.
• Direct hypothesis-driven analysis, ensuring insights are accurate, timely, and decision-ready.
• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative insights into clear points of view by challenging assumptions, reconciling differing perspectives, and connecting findings to broader strategic implications.
• Craft executive-ready narratives, business cases, and recommendations from complex analysis.
• Develop recurring competitive intelligence and rapid-response analyses for senior leaders, distilling complex market and technology developments into concise insights, presentations, and market landscapes.
• Build stakeholder relationships and facilitate discussions that drive alignment.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in market/competitive intelligence, research operations, enterprise or corporate strategy, consulting, or a related strategy/insights function.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex analytical workstreams from scoping through recommendation.
• Strong market research expertise across primary and secondary methodologies.
• Advanced Excel skills, including modeling, scenario analysis, and data interpretation.
• Working knowledge of macroeconomic trends and their business implications.
• Proven project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong executive communication skills, including building presentations and business cases for senior audiences.
• Familiarity with AI tools for research and with market intelligence platforms (e.g., AlphaSense, CB Insights, FactSet).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare, pharmacy, insurance, retail health, or life sciences.
• Management consulting or corporate strategy experience.
• Knowledge of AI or advanced analytics to accelerate research.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, or related field.
• Master’s degree (MBA, MPH, MHA, Economics, or related discipline). An advanced degree may reduce experience needed.

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$90,480.00 - $199,144.00

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.

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 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: 10/10/2026

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