Director of Client Success

PHIL•San Francisco, CA

2d•$160,000 - $200,000•Remote

About The Position

PHIL is seeking a Director of Client Success who will serve as the primary strategic partner for a portfolio of pharmaceutical manufacturer clients. This is fundamentally a relationship and growth role — not an operational support role. The Director will own client retention, drive expansion (increasing the share of a client's prescriptions routed through PHIL versus other channels), and identify cross-sell opportunities across additional brands within client organizations. The Director operates as the internal quarterback for every client engagement. While PHIL's Strategy/Analytics, Product, and Operations teams will regularly appear in client conversations as subject-matter experts, this role is responsible for orchestrating those interactions, ensuring continuity of the client relationship, and translating client priorities into coordinated action across PHIL's organization. This role is the client's advocate inside PHIL and PHIL's most important voice in the client relationship. The Director must be equally credible with a VP of Market Access and a field sales trainer — and must be able to move fluidly between strategic conversations and operational follow-through.

Requirements

5+ years of experience within a pharmaceutical manufacturer in one or more of the following roles: Patient services, patient access, or reimbursement program leadership; Hub or specialty pharmacy program management (manufacturer-side); Sales training, field force effectiveness, or commercial operations; Market access, payer strategy, or value & access
Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally within a complex organization and influence without direct authority
Track record of building strong relationships with commercial and market access leadership
Experience managing a portfolio of pharmaceutical manufacturer clients
Familiarity with hub services metrics: enrollment rates, pull-through/PTR, script share, GTN vs. retail, refill rates
Experience delivering QBRs and business reviews to VP/SVP-level stakeholders
Exceptional relationship and communication skills — equally comfortable in a strategic conversation with a SVP and a working session with a field sales trainer
Commercially oriented — able to translate operational program data into net revenue narratives that resonate with brand and commercial leaders
Strong orchestration and project management instincts — comfortable coordinating multiple internal stakeholders on behalf of a client without letting anything fall through the cracks
Data-literate — able to read and interpret program performance data, identify meaningful patterns, and frame them as insights rather than just reporting
Executive presence and credibility — able to command a room at the VP/SVP level without losing approachability with day-to-day contacts
Proactive and anticipatory — wired to get ahead of problems, not react to them
Bachelor's degree required

Nice To Haves

Pharma patient services, sales training, or reimbursement hub experience
Prior experience in a client success, account management, or strategic partnerships role at a hub services company, specialty pharmacy, or healthcare technology company is a meaningful differentiator.
Candidates with this background combined with pharma industry experience are strongly preferred.
Advanced degree in business, healthcare, or a related field is a plus

Responsibilities

Build and sustain deep, multi-level relationships across each client organization — from day-to-day program contacts through VP and SVP-level commercial and market access leadership. Ensure clients maintain strong conviction in the value PHIL delivers, with every engagement reinforcing that PHIL is a strategic partner, not a vendor.
Own the overall health and satisfaction of each assigned account; be the first to know when something is at risk and the first to act on it
Lead Quarterly Business Reviews end-to-end — coordinating PHIL's Strategy/Analytics and Product leads as SMEs, but owning the room, the commercial narrative, and the follow-through
Proactively identify and resolve issues before clients raise them; set the internal standard that no client should ever surface a problem PHIL didn't already know about
Build multi-level relationship maps for each account; actively expand relationships beyond the single point of contact to ensure executive visibility and stakeholder depth
Develop client advocates — individuals who will speak credibly about PHIL to peers and serve as references for new business
Drive measurable expansion in each client's share of prescriptions routed through PHIL versus retail and other channels. Understand the commercial levers that move script share and work with clients' commercial and sales organizations to activate them.
Develop a deep understanding of each client's sales structure, territory model, and field team priorities — and build relationships with sales leadership and sales training teams to ensure PHIL is embedded in commercial execution
Translate program performance data into commercial narratives that resonate with brand and commercial leaders — framing insights in terms of net revenue impact, not just operational metrics
Work with Strategy/Analytics team to identify and recommend program optimizations (business rule changes, copay adjustments, affordability program design) that meaningfully improve pull-through rates and patient conversion
Track script share performance at the territory and HCP level; surface opportunity areas to the client's field team and sales leadership
Leverage deep relationships within existing client organizations to identify other pharma brands that would benefit from PHIL's platform. Act as an intelligent referral source for PHIL's commercial team.
Develop sufficient understanding of each client's portfolio to recognize brands that would benefit from PHIL's hub and pharmacy model
Build relationships with commercial leaders across multiple business units within each client organization — not just the teams managing current PHIL programs
Identify expansion signals (new launches, pipeline products, dissatisfaction with existing hub partners) and communicate them to PHIL's commercial team in a timely and structured way
Participate in new brand conversations alongside PHIL's commercial team, providing credibility through the existing relationship and institutional knowledge of the client
Serve as the connective tissue across PHIL's internal teams — Strategy/Analytics, Product, and Operations — ensuring the client's priorities are understood and acted upon across the organization, and that the client experiences a seamless, coordinated partnership regardless of which PHIL team members they're engaging with.
Maintain a complete picture of each account: open priorities, ongoing initiatives, relationship dynamics, recent interactions across all PHIL functions, and upcoming decision points
Coordinate the participation of Strategy/Analytics, Product, and Operations leads in client engagements — briefing them on context, setting clear objectives for each interaction, and ensuring follow-through on commitments
Serve as the client's internal voice at PHIL: represent client priorities in product roadmap discussions, escalate operational issues with appropriate urgency, and advocate for investments that will improve client outcomes
Maintain clear accountability between internal teams — ensuring that client-facing commitments are tracked and that no action item falls through the gaps in a cross-functional handoff
Build and maintain an account plan for each client that is visible to all relevant internal stakeholders and updated regularly