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Leave your mark on the health care industry

As a recent grad in one of our Leadership Development Programs or other full-time roles, you’ll gain training, mentoring and networking opportunities from day one. Here, you’ll be able to leverage and expand your education as you boldly transform health care alongside your team.

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About our Leadership Development Programs

With several leadership development programs to choose from, you’ll be able to find your fit and put your unique set of skills and interests into action. Our LDP programs are a key stepping stone to full-time positions within our company, with many roles being filled by former interns.

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When to apply
Positions are posted in early September, and recruitment will continue through March or until filled. Most start in June, but may vary based on graduation date and business needs.

How to apply
Use the link below to explore our wide range of opportunities – and to find out what’s available near you.

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What to expect

These opportunities are designed to support your career growth in a variety of ways, including but not limited to:

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Meaningful assignments and
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Targeted development support

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Mentorship and networking through coaching and leadership development

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Access to a variety of other development resources

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Programs

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Majors:
Actuarial Science, Analytics, Data Science, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Risk Management, Statistics

Program length:
4.5-6 years rotational program

Program Description:
In this program, you’ll begin as an actuarial analyst and work to pass Society of Actuaries (SOA) exams to become a Fellow of SOA. While rotating through major business areas, you’ll develop the skills required to become a risk-assessing leader at Aetna®, a CVS Health® company. Plus, get dedicated paid study hours during the work week and a raise for each SOA exam that you pass.

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Majors:
Actuarial Science, Analytics, Data Science, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Risk Management, Statistics

Program length:
3-year rotational program consisting of three 12-month assignments

Program Description:
This program focuses on developing your finance and technical skills, business acumen and leadership competencies to build a foundation to accelerate your career. In your rotations, you’ll learn fundamentals such as controllership, finance planning and analysis, data analysis and visualization, as well as business partnership, financial storytelling and process improvement.

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Majors:
Business Administration, Marketing, Public Health, Communications, Leadership Studies, Economics, Biological Sciences, Psychology

Program length:
3.25-year rotational program consisting of three 13-month rotations

Program Description:
Each rotation is packed with on-the-job experience and supplemental developmental curriculum to position you for success as a future general manager. General managers are leaders who have overall responsibility for leading and driving effective teams to manage both the revenue and cost elements of the company. In this program, you’ll get well-rounded experiences in a variety of business units and exposure to key business lines and leaders across the Enterprise.

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Majors:
Human Resources, Business, Psychology, Social Sciences

Program length:
3 – year rotational program consisting of three 1-year rotations

Program Description:
This program will accelerate your capabilities while preparing you for key leadership roles in our Human Resources organization. You’ll enjoy a personalized approach to development, creating the foundation for your short and long-term success in rotations like Talent Acquisition, Compensation and Benefits, Diversity and Inclusion, Employee Relations and more.

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Innovation and Technology

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Majors:
Computer Science, Digital Technology, Data Analytics, Information Technology, Business, Health care, Marketing

Program length:
1-year rotational track consisting of two 6-month rotations

Program Description:
The program focuses on the areas of backend service development, web development, mobile app development, platform engineering, security engineering and site-reliability engineering/TechOps. Join us on this mission-critical endeavor, filled with purpose, innovation and opportunity to disrupt how we think about digital health.

Majors:
Computer Science, Digital Technology, Data Analytics, Information Technology, Business, Health care, Marketing

Program length:
2-year program

Program Description:
The Digital Academy Program at CVS Health leverages technologies in the areas of Product, Design, Customer Success & Operations, MarTech and the Agile Transformation Office. Participants and their mentors design and develop solutions to some of the most challenging digital health problems and test compelling digital health experiences that will help millions of lives. We’re passionate about the power of technology to make a difference in customers’ lives and support those who want to be on the ground floor of digital innovation that aims to reinvent what a health care company can be.

Majors:
Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, Computer/Management Information Systems, related majors

Program length:
2-year rotational program

Program Description:
The mission is to educate, engage and provide experiences for the future technology leaders of CVS Health. The program provides opportunities to build both leadership and technical capabilities within the fields of digital, data, analytics, and technology as well as find creative solutions to an ever-changing environment of technological innovation, people and services.

Majors:
Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, Computer/Management Information Systems, related majors

Program length:
2-year developmental program

Program Description:
This program is designed to develop future automation engineers. As a participant, you’ll learn how to develop and support our shift toward Software Defined Infrastructure using the Scaled Agile Framework.

Majors:
Marketing, Marketing Management, Digital Marketing, Marketing Research, related majors

Program length:
3-year rotational program consisting of three 12-month rotations

Program Description:
Our dynamic program is designed to prepare individuals to become future strategic marketing leaders. This accelerated development program provides experience with compelling and challenging projects, career coaching, networking and exposure to senior leadership. Each rotation is packed with on-the-job experience within some of our key marketing disciplines, including brand design and management, content development and performance, marketing operations and marketing strategy.

