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Lead Director, Strategic Accounts

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In-Office
4 Locations
105K-231K Annually
Senior level
In-Office
4 Locations
105K-231K Annually
Senior level
The Strategic Account Director will manage large client accounts, ensuring satisfaction, retention, and growth through consultative selling and relationship-building with stakeholders.
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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 :
As a Strategic Account Director (SAD), you will serve as the senior level liaison for large and complex clients within the Employer segment. This is an excellent opportunity to interface with Executive Leadership both internally and externally. As a seasoned healthcare sales professional, you will use your years of expertise to grow our business through renewal, retention, and up-sell of existing clients.
You will accomplish this through:

  • Assisting the strategic account team (including account management, clinical, and operations) as the quarterback and have full ownership for client satisfaction and service delivery.
  • Influencing client up-sell opportunities through utilizing your consultative selling skills by recommending CVS Health solutions to meet key client needs.
  • Developing and delivering quarterly and annual reporting to clients on their drug trend and financial performance and facilitates in identifying client cost-saving opportunities.
  • Formulating responses to Request for Proposals (RFPs) through collaboration with primary internal partners such as underwriting.
  • Executing client renewals by building relationships with key client stakeholders and asking effective probing questions that lead to innovation pharmacy benefit plan designs benefiting both the client and CVS Health.
  • Interacting and influencing senior leaders within the Enterprise.

Your success as a Strategic Account Director will be driven by your ability to grow revenue for the assigned book of business and achieve above average client satisfaction scores. You will function as a leader for the account team and your ability to influence others to deliver results for your client will also be a key factor in your success. Your understanding of the PBM and managed care environment as well as keeping up to date on market trends will enable you to position CVS Health programs and solutions effectively to client decision makers. The contributions you will make as a Strategic Account Director will position CVS Health for long term growth in the competitive PBM marketplace.
**This position can be located anywhere in the U.S. with the ability to work remotely or in a CVS Corporate Hub. You must have ability to travel up to 40% of the time. Travel may require but is not limited to flights, overnight stays, local travel, travel on short notice and other travel deemed necessary by the Company.**

Required Qualifications :

  • 8+ years of cumulative Account Management or equivalent client-facing experience in healthcare or the PBM industry.
  • Must possess a valid and current driver’s license.
  • Must possess personal vehicle sufficiently reliable to meet the requirements of the job and is appropriately insured.

Preferred Qualifications :

  • Experience managing 6-8 large employer group accounts or health plan accounts.
  • Experience managing a book of business in PBM industry.

Education :

  • Bachelor's or advanced degrees or equivalent work experience may be considered.

Anticipated Weekly Hours

40

Time Type

Full time

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$105,000.00 - $231,132.00

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.  
 

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: 02/28/2026

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

Top Skills

Consultative Selling Skills
Pharmacy Benefit Management (Pbm) Solutions

CVS Health Chicago, Illinois, USA Office

525 W Monroe St, Chicago, IL, United States, 60661

CVS Health Northbrook, Illinois, USA Office

2211 Sanders Road, Northbrook, IL, United States, 60062

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