Derek Darling

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ABOUT DEREK DARLING

Influential, creative, and energetic executive with experience across several sectors within healthcare and management consulting. Demonstrated consistent vertical progression throughout career. Passionately leads teams to achieve results. Strategic and analytical thinker who understands the overall business and creates a vision with roadmap for underlying departments. Adept at building organizational infrastructure (new functions, partnerships, goal/process development, etc.)As Vice President of Strategy, I lead several operational units within CVS Health’s Long-Term Care division (Omnicare), including: strategy, marketinig, product innovation and development, portfolio management, technical development, strategic planning, and several internal operations support functions.Skills and experiences include:• Expertise in long-term care, pharmacy benefits, retail pharmacy, health & wellness, and health management services.• Establishing new functions / organizations, including underlying infrastructure such as design, goals, processes, controls, and management systems• Identifying market trends, emerging themes and technologies, evolving customer needs, revenue and margin opportunities, and regulatory considerations• Using data and analytics to develop insights that inform strategic approaches, to establish internally-oriented reporting and visibility tools across a variety of departmental lenses, and to develop client-ready reporting and analytical support tools• Translating market trends and customer feedback into a prioritized portfolio of opportunities• Creating compelling marketing assets that communicate key organizational pillars/messages, product- and capability-specific messaging, and national/regional campaigns and advertisements• Developing strategies and solutions to drive growth, supported by robust business cases• Driving Sales and Marketing in the B2B and B2B2C spaces (e.g. Health Plans, Employers, Long-Term Care, etc.), supporting new sales and retention of clients, as well as sales and adoption of products and programs• Managing a portfolio of in-market products and programs to optimize growth, operations integrity and effectiveness, and margin capture• Direct P&L management across department, products and programs• Developing strategic planning processes and disciplines in large organizations; executing and maintaining strategic plans• Working cross-functionally in highly matrixed organizations to drive results• Developing and mentoring leaders to maximize team performance, and building an integrated culture for success