Director, Drug Product Data & Industry Standards

Elsevier•Home based-Florida, AL

3d•$115,400 - $230,700•Remote

About The Position

The Director, Drug Product Data and Industry Standards is a senior subject matter expert responsible for setting the strategic direction of drug product data content and ensuring the organization remains ahead of evolving industry trends, regulatory changes, and customer needs. This role combines deep pharmacist expertise with a forward-looking perspective on the transactional drug information landscape covering dispensing, e-prescribing, drug pricing, data interoperability, and emerging data standards. The Director serves as the organization’s primary authority on pharmacy standards (particularly NCPDP), pharmacy law interpretation, and the practical implications of regulatory and industry changes on drug product data and customer workflows. This is a leadership role with meaningful influence across internal teams, industry bodies, and external partners.

Requirements

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (RPh); active pharmacist licensure required.
Experience (7+ years) working with drug product data in a compendia, healthcare data, pharmacy informatics, or related environment.
Deep familiarity with NCPDP standards and their application to transactional pharmacy data (dispensing, e-prescribing, claims, interoperability).
Able to interpret pharmacy law and federal/state regulatory changes and assess their practical implications for data and operations.
Experience setting strategic direction, influencing cross-functional teams, and driving organizational decisions without always having direct authority.
Exceptional understanding of drug product data elements: NDCs, pricing types, ingredients, packaging, and related transactional data structures.
Proven ability to build and sustain relationships with industry partners, standards bodies, and customers.
Excellent communication skills - able to translate complex technical and regulatory topics for non-expert audiences.
Comfort working independently in a remote environment while maintaining high visibility and engagement across teams.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience working directly with a major drug compendia or healthcare data vendor.
Active participation in NCPDP working groups or committees.
Familiarity with specialty data categories such as compounded products, OTCs, or nutritional products.
Background in or exposure to reimbursement, claims analysis, or managed care applications of drug data.
Experience managing or mentoring teams of pharmacists, data analysts, or clinical content staff.

Responsibilities

Set and evolve the strategic direction for drug product data content, including identification of new data elements, expansion opportunities, and emerging market needs.
Anticipate trends in the transactional pharmacy ecosystem and advise the organization on how to respond.
Evaluate and prioritize opportunities for content expansion (e.g., OTC products, compounded drugs, supplements, specialty data types) based on customer demand and clinical and operational feasibility.
Make recommendations on data product positioning and inform go-to-market strategy in collaboration with Product and Commercial colleagues.
Serve as the organization’s primary expert on NCPDP standards and their application to drug product data and customer workflows.
Monitor and interpret pharmacy law and regulatory developments (federal and state) and proactively assess their impact on data content, structure, and customer needs.
Represent the organization at NCPDP working groups and other relevant industry bodies; build influence and bring relevant intelligence back to internal teams.
Develop and maintain positions and recommendations on complex regulatory topics (e.g., drug scheduling changes, compounding regulations, state PDMP requirements).
Oversee the development and maintenance of the drug product database, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment with industry standards.
Establish and evolve quality assurance and quality control frameworks for drug product data.
Serve as the escalation point and decision-maker for complex data questions, discrepancies, or novel data scenarios.
Serve as the knowledge owner for editorial tools, data models, and database standards used by the drug product team.
Collaborate with the Clinical team on data boundary questions and areas of intersection between drug product and clinical content.
Partner with Product and Technology teams to translate data strategy into system and tool requirements; provide pharmacist oversight of data model decisions.
Support the Sales team in customer-facing engagements related to drug product data capabilities, positioning, and roadmap.
Provide expert guidance and mentorship to drug product data staff and contractors, elevating the team’s overall domain knowledge.
Initiate and maintain relationships with pharmaceutical manufacturers, drug wholesalers, and other data suppliers essential to data access and completeness.
Build and sustain relationships with key customers to understand evolving needs and ensure the product meets market expectations.
Represent the organization with credibility and authority in industry discussions, standards bodies, and customer conversations.