Senior Manager, Corporate Development - M&A Integration

CVS Health•Hartford, CT

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Corporate Development — M&A Integration plays a critical role in advancing the organization’s mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic growth initiatives. This individual will support multiple transactions simultaneously and partner closely with business leaders and cross-functional teams to plan and execute due diligence, integrations, and separations. As a key member of the M&A Integration team, the Senior Manager will develop and manage value chain analyses, entanglement assessments, stranded-cost analyses, one-time cost evaluations, service grids, and transition services agreements for acquisitions and divestitures. The ideal candidate brings strong M&A execution experience, strategic thinking, financial acumen, stakeholder-management expertise, and the ability to deliver results in a complex, matrixed environment.

Requirements

Seven or more years of relevant experience supporting complex projects involving multiple stakeholders.
Five or more years of experience supporting M&A, integration, separation, corporate development, strategy, finance, or related work.
Demonstrated success managing cross-functional initiatives in a complex organizational environment.
Strong executive communication, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Willingness to travel up to 10% (including by plane).

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a large, highly matrixed organization.
Experience in healthcare, insurance, financial services, or another highly regulated industry.
Project management certification, such as PMP or Agile.
Experience with integration management office methodologies and M&A best practices.
Master’s degree in business administration, finance, strategy, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Support multiple acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic transactions concurrently.
Partner with Corporate Development leadership to evaluate, plan, and execute complex transactions.
Lead critical integration and separation planning activities to support smooth transitions and achieve transaction objectives.
Develop and maintain transaction workplans, timelines, milestones, risk logs, and governance structures.
Identify and escalate key risks and develop practical mitigation strategies.
Review transaction documents and assess operational implications.
Partner with Legal, Finance, Strategy, Operations, Technology, Human Resources, Procurement, and external advisors to define and deliver transaction requirements.
Support executive-level discussions and communicate status, risks, recommendations, and decisions clearly.
Define and implement strategies that improve M&A processes, methodologies, tools, and governance.
Develop resources, templates, and best practices that enhance transaction execution.
Assess how new products, services, and capabilities may affect future integrations.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen the M&A function and improve transaction outcomes.