Executive Talent Acquisition Partner

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

The Executive Talent Acquisition Partner is a highly strategic and influential role, responsible for leading the end-to-end recruitment process for executive level positions. This individual will be a key partner to our executive leadership team, providing expert guidance and ensuring a seamless candidate experience. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in executive search, a robust network of industry contacts, and a strategic mindset.

Major Responsibilities

Strategic Talent Acquisition:

• Develop and implement comprehensive recruitment strategies to identify, engage, and hire top executive talent.

• Conduct proactive market mapping and benchmarking to remain informed about talent trends in key functional areas.

• Establish a pipeline of high-caliber candidates for critical executive roles.

Strategic Leadership:

• Formulate and execute executive recruiting strategies in alignment with business objectives.

• Collaborate with senior leadership to comprehend the company's growth goals and executive hiring requirements.

Search & Selection:

• Perform in-depth interviews and thorough assessments of executive candidates to evaluate their qualifications, leadership potential, and cultural fit.

• Utilize advanced assessment tools and techniques to support and guide hiring decisions.

• Present detailed candidate reports and recommendations to senior leadership.

Executive Partnership:

• Act as a trusted advisor to the executive leadership team and hiring managers, providing guidance on all aspects of the executive search process.

• Gain a deep understanding of the business strategy and organizational culture to align talent acquisition efforts with company goals.

• Offer strategic insights on market dynamics, competitor activities, and compensation trends.

Candidate Relationship Management:

• Cultivate and maintain long-term relationships with potential executive candidates, ensuring a positive and engaging recruiting experience.

• Lead the candidate journey from initial contact through to offer acceptance and onboarding.

Continuous Improvement:

• Drive initiatives to continuously enhance the executive recruitment process, incorporating best practices and technology for increased efficiency and effectiveness.

• Create and maintain metrics and reports to monitor the success and impact of executive recruiting efforts.

• Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging recruitment technologies, and advancements in executive search best practices.

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 all aspects of the company’s business, as well as significant interaction with all the business leaders. The candidate will be expected to have the following key attributes:

• 10+ years of experience in executive recruitment, with a successful track record of placing executive-level talent. Preferably a mix of in-house corporate and external search experience with experience recruiting for the healthcare industry.

• Proven experience delivering strategic and consultative recruiting solutions at an accelerated pace while building positive collaboration with the business, HR Business Partners and Enterprise TA Team.

• Strong leadership qualities, particularly the ability to lead through change and ambiguity.

• Executive presence, gravitas, and capability to influence while partnering with executive leadership.

• An elevated level of business acumen and understanding of current executive talent market.

• Talent attractor, including proactively engaging with candidates, providing a hands-on, white glove experience, and building CVS Health’s brand.

• Strong ability to drive business outcomes through people initiatives.

• Proven ability to influence at all levels to drive forward progress.

• Capability to lead multiple strategic efforts simultaneously and prioritize based on company, business, and team objectives.

• Ability to work at pace, lead efficiently under pressure, drive projects to completion, and meet deadlines.

• Flexibility and adaptability to shifting company or team goals

Technology

Strong experience with Workday, LinkedIn Recruiter, MS Office including Teams, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Travel

15% within Northeast region

Education

Bachelor’s Degree required

Location
Ideally based in one of the following locations, CT, RI, MA, NY, Chicago

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: 11/03/2025

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