Retail Operations Strategy Corporate Intern

You’ve invested a lot of time and energy in your education. Now you want the chance to make your mark. We offer challenging opportunities for you to learn and grow professionally. In our programs, you’ll be immersed in a culture of continuous improvement, with the goal of changing health care for the better.

Position Summary

This program is a 10-week full-time opportunity that provides real work experience with a team in your business area. You will be aligned to projects to lead or contribute to while also participating in networking, development, and career exploration activities. Our Corporate Interns can apply for future full-time roles during the program and have an increased likelihood to receive an offer for a post-graduation role.

The Summer 2025 program will run June 2nd - August 8th, 2025. Virtual onboarding activities will also take place May 28th -30th, 2025.

This is a hybrid position with 3 days (generally Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) in one of the following office locations based on your preference: Woonsocket, RI, Hartford, CT, Scottsdale, AZ, Houston, TX, Downers Grove, IL, Blue Bell, PA, and Alpharetta, GA,. The other 2 days each week will be working remotely from home, office, or another location of your choice. No housing or housing stipend will be provided, but interns will be given the opportunity to connect with each other prior to the start of the program to coordinate housing if desired.

The hourly rate is $55 per hour with 40 hours/ week, no work on July 4th (company holiday). Please disregard the range listed.

About this business area:

In Retail Ops we play the role of internal consultants who bring strategy to life:

• We work directly with store teams to implement innovative new systems that enable colleagues to better care for customers.
• Through internal collaboration and external partnerships, we launch cutting-edge services that help patients lead healthier lives
• By combining big data and qualitative human-centered research, we design workflow enhancements that reduce barriers and improve healthcare

You will gain valuable work experience and participate in:

• Execute a mini-test that offers free home delivery to patients with an out-of-stock medication
• Conduct market research to determine overall business impact from COVID-19
• Analyze prescriber data to identify anomalies in controlled drug prescribing patterns

Examples of past internship projects include:

• Develop and prototype virtual verification pharmacy imaging system and determine the functionality of this new technology
• Review current processes to find colleague pain points and develop a strategy to alleviate these problems

Work visa sponsorship is not available for this role. This includes participation in Curricular Practical Training (CPT), Optional Practical Training (OPT), and F-1 Visa programs.

Required Qualifications

• Meet the educational requirements (pursuing an MBA / Master's degree with an anticipated graduation date between September 2025 and August 2026)
• 2+ years’ professional work experience in related field post-undergrad. Examples include: consulting, healthcare, and or operations experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Have leadership experience. Examples may include project leadership, workplace responsibilities, active roles in student/social organization activities, or sports
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills
• Previous consulting, healthcare, and or retail experience preferred but not required
• Demonstrated ability to utilize tools such as Excel, SQL, R, Python
• Innovation: You embrace the idea that any challenge can be overcome with the right framework and effort
• The Ability to Build Relationships: You can establish and nurture partnerships across different business units
• Executive Presence & Judgment: You understand what matters to business leaders and can frame your recommendations for an executive audience
• You Care for Others: You have a genuine desire to help people and can live a life that impacts the health and wellness of others
• Analytical mindset: You can break a problem down to its parts, develop a plan to test and measure an intervention, and pull insights out of data.
• Curiosity: You like to dig into an issue or an idea, challenge the status quo, and look for new ways to help patients manage their health and drive business value.

Education

• Currently pursuing a Master’s or MBA degree
• Have an anticipated graduation date between September 2025 and August 2026
• Have a major, minor or concentration relevant to the position such as related majors Business Administration, Public Health, Data Analytics, and Strategy & Operations

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

Whether in our pharmacies or through our health service offerings, we are pioneering a bold new approach to total health care. As health care innovators, we are making quality care affordable, accessible, simple and seamless. We await your fresh ideas, new perspectives, and the unique contributions you will make to our organization.

This job does not have an application deadline, as CVS Health accepts applications on an ongoing basis.

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