Director Pharmacy Practice - Remote

Prime Therapeutics • Mountain Home, ID

334d • $124,000 - $211,000

About The Position

The Director of Pharmacy Practice leads a Regulatory team across a given business function. The responsibilities align to a regulatory domain responsible for leading the review, impact assessment, and drafting of comments for proposed regulatory and legislative items that impact pharmacy operations. The individual is a representative of the business division, Operations, Business Development and Account Management. Collaborates with Payer Relations, Compliance, Pharmacy Operations, Legal and Quality departments.

Requirements

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or Bachelor of Science Pharmacy Degree
• Current pharmacist license in good standing with the State Board of Pharmacy in the State where the position is located.
• 7 years of work experience in clinical, retail, hospital, or managed care to include 5 years of experience in regulatory, compliance, quality, and audits.
• 5 years of leadership/people management experience

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience developing and overseeing Project Management, Training and/or Quality Programs
• Prior PBM, health plan, or health care experience
• Familiarity with contract language and risk mitigation concepts
• Previous experience with strategy development and management experience in a matrixed organizational structure

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight identifies and resolves complex multi-dimensional problems within Pharmacy and develops solutions to highly complex compliance problems by referring to precedence, policies, and standard operating procedures; escalate issues to Compliance and Legal leadership as appropriate and enhance or develop new supporting documentation as necessary
• Partner with Compliance and Legal on laws and regulatory issues that impact Prime’s compliance programs or Board of Pharmacy and Department of Insurance filings; document requirements or disciplinary actions and respond to findings as appropriate
• Represents the Pharmacy Department on complex contracts or cross-functional projects; identifies key stakeholders from across the enterprise and establishes effective collaboration techniques to maintain ongoing partnership between functions
• Oversee and manage a portfolio of legislative, regulatory, and industry standard items; ensure department leadership and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) have a solid understanding of scope, deliverables, and deadlines associated with actionable items
• Collaborate with impacted operational stakeholders to draft position statements and/or comments for proposed Federal and State regulatory or legislative items
• Executes compliance procedures and enforces policy governance across the organization to validate regulatory reporting requirements are met and that business operations are aligned with expectations of applicable regulatory guidance
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to ensure the processes are evolving to support efficiency, accuracy, and effectiveness
• Set team direction by establishing goals and objectives that are aligned to enterprise priorities and managing the team to these defined outputs
• Develops departmental plans, including business, production and/or organizational priorities
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Potential pay for this position ranges from $124,000.00 - $211,000.00 based on experience and skills.
• Equal opportunity and affirmative action employer
• Diverse candidates encouraged to apply
• Tobacco-Free Workplace

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree