Manager, Strategic Pharmacy Analyst

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Rx Benefits is hiring! As part of the Revenue Operations organization, the Manager, Strategic Pharmacy Analyst (SPA), will manage a team of diverse and highly skilled analysts who are consultative business partners to our Business Development teams.
The Manager may work remotely or in our Birmingham, AL headquarters.

This role will be primarily responsible for leading, managing, and coaching a team of 3-6 Strategic Pharmacy Analysts to include reviewing the accuracy and custom caveats in SPA analytical reporting, coaching SPAs on pipeline management, managing team workload, overseeing the SPAs operational process for new prospective clients, developing solutions to process roadblocks for the department, and lead initiatives for the widespread achievement of the team to provide exceptional support to the Business Development organization in achieving their sales goals.

• Partner with Revenue Operations and Business Development leadership to set clear goals for the team in alignment with territory assignments and pipeline management to support closing new lives.
• Partner with Client Onboarding, Product Development, Marketing, Account Management, PBM Relations, Broker Relations, Finance, and various other Rx Benefits departments to maintain operational alignment for the SPA team.
• Display a deep understanding of Rx Benefits, the role we play in the market, and act as a liaison between vendors, PBM partners, and internal departments where applicable.
• Maintain and improve upon a strong small team culture including a culture of accountability by reinforcing the roles and responsibilities of your team and the Rx Benefits Core Values.
• Meet with direct reports on a weekly basis to review their progress towards goals, provide mentorship, discuss areas of improvement, build strong rapport, and coach toward self-sufficiency for mastering their role and responsibilities.
• Work closely with department leadership to drive a training plan focused on developing and reinforcing critical competencies including mastery of excel for all reporting, new product impacts on pharmacy utilization, and developing process updates for accuracy and efficiency.
• Work closely with department leadership to establish the future evolution of the SPA function in an increasingly complex and competitive marketplace.
• Be exceptionally open and proactive to address problems, provide creative solutions, and present clear recommendations that coalesce across Rx Benefits departments and the SPA and Financial Analyst team.
• Oversee new opportunities for the SPAs on your team including Salesforce (SFDC) completeness, turnaround time, and analytics accuracy where applicable.
• Directly Manage a Team of SPAs to ensure your direct reports achieve the following objectives:
• Operate as the central project managers for the business on new opportunity prospects, playing a pivotal role in connecting Brokers, BDEs, Implementation, AM, Legal, Pricing and Analytics, Finance, Marketing, Product Team, SLT, and ELT in support of closing new business.
• Manage the life cycle of Financial Analyses, RFPs, Comp Analyses, Patient Assistance Programs (PAP) Reports, and/or additional presentation documents for multiple BD partners and Brokers with a multitude of changing variables, reporting needs, communication styles, and marketing agreements.
• Lead their own small teams with Rx Benefits BDEs and Financial Analysts to manage each new opportunity project from beginning to closed status employing high level soft skills, a proactive mindset, business partner/FA insights consultant mindset, and ensuring the results are communicated with the highest impact externally.
• Master the processes to validate differing types of datasets from dozens of medical vendors and dozens of PBMs to ensure it meets the requirements for our comprehensive financial and clinical modeling.
• In coordination with small teams, ensure the timely delivery of accurate, group specific Financial Analyses, PAP Reports, Clinical FAES, and/or additional reporting/documentation.
• Become a SME on the repricing process, results, and applicability to our modeling inclusive of discount guarantees, discount schedules, channel management, B/G classifications, specialty designations, rebate eligibility, utilization trend, Utilization Management (UM) implications, Manufacturer Copay Assistance Programs (MCAP), PAP, and clinical appropriateness in alignment with Rx Benefits and PBM partner products.
• Become a SME on the formulary disruption process, results, and applicability to our modeling inclusive of the incumbent designations, network disruption, Rx Benefits designations, formulary exclusion impact, member impact, and formulary…