Director, Pharmacy Consulting
The Role : As a Pharmacy Director, you will contribute to new strategic and innovative initiatives for our pharmacy business while leading large, highly visible client engagements. You will serve as a key voice to the marketplace of one of the world's leading HR consulting firms and will contribute to the evolution of pharmacy and broader health care delivery in the United States. The ideal candidate brings influence and strategic thinking to address unique client needs in the pharmacy space and to more broadly evolve our practice. You will collaborate with a strong team of highly experienced consultants within the pharmacy practice as well as engage in cross functional activities with other health and benefits colleagues and subject matter experts who together deliver unparalleled value to our clients and the broader pharmacy community.
Responsibilities :
- Deliver tangible and measurable contributions around pharmacy innovation that can be leveraged nationally.
- Driving new relationships and sales
- Materially grow pharmacy benefits revenue through serving as the pharmacy benefits expert in new client pursuits by crafting and selling solutions to meet their needs
- Provide pharmacy benefit consulting to complex, forward-thinking employers.
- Serve as part of a team of consultants as the lead pharmacy strategic partner and trusted advisor to large, complex clients in the design and management of their pharmacy benefit programs including :
- Designing and executing on innovative engagement design and approaches
- Advising on the latest industry trends
- Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM) vendor procurement and negotiation
- Audits of PBM performance (financial and operational)
- Plan analysis, design, cost-savings and member engagement strategies
- Strategy for effectively managing pharmacy benefits aligned with broader health care goals
- Specialty drug management
- Partner closely with the financial, actuarial and analytics, health equity and wellbeing, and other related cross functional WTW teams to define a multi-year strategy for expanding the comprehensiveness of our integrated pharmacy and clinical offerings
- Spearhead the development of new pharmacy approaches, meet with vendors to understand the opportunities for strategic partnerships and pharmacy solution opportunities
- Contribute pharmacy and related perspectives to broader health and benefits strategy and growth
- Support strategic partnerships, including launch, maintenance and enhancements of partnership offerings
- Demonstrate extensive leadership ability by directly managing and / or mentoring other consultants
Note that visa employment-based non-immigrant visa sponsorship and / or assistance is not offered for this specific job opportunity.
Requirements :
10+ years' experience and success in the design / management of large group pharmacy benefit plans gained in a consulting or brokerage environmentProven ability to generate revenueTrack record of success in managing and growing large client relationshipsProven experience in successfully leading a global team and projects, and strategic partnership development and growthAn executive presence with polished and well developed written and oral communication skills with an ability to communicate complex ideas simply and effectivelyA dynamic strategic thinker not afraid to challenge the status quo by asking hard questions and deconstructing and rebuilding current solutions as necessarySuperior ability to influence and collaborate with senior management and work across all levels of an organization as well as cross functional teamsInterest and aptitude in keeping abreast of the latest developments in pharmacy and broader health and benefits plan strategy and contributing to the development of new tools and approachesExcellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Excel and PowerPointAvailability to travelBachelor's of Pharmacy or PharmD degree preferred but not requiredFor pharmacists, actively licensed in home state and in good standingState Life and Health license required within 90 days of joiningPursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
EOE, including disability / vets
This position will remain posted for a minimum of three business days from the date posted or until sufficient / appropriate candidate slate has been identified.
Company Benefits
Health and Welfare Benefits : Medical (including prescription coverage), Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Commuter Account, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Group Accident, Group Critical Illness, Life Insurance, AD&D, Group Legal, Identify Theft Protection, Wellbeing Program and Work / Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program)Leave Benefits : Paid Holidays, Annual Paid Time Off (includes paid state / local paid leave where required), Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, ADA, Jury Duty, Military Leave, and Parental and Adoption Leave)Retirement Benefits : Contributory Pension Plan and Savings Plan (401k). All Level 38 and more senior roles may also be eligible for non-qualified Deferred Compensation and Deferred Savings Plans