Description

At CVS Health, we're building a world of health around every consumer and surrounding ourselves with dedicated colleagues who are passionate about transforming health care.

As the nation's leading health solutions company, we reach millions of Americans through our local presence, digital channels and more than 300,000 purpose-driven colleagues - caring for people where, when and how they choose in a way that is uniquely more connected, more convenient and more compassionate. And we do it all with heart, each and every day.

Position Summary

Aetna is recruiting for a Lead Director, Business Consultant - Commercial who will be responsible for understanding and driving action on Aetna's Commercial Network Insights and partnering with both internal and external business partners to ensure Aetna's network value is being appropriately evaluated. This is an entirely Commercial focused role surrounding delivering on our overarching Commercial network strategy.

You will make an impact by:

• Regularly engaging with external consultant firm business partners on a national, regional and local level who use our discount data to advocate for Aetna's perspective on total cost of care and discounts
• Support case-specific network strategy related to broad and high-performance networks through modeling to advocate for considerations that highlights Aetna's value to a plan sponsor and consultant firms
• Collaborate with Network Market leaders to understand market level network strategy and its impact on Aetna's Network Value Story to achieve membership goals.
• Forming own opinions based in logic and business sense and having the flexibility to adjust as new ideas are presented, ie. shows a great balance of confidence, open mindedness and modesty.
• Ability for divergent thinking for brainstorming and connecting many ideas and ability for convergent thinking to ensure a recommended course of action and execution. When ideas do not work, have the perseverance to move forward and inspire their team to adjust.
• Building and facilitating a team environment of trust to foster collaboration and teamwork.
• Develops and empowers sharing ideas across the organization.
• Influencing resources within and outside of direct control to complete projects.
• Supporting CVS Health in attracting, retaining, and engaging a diverse and inclusive consumer-centric workforce that delivers on our purpose and reflects the communities in which we work, live, and serve.

Required Qualifications

The candidate will have a strong work ethic, be a self-starter, and be able to be highly productive in a dynamic, collaborative environment. This position offers broad exposure to many aspects of the company's business, as well as significant interaction with Commercial business leaders. The candidate will be expected to have the following key attributes:

• Bachelor's degree along with 10+ years actuarial and/or health insurance experience.
• Knowledge of Commercial products and broad experience with actuarial functions.
• Experience leading and influencing others.
• Adept at execution and delivery (planning, delivering, and supporting) skills.
• Experience working in a highly matrixed environment.
• Strong experiences in growth mindset (agility and developing yourself and others) skills.
• Demonstrated a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias
• Must be available to travel approx 20%

Preferred Qualifications
ASA or FSA designation preferred

Consultant firm background preferred

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$100,000.00 - $231,540.00

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 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: 11/07/2025

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