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Majors:
Business Administration, Marketing, Sales, Management, Psychology, related majors

Program length:
12-month comprehensive training and development program, including a six- to eight-week in-person orientation before transitioning to a full-time field account sales or service role

Program Description:
This program has trained more than 1,300 sales and service professionals on the fundamentals of our industry to help them develop strong transferable skills for success across our entire Aetna sales and service organization. Through this incredibly competitive and highly sought-after sales development program, participants learn the foundations of our business and gain critical knowledge to better position them for entering the field of health care benefit sales and account management.

Majors:
Risk Management & Insurance, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Business Analytics

Program length:
4.5-year rotational program consisting of three 18-month assignments

Program Description:
This rotational program will provide you the opportunity to develop a complete view of the organization and the ability to articulate our strategic direction, while supplying you with the fundamental knowledge to become an underwriter. You’ll determine accurate and competitive rates and fees for new and renewal business, based on analytical and financial insights.

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Actuarial

The Actuarial Development Program (ADP) is designed to support and grow early career actuarial talent. Exam progression and career development are fostered in tandem to create the next generation of business leaders at Aetna, a CVS Health® Company.

What to expect:

  • Customized career development paths in a leading health care company
  • Diversified opportunities for four rotations of 18–24 months
  • Challenging projects, career coaching, networking and exposure to senior leadership
  • Competitive salary raises for each actuarial exam passed
  • 140+ paid study hours, materials and actuarial exam fees; paid SOA membership and annual meeting fees
  • Opportunities for committee involvement supporting ADP and Actuarial community
  • Leadership training, networking and mentor support opportunities within a community of over 500 actuaries
  • Post-graduation, your career journey continues with opportunities across our broad array of business units, mentoring from Sr. Leaders, talent mobility support, leadership development training and learning from the top health care business leaders

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Program Requirements

To participate, you must:

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  • Commercial Group
  • Individual
  • Medical Economics Unit
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Medicare & Medicaid
  • Dental & Vision
  • Student Health
  • International Health
  • Pharmacy/Caremark
  • Enterprise Economics
  • And more

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“The actuarial community at large provided me with instant connections into a large organization, and the rotational process further solidified those relationships while providing me with the building blocks to develop my career.”

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Finance

Our Finance Leadership Programs focus on the knowledge, skills and competencies needed to be a successful leader at CVS Health. These opportunities are designed to support a variety of leadership roles across our enterprise, while providing targeted leadership development support. As part of our programs, you’ll gain:

  • A formal mentor from the program in the career progression ahead of you to help you navigate a successful career at CVS Health
  • Individualized career development
  • Continuous coaching and feedback
  • Mentoring and leadership capability training
  • A long-lasting network within CVS Health

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Program Requirements

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Here’s a look at how you can become the future of corporate finance as a Finance Leadership Program colleague:

  • Finance Internship Program (FIP): 10-week summer internship
  • Finance Leadership Development Program (FLDP): Three 1-year rotations
  • Individual Career Progression: 2-5 years as a CVS Health finance colleague to continue to grow your skillset
  • Experienced Finance Leadership Program (EFLP): Three 1.5-year rotations in management positions

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The Finance Leadership Programs are committed to giving back to the community through organizations like the Compass Youth Collaborative, The Dragon Boat and Asian Festival, Junior Achievement and many others.

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General Management

The General Management Development Program (GMDP) is a transformative full-time development program featuring three 13-month rotational assignments across enterprise segments. Sponsored by CVS President and CEO, Karen Lynch, the program offers a unique opportunity for accelerated development of the general management skillset, while providing a well-rounded experience, exposure to the business, as well as honoring participants’ leadership capabilities.

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How you'll grow

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Business Acumen

You’ll engage in rotations that will develop your strategic consulting, health care analytics and project management expertise. The GMDP is designed to give you a personalized development plan fit for a future leader in the health care industry.

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Leadership Development

You’ll have consistent opportunity to enhance your leadership skills through mentoring, driving projects in internal committees and regularly interacting with corporate leaders.

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Adaptability

Progressing through three different areas with our core businesses will allow you to develop a diverse and fundamental skillset flexible to any team or challenge. The GMDP provides a robust network of peers and leaders to help you make tangible business impacts.

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Program Requirements

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  • Data analytics
  • Project management
  • Consulting
  • Financial analysis/Reporting
  • Marketing
  • Implementation managers
  • And more

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Marketing

Our Marketing Leadership Program is designed to develop strategic marketers into future leaders. When you join, you’ll participate in compelling and challenging projects. Your day-to-day responsibilities will vary depending on each rotation – and will provide valuable exposure to our enterprise strategy, culture and way of working.

What to expect:

  • A dynamic three-year rotational program consisting of three 12-month assignments
  • Compelling and challenging projects, career coaching, networking and exposure to senior leadership
  • To build a strong foundation in marketing at a Fortune 4 company, propelling you toward a rewarding and impactful career

Key marketing pillars and businesses:

  • Pillars include content, media, creative design, community engagement and more.
  • Businesses include CVS Health, Aetna, CVS Caremark® and more.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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For post-graduation student roles, CVS Health currently sponsors visas for some Analytics, Data Science and MBA roles.

Yes, our post-graduation roles are paid.

