Senior Director Category Management Pharmacy and Children’s Health

Job Overview

Our employees, whom we call caregivers, take pride in and live our mission of helping people live the healthiest lives possible. The Category Management & GPO Relations Senior Director leads a team of engaged caregivers to provide the best possible experience for our customers and supplier stakeholders. In this role, you are responsible for the Pharmacy and Children’s Health Category Management team and own the strategic relationship with the GPO partner, overseeing roughly 20-40 caregivers.

Preferredly based within the Intermountain market areas (Utah – preferably in the Salt Lake region, , NV, MT or CO). A remote model may be considered with periodic travel required. The position is located at the Supply Chain Center, Midvale, Utah.

We offer a generous benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, a Healthy Living program with financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling, paid time off, financial wellness tools, retirement planning, and a Healthy Living program supporting holistic well‑being.

Hourly range: $78.66 - $121.47, dependent on experience.

• Have strong, positive, engaging people‑management skills that will drive change management and continuous improvement efforts.
• Manage, support and maintain final decision rights on contracting deliverables, deadlines, and contract terms while ensuring customer satisfaction.
• Interpret and analyze data, then use insight to develop strategies and tactics that influence suppliers for contract offerings.
• Initiate continuous quality improvement by evaluating and enhancing division operations to provide efficient and responsive reports and services to internal and external customers.
• Have end‑to‑end project‑management capabilities for high‑visibility projects that require executive oversight to ensure goals are met.
• Be responsible for accuracy and completeness of internal and external communications to provide maximum supplier awareness and utilization.
• Present industry information clearly and effectively to suppliers, members, company executives, and team members.
• Partner with Human Resources to maintain a high‑performance work environment.
• Travel as required and participate in organizational programs and events valuable to organizational growth.

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field is required.
• Highly preferred: prior PBM (Pharmacy Benefit Manager), pharmacy operations, payer contracting or payer negotiations experience; background in limited distribution and specialty drug negotiations is a plus.
• Experience leading large‑scale procurement teams (3-5 years managing 10+ employees, including people managers); proficiency with GPO operations, integration, and collaboration; mastery of procurement functions (Category Management, GPO relations, Contracting, Purchasing, Sourcing) is required.
• Mastery of operationalizing and coaching large teams, establishing operating model structures, standardizing processes, facilitating transformational change management, and communications.
• Proven talent to lead a team of professionals to achieve organizational goals and objectives; superior analytical, problem‑solving, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Proven decision‑making, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability and drive to work toward best‑in‑class processes to deliver significant financial, quality, and service results.
• Demonstrated negotiation, customer service, and collaboration skills.
• Capability in motivating a team, public speaking, leveraging data, and adoption of technology.

• A master’s degree preferred or additional 5 years of experience at a similar management level.
• Experience leading teams through strategic planning for categories of spend.
• Experience in procurement transformation.
• Experience fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Experience aligning stakeholder goals in a complex environment to develop long‑term strategies.

Intermountain Health is an equal‑opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. All positions are subject to close without notice.

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