JOB DESCRIPTION

This program is a 10-week full-time opportunity that starts on June 6th, 2022 and will end on August 12, 2022. At CVS Health, we are joined in a common purpose: helping people on their path to better health. We are working to transform health care through innovations that make quality care more accessible, easier to use, less expensive, and patient focused. Working together and organizing around the individual, we are pioneering a new approach to total health that puts people at the heart. You will gain valuable work experience and participate in:

• Projects that contribute to the success of our business
• Community service activities
• Professional development workshops
• Mentorship and networking opportunities
• Interaction with senior leaders

And our corporate interns have an increased likelihood to receive an offer for a future role with CVS Health. About this business area:

The Trade Strategy Team is a newly formed team that was created to protect and grow $30B in cost of goods and drive outsize growth in CVS’s current portfolio of $300 million in new initiatives (e.g. pharmaceutical data products), meeting growth targets through 2025. The team is responsible for articulating the vision and strategy for Pharmaceutical Contracting and Purchasing (Trade) organization, developing business cases and executing new initiatives, and delivering thought leadership via whitepapers/executive overviews on relevant topics. You will work on:

• The Trade Strategy intern will support the development and execution of the Trade Strategy. Scope of work will include:
• Support development and execution of Trade growth strategy: Develop deep understanding within PBM/Trade to ‘see around corners’ as to where the market will be heading, consolidating insights and developing products to achieve market advantages.
• Create business cases for new initiatives: Design, construct, and execute analyses to meet business case requirements using data that will often be self-sourced through observations, tests, interviews, and custom data pulls.
• Manage new growth opportunities: Engage cross-functionally across the organization to design solutions, develop test and implementation plans, drive results, and resolve issues encountered by the team
• Produce thought leadership per executive requests: Research, draw relevant insights, and prepare responses (white papers, etc.) for senior enterprise stakeholders on inquiries relevant to trade strategy"

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Meet educational requirements (see education section)
• 2+ years of professional work experience
• Experience with spreadsheets, databases, and presentation software

COVID REQUIREMENTS

COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENT

CVS Health requires its Colleagues in certain positions to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (including any booster shots if required), where allowable under the law, unless they are approved for a reasonable accommodation based on disability, medical condition, pregnancy, or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated.

• If you are vaccinated, you are required to have received at least one COVID-19 shot prior to your first day of employment and to provide proof of your vaccination status within the first 30 days of your employment. For the two COVID-19 shot regimen, you will be required to provide proof of your second COVID-19 shot within the first 60 days of your employment. Failure to provide timely proof of your COVID-19 vaccination status will result in the termination of your employment with CVS Health.

• If you are unable to be fully vaccinated due to disability, medical condition, pregnancy, or religious belief, you will be required to apply for a reasonable accommodation within the first 30 days of your employment in order to remain employed with CVS Health. As a part of this process, you will be required to provide information or documentation about the reason you cannot be vaccinated. If your request for an accommodation is not approved, then your employment may be terminated.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated leadership experience and initiative
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills
• Previous consulting, healthcare, and or retail experience preferred but not required

EDUCATION

• You should currently be pursuing an MBA
• Have an anticipated graduation date between September 2022 and August 2023

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

At CVS Health, we are joined in a common purpose: helping people on their path to better health. We are working to transform health care through innovations that make quality care more accessible, easier to use, less expensive and patient-focused. Working together and organizing around the individual, we are pioneering a new approach to total health that puts people at the heart.

We strive to promote and sustain a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging every day. CVS Health is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring or promotion based on race, ethnicity, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status or on any other basis or characteristic prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. We proudly support and encourage people with military experience (active, veterans, reservists and National Guard) as well as military spouses to apply for CVS Health job opportunities.[]

At CVS Health, we are joined in a common purpose: helping people on their path to better health. We are working to transform health care through innovations that make quality care more accessible, easier to use, less expensive and patient-focused. Working together and organizing around the individual, we are pioneering a new approach to total health that puts people at the heart.