CVS Health has roles available in a variety of office and store locations across the United States as well as Work from Home positions. Our largest corporate offices are in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Arizona, Illinois and Texas. Locations vary by role.

We adhere to a hybrid model for corporate office-based roles. To best support our patients, our distribution center, and retail pharmacy roles will continue to require colleagues to be on site.

CVS Health offers a varied relocation package for qualifying roles and locations that meet our relocation requirements.

There is no limit on how many positions you can apply to. We recommend applying to 1–3 roles, keeping in mind you’ll only be eligible to accept one offer.

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FAQs

What is a leadership development program and why do you need one? ›

It focuses on developing and honing professionals' abilities to take on critical responsibilities in an organization, such as designing and executing business strategies, building alignment and helping others with career growth. The development programs also help employees understand what not to do as a leader.

What questions would you ask to evaluate a leadership development program? ›

The learning activity should assess these types of evaluation questions: What did the participants learn? Are participants gaining knowledge and skills necessary to perform as desired by program developers? Do participants know what they are supposed to do with what they learned?

What makes you a good candidate for our leadership development program? ›

In my experience, the motivation and commitment of the candidates are very important. This benefits not only them, but also the other participants in the programme. People who take part in personal development programmes should therefore have a strong inner drive to grow and learn.

How does CVS Health develop leaders? ›

CVS Health's Leadership Development Program offers comprehensive training to groom leaders to operate a CVS Pharmacy store or territory. The first step in this program is to join our team as a Store Manager In Training (SMIT) and participate in our extensive training program.

What is an example of a leadership development goal? ›

SMART Goal Examples for Developing Leadership Competencies. SMART goals for developing leadership competencies focus on building soft skills that lend themselves to effective leadership. Goal examples can include improving active listening, cultivating an open mindset, building empathy, and learning from your mistakes.

What is an example of a leadership program? ›

Micro-mentoring is an example of leadership training that many companies are now using to create opportunities for their leaders to be mentored by a more experienced member of the team. Those who are appointed or hired as micro-mentors provide guidance to newer leaders in a time-specific, objective-specific program.

What are the 5 C's of leadership development? ›

In this five-part blog series, we will explore my 5 C's of Leadership - Clarity, Competence, Confidence, Consistency, and Courage, which have been my personal themes for the past five years. These are the key deficits of our teams on one end and yet the qualities that define effective leadership on the other.

What are good answers to leadership questions? ›

Sample answer: My leadership style is flexible because I like to listen to a team, learn about their needs, and adapt my leadership accordingly. I've been on teams where a new leader came in and wanted to change things just for the sake of making an impact.

What are the five components of a leadership development plan? ›

Leadership development programs should have five key elements—communication, collaboration and management, accountability, influence and negotiation, and change management. If you want to know how to create a leadership development program, start with the following key principles.

What are your three strongest leadership skills? ›

Valuable leadership skills include the ability to delegate, inspire and communicate effectively. Other leadership traits include honesty, confidence, commitment and creativity. In IT, executives are often required to be jacks-of-all-trades.

Why are you interested in this leadership development program? ›

Leadership development training programs have several important benefits. They increase employee morale and retention, improve productivity, promote better decision-making, build better teams, and train future leaders in your company who have a management style that is conducive to a positive working atmosphere.

What are you hoping to get out of this leadership program? ›

The goal of a leadership training program is to equip participants with the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to effectively lead and manage others, and to achieve their goals and objectives both personally and professionally.

Why is CVS Health so successful? ›

Our strong community presence, tech-forward approach and unmatched engagement with more than 100 million people enable us to deliver high-quality, personalized, affordable health care.

What are the core values of CVS Health? ›

In addition to skill and experience, we also seek to attract and retain colleagues whose beliefs and behaviors are in alignment with our core values of collaboration, innovation, caring, integrity and accountability.

How much does CVS Health CEO make? ›

CVS Health's CEO is Karen Lynch, appointed in Feb 2021, has a tenure of 3.5 years. total yearly compensation is $21.62M, comprised of 6.9% salary and 93.1% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.04% of the company's shares, worth $29.13M.

Why are you interested in the leadership development program? ›

Leadership development training programs have several important benefits. They increase employee morale and retention, improve productivity, promote better decision-making, build better teams, and train future leaders in your company who have a management style that is conducive to a positive working atmosphere.

What is the role and benefit to the organization of a leadership development plan? ›

By implementing a leadership development plan, organizations can develop a strong talent pipeline, improve employee engagement and retention, enhance decision-making abilities, and foster a culture of continuous learning and collaboration.

Why should I be chosen for a leadership program essay? ›

As a reliable leader, I am also a team-oriented, self-inspired, inclusive, and collaborative team player. Helping my team work together, solve conflicts, and develop cohesion will not only help me become a better leader but will also boost the ultimate outcome of the teamwork.

What is the focus of leadership development? ›

Focus on whole-person growth.

Leadership development is less about learning specific, tactical skills than it is about cultivating the broad capabilities, such as self-awareness or resilience, that are necessary to adapt to dynamic, evolving challenges.

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