Pharmacy Executive IV

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Act as a senior pharmacy advocate and strategic consultant within Vizient’s national pharmacy program, assisting Children’s Hospital Association clients.

• Establish and nurture executive-level relationships with CHA member pharmacy leadership, CHA staff, and hospital executives, including engagement with C-suite personnel.

• Facilitate member meetings, strategic dialogues, and presentations for executive audiences.

• Assess member purchasing behaviors, pharmaceutical usage, and supplier prospects utilizing Vizient tools and member data.

• Create, enhance, and communicate CHA-specific customized pharmacy contracts.

• Identify opportunities for product standardization, formulary enhancement, therapeutic interchange, and improved purchasing economics.

• Validate savings and operational impacts; monitor progress towards achieving contractual value objectives.

• Conduct evaluations of pharmacy and medication management programs across acute-care health systems, infusion centers, ambulatory surgery centers, and affiliated clinics.

• Suggest clinical, operational, and financial enhancements based on evidence-based literature, regulatory benchmarks, and leading practices.

• Collaborate with pharmacy and clinical leaders on formulary management, P&T activities, therapeutic interchange, IV-to-oral conversion, and medication-use protocols.

• Create operating plans, project work plans, standardized tools, calculators, draft protocols, and order sets; assist in their implementation and assessment.

• Lead intricate cross-functional projects and synchronize analytical efforts to achieve measurable outcomes.

• Work collaboratively across Vizient business units to initiate and implement pharmacy consulting services, products, and solutions.

• Engage with thought leaders and contribute through presentations, conferences, publications, and practice-development initiatives.

• Manage multiple member priorities and engagements while achieving project and contractual value targets.

⛳️ Requirements

• A pharmacy degree (PharmD) is required.

• A minimum of 7 years of relevant pharmacy experience in an acute-care hospital, including leadership experience in hospital or health-system pharmacy, is required.

• Experience in pharmacy or healthcare consulting, including operational, financial, and clinical evaluations and implementation support.

• Familiarity with pediatric pharmacy practices and operations within children’s hospitals.

• Proven ability to collaborate with pharmaceutical suppliers to develop and present client purchasing or contracting opportunities.

• Demonstrated capability to analyze clinical, operational, and financial data, formulate actionable recommendations, and lead complex projects.

• Excellent executive-level communication, presentation, facilitation, collaboration, and relationship-building skills.

• Capacity to manage various priorities to satisfy client demands and project deadlines.

• Willingness to travel regularly and promptly throughout the year to meet client needs and schedules.

• A master’s degree in business or a related field is preferred.

• Previous experience as a Director of Pharmacy or Pharmacy Manager is preferred.

• Completion of an ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency program is preferred.

• Familiarity with 340B programs and Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee activities is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligible for incentives.

• Comprehensive benefits package.