Principal Pharmacist, Pharmacy Products - Medicare

Principal Pharmacist, Pharmacy Products - Medicare

Your Role

The Pharmacy team provides pharmacy benefit management services and strategies to support Blue Shield affordability and membership goals. The Principal Pharmacist, Pharmacy Products - Medicare will report to the Sr. Manager, Pharmacy Products. In this role you will support pharmacy product strategy development and implementation to support attainment of pharmacy pricing, membership growth and retention strategies and initiatives. Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Your Work

In this role, you will:

• Serve as a primary pharmacy lead to work with Medicare business units to develop and implement pharmacy products and market initiatives that align with business unit growth and profitability objectives
• Lead and/or actively participate in cross functional processes, including executive audience forums, to brainstorm, influence and recommend pharmacy product strategies and initiatives to support value proposition, annual go to market and multi-year roadmap planning
• Provide marketplace intelligence and feedback to internal pharmacy teams to influence product and Cost of Health Care strategy development and prioritization
• Review pharmacy program performance, marketplace and mandate requirements and work cross functionally to develop solutions to differentiate Blue Shield
• Support issue resolutions, communications and solutions development that impact pharmacy benefit and day-to-day operations to ensure lines of business deliverables are met
• Support Pharmacy Care Reimagined strategic initiative implementation as appropriate

At Blue Shield of California we are parents, leader, students, visionaries, heroes, and providers. Everyday we come together striving to fulfill our mission, to ensure all Californians have access to high-quality health care at a sustainably affordable price. For more than 80 years, Blue Shield of California has been dedicated to transforming health care by making it more accessible, cost-effective, and customer-centric. We are a not-for-profit, independent member of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association with 6,800 employees, more than $20 billion in annual revenue and 4.3 million members. The company has contributed more than $500 million to Blue Shield of California Foundation since 2002 to have a positive impact on California communities. Blue Shield of California is headquartered in Oakland, California with 18 additional locations including Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San Diego. We're excited to share Blue Shield of California has received awards and recognition for LGBT diversity, quality improvement, most influential women in corporate America, Bay Area's top companies in volunteering & giving, and one of the world's most ethical companies. Here at Blue Shield of California, we're striving to make a positive change across our industry and the communities we live in , Join us!

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree
• Requires at least 4 years of experience in a managed care setting focused on Medicare
• Requires a currently active and unrestricted California Registered Pharmacist (RPh) license
• Prior experience in presenting pharmacy program recommendations, performance, value and observations to executive leadership highly preferred
• Prior experience in pharmacy benefit strategy and solutions development with understanding of pharmacy levers and market place requirements highly preferred
• Possesses excellent presentation, verbal and written skills with ability to understand and convey complex ideas to audience with diverse backgrounds
• Possesses strong business acumen with proven experience in strategy development and planning
• Must be proficient in MS Office, particularly MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel

Pay Range:

The pay range for this role is: $ 145200.00 to $ 217800.00 for California.

Note:

Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, location (California, Bay area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.