About the Role
Leads a Beauty & Personal Care Center of Excellence focused on accelerating growth through business development, seasonal strategies, and high-impact partnerships. Identifies, shapes, and advances new growth opportunities to increase traffic, basket size, and brand differentiation. Sets the vertical strategy and commercial roadmap, partnering cross-functionally to bring ideas from concept to launch.
Responsibilities
- Lead the strategy and operating model for the BPC Moments, Business Development, and Growth vertical.
- Build and manage a repeatable growth pipeline for emerging brands, partnerships, licensing, IP, retail concepts, prestige, K-beauty, skin services, and limited-edition collaborations.
- Define seasonal in/out strategies and leverage the T&T and Minis P&L to introduce trending products and test consumer demand.
- Assess consumer trends, competitive activity, and commercial potential to develop recommendations on growth bets.
- Partner cross-functionally to develop launch roadmaps, influence co-marketing, and drive successful execution of new products and brands.
- Lead and develop the team responsible for trend intelligence, launch coordination, performance tracking, and operating model execution.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in beauty/skincare merchandising, category management, or related business leadership roles.
- Previous direct talent leadership with the ability to create accountability, development, and bench strength.
- Previous strategic business development and partnership leadership.
- Proven commercial judgment with the ability to assess growth opportunities quickly and rigorously.
- Experience building cross-functional operating models in complex matrixed environments.
- Previous experience connecting trend, consumer, and competitive insights to actionable retail strategies.
- Proven experience in storytelling and influencing skills with senior leaders and external partners.
- Demonstrated ability navigating ambiguity, removing roadblocks, and accelerating speed to execution.
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 10+ years of experience
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- MBA preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $100,000.00 - $231,540.00
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Paid time off
- Retirement savings options
- Wellness programs
About the Company
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
