Vice President of Pharmacy Job Bloomington area,Minnesota USA,Healthcare

Health Partners is hiring a Vice President of Pharmacy. The Vice President of Pharmacy has overall P&L and leadership accountability for all aspects of Health Partners pharmacy businesses, including the pharmacy benefit management services of the health plan, with more than 1 million members and over $1 billion in drug spend management, and the pharmacy operations including retail pharmacies, specialty pharmacy, infusion pharmacies, medication therapy management (MTM) and the hospital-based pharmacies included in Health Partners eight hospitals managing drug spend of over $300 Million and drug charges in excess of $900 Million.

The hospitals include outpatient, inpatient, and infusion pharmacies among other services. Guides and supports business owners to achieve departmental objectives and maintains focus on continuous improvement of clinical quality and customer service with a strong focus on delivering affordable pharmacy care and products to the market. Leads and supports the development of organization wide standardization of policy and drug related initiatives including 340B program oversight and growth opportunities.

This position is also responsible for selected strategic pharmacy program development for the company.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Responsible for the supervision of pharmacy executive leadership team and their respective teams, including having the authority to hire, transfer, lay off, promote, discipline and discharge, train, reward and review performance of employees. Ensures compliance to organizational and departmental policies and procedures.

Provide leadership for pharmacy benefits administration and pharmacy services, including responsibility for the P&L, operations, and market development. Directly involved and provides leadership in negotiating agreements with PBM partners, specialty pharmacy relationships, mail order pharmacy, formulary development and maximizing manufacturer rebate value to drive affordability, revenue generation and bottom-line margin.

Oversee the development and oversight of Pharmacy plan service business goals and objectives including but not limited to: pharmacy revenue opportunities, enrollment, customer service goals and member satisfaction.

Review and lead the evaluation of vendors with new products and services that may enhance or support Health Partners pharmacy capabilities. Successfully negotiate win-win agreements.

Work collaboratively with other senior leaders to improve the affordability of Health Partners pharmacy products and services and identify business development opportunities that support health plan product development and bottom-line margin creation.

Evaluate and pursue new business and growth opportunities for pharmacy benefits administration, and designing innovative mail order pharmacy and retail pharmacy partnerships.

Provide assistance to Sales/Marketing in response to RFP’s, ensure they are knowledgeable on pharmacy, driving client engagement and participate in sales presentations and business reviews.

Represent Health Partners as a thought leader in healthcare and actively engage with national pharmacy industry leaders and pharmacy associations for pharmacy operations and pharmacy health plan.

Develop and monitor strategic and operational plans or dashboards and oversee the creation of the budgets. Accountable for the P&L for the entire Pharmacy service line.

Manages 340B program oversight, compliance, and identifies opportunities for 340B program expansion throughout the organization and including benefit alignment as appropriate. Strategically evaluates and grows 340B programming, to drive drug savings, bottom line margin and drug access/affordability to underserved populations.

Ensure the structures for compliance,…