Senior Director, Pharmacy Strategy, Analytics and Performance
Blue Shield of CA, Long Beach, CA, United States
Your Role
The Blue Shield of California (BSC) Pharmacy team comprises of over 350 dedicated professionals who are passionate about making a meaningful impact by reimagining pharmacy care. Ensuring every member has safe, equitable access to sustainably affordable pharmacy benefits is at the heart of everything we do. The Senior Director, Pharmacy Strategy, Analytics and Performance will report to the Vice President of Pharmacy Services at BSC. In this role you will manage annual pharmacy drug cost spend of over $5 billion and lead a team comprised of Pharmacists, Program Managers, Data Analysts, etc. You will work cross functionally and partner with vendors as appropriate to develop end to end strategies and differentiating solutions to manage escalating pharmaceutical costs in both pharmacy and medical benefits for Commercial and Medicare.
Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow - personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.
Your Knowledge and Experience
Requires a currently active and unrestricted California Registered Pharmacist (RPh) license
Requires a Doctorate of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree from an accredited school of Pharmacy in the United States
Requires 12 years prior relevant experience
Requires 6 years of management experience
Thorough knowledge regarding therapeutic use of drugs
Prior management experience in health plans or pharmacy benefit management companies, with deep knowledge of pharmacy benefit, formulary and network products, program strategies and competitive landscape
Prior experience in evaluation of pharmacy program value and performance drivers
Prior experience in vendor partnership, contract operations, negotiations, and performance management
Strong business acumen with proven experience in pharmacy strategy development and planning
Excellent presentation, verbal and written skills with ability to understand and convey complex ideas to audience with diverse backgrounds
Excellent communication skills with prior experience in presentations to internal and external executive level business stakeholders
Hybrid This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week.
Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.
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Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow - personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.
Your Knowledge and Experience
Requires a currently active and unrestricted California Registered Pharmacist (RPh) license
Requires a Doctorate of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree from an accredited school of Pharmacy in the United States
Requires 12 years prior relevant experience
Requires 6 years of management experience
Thorough knowledge regarding therapeutic use of drugs
Prior management experience in health plans or pharmacy benefit management companies, with deep knowledge of pharmacy benefit, formulary and network products, program strategies and competitive landscape
Prior experience in evaluation of pharmacy program value and performance drivers
Prior experience in vendor partnership, contract operations, negotiations, and performance management
Strong business acumen with proven experience in pharmacy strategy development and planning
Excellent presentation, verbal and written skills with ability to understand and convey complex ideas to audience with diverse backgrounds
Excellent communication skills with prior experience in presentations to internal and external executive level business stakeholders
Hybrid This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week.
Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.
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