Senior Associate - CVS Health Ventures

CVS Health • New York, NY

9d • Remote

About The Position

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. Who: You are an experienced investor with the demonstrable ability to lead and execute within complex organizations, and possess an understanding of the healthcare landscape, venture and growth-stage companies, emerging trends and capabilities, investment themes, and the venture capital community. Details: The Senior Associate, CVS Health Ventures, will have accountability for mid and late-stage venture investments in CVS Health Ventures’ dedicated growth equity fund. As well as working collaboratively with our early-stage venture fund, and other cross-team team goals focused on broader enterprise innovation support and value-add activities. Responsibilities will include managing the end-to-end deal process as well as continued portfolio and relationship management. Additionally, they will be responsible for ongoing support across the full Ventures team platform in the following ways: Sourcing: The Senior Associate will be expected to identify new investment themes, manage thesis development process and, qualify specific sourcing opportunities to determine fit against CVS Health Ventures criteria and help the team “win the deal.” They will be responsible for representing CVS Health Ventures in external forums and building connections to the rapidly evolving external healthcare environment, proactively identifying opportunities to accelerate growth and innovation, and delivering against specific opportunities through investments and supporting partnerships. Diligence: The Senior Associate will oversee diligence of key deals, determining critical areas to review & lean in. The individual will have capacity to drive financial modelling, memo development and oversee contributing work from junior members. They will have the ability to drive the end-to-end process in preparing executive level materials to persuade investment decisions. Execution: The Senior Associate will be a key negotiator and representative on behalf of the team to both start-up leadership and internal business units Portfolio Support: The Senior Associate will represent CVS Health Ventures via board observer seats and be a key advisor to portfolio companies providing “value-add” activities Additionally, the Senior Associate will be responsible for developing and communicating strategic insights which will support investment thesis development and strategic communication with internal CVS Health business units. This role will partner with senior leaders (Exec. Director/VP) to identify and explore strategic investment areas that will enhance our existing capabilities or enable new products/services. The Senior Associate will have influence on CVS Health business strategies through relationships at these senior levels and demonstration of strong expertise in digital health and health care innovation. The Senior Associate will work collaboratively with junior teammates and peers to execute on behalf of the program goals. They will also help ensure a successful team culture. Overall, the Senior Associate will hold a key position within the broader CVS Health Ventures strategy in ensuring success of the growth equity investment program.

Requirements

• 7+ years of healthcare experience in business roles-corporate development, innovation, venture capital/private equity or strategy
• 2-3 years experience evaluating and supporting strategic relationships and/or investments

Nice To Haves

• Experience evaluating and executing venture capital and/or growth equity private company investments
• Strong communicator, both verbal and written, with the ability to influence across functions at all levels of an organization
• Strong executive level presentation skills, with experience developing compelling presentations that distill complex data, market trends, and investment insights into clear, concise, and actionable messaging for senior executives including familiarity with Microsoft PowerPoint
• Demonstrates high level of independent judgment and proactivity
• Financial analysis skills in a venture capital setting, including familiarity with Microsoft Excel
• Highly organized and able to provide positive leadership across multiple work streams in a fast-paced, complex working environment that can be ambiguous at times
• Experience leading and collaborating in high performing teams
• Validated project management skills with an emphasis on integrating multiple work outputs into a unified deliverable
• Demonstrated collaborative work style with ability to work and across diverse teams

Responsibilities

• managing the end-to-end deal process
• continued portfolio and relationship management
• identify new investment themes
• manage thesis development process
• qualify specific sourcing opportunities to determine fit against CVS Health Ventures criteria and help the team “win the deal.”
• representing CVS Health Ventures in external forums and building connections to the rapidly evolving external healthcare environment
• proactively identifying opportunities to accelerate growth and innovation
• delivering against specific opportunities through investments and supporting partnerships
• oversee diligence of key deals, determining critical areas to review & lean in
• drive financial modelling, memo development and oversee contributing work from junior members
• drive the end-to-end process in preparing executive level materials to persuade investment decisions
• key negotiator and representative on behalf of the team to both start-up leadership and internal business units
• represent CVS Health Ventures via board observer seats and be a key advisor to portfolio companies providing “value-add” activities
• developing and communicating strategic insights which will support investment thesis development and strategic communication with internal CVS Health business units
• partner with senior leaders (Exec. Director/VP) to identify and explore strategic investment areas that will enhance our existing capabilities or enable new products/services
• work collaboratively with junior teammates and peers to execute on behalf of the program goals
• help ensure a successful team culture

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level