AVP Pharmacy Business & Outcomes

Location:

Chicago, Illinois

Business Unit:
Rush Medical Center

Hospital:
Rush University Medical Center

Department:
System Pharmacy

Work Type:
Full Time (Total FTE between 0. 9 and 1.
0)

Shift: Shift 1

Work Schedule:

8 Hr (8:00:00 AM - 4:00:00 PM)

Rush offers exceptional rewards and benefits learn more at our Rush benefits page ().

Pay Range: $192,150 - $286,312 per year
Rush salaries are determined by many factors including, but not limited to, education, job-related experience and skills, as well as internal equity and industry specific market data. The pay range for each role reflects Rush's anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position. Offers may vary depending on the circumstances of each case. This role has a corresponding incentive plan based on multiple factors.

incentive compensation and additional benefits can be found on our Rush benefits page ()

Summary:

The Associate Vice President of Pharmacy Business and Outcomes is a key leadership position, reporting to the System Vice President, Chief Pharmacy Officer. The AVP Pharmacy Business & Outcomes provides executive leadership for RUSH's enterprise pharmacy business operations, financial strategy, outcomes analytics, and centralized procurement models. This role ensures the financial sustainability and performance of pharmacy services by unifying contracting, purchasing, 340B optimization, and outcomes measurement within an integrated framework.
The AVP builds and directs system level business and analytic capabilities to assess financial performance, cost savings, market trends, medication access, and the value of pharmacy services across the enterprise. This leader partners closely with site and system leaders to create and execute strategies that strengthen affordability, access, and enterprise wide medication outcomes. Through strategic contracting, disciplined execution, advanced analytics, and collaboration, this executive ensures that RUSH Pharmacy serves as a key driver of financial sustainability, innovation, and measurable system outcomes.

Responsibilities:

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide system level leadership for enterprise pharmacy business operations, including contracting, procurement, and financial performance.

• Create strategies and business models that improve affordability, strengthen medication access, and ensure sustainable growth of RUSH pharmacy services.

• Partner with site pharmacy leaders, finance, supply chain, and clinical executives to align pharmacy business operations with RUSH strategic priorities.

• Partner with system leaders to establish business intelligence and analytics to monitor key financial, operational, and clinical pharmacy impact including metrics of savings, utilization trends, patient medication access and population outcomes.

• Ensure pharmacy performance measurement aligns with enterprise goals including quality, population health, and financial sustainability.

• Lead enterprise relationships with pharmaceutical manufacturers, wholesalers, GPOs, analytics vendors, and technology partners.

• Collaborate to design contracting and utilization strategies that improve affordability and medication access for employees.

• Direct contracting strategies with pharmaceutical manufacturers, wholesalers, and GPOs to secure cost savings, optimize access, and support enterprise initiatives.

• Lead enterprise purchasing strategies that reduce variation, strengthen supply chain resiliency, and leverage scale.

• Implement standardized systemwide processes to reduce variation, improve medication distribution, and strengthen operational reliability.

• Oversee centralized workflows for medication distribution and drug shortage mitigation in close collaboration with site pharmacy leaders and system supply chain partners.

• Lead the enterprise 340B strategy to maximize savings, compliance, patient benefit, and long term program viability.

• Ensure program integrity through alignment with federal/state regulations and RUSH compliance standards.

• Partner to optimize 340B aligned medication access strategies.

• Develop and manage systemwide pharmacy business budgets, forecasts, financial models, and…