Senior Director Pharmacy Tufts Medical Center

Tufts Medicine • Boston, MA

12d • $162,774 - $207,542 • Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for the strategic, operational, clinical, financial, and regulatory leadership of pharmacy services at Tufts Medical Center. This role provides executive oversight for inpatient pharmacy operations, clinical pharmacy services, investigational drug services, ambulatory pharmacy services, and medication-use systems throughout the academic medical center. This position serves as the senior pharmacy leader for Tufts Medical Center and partners closely with physician, nursing, operational, and system pharmacy leaders to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, high-quality, and financially responsible medication management services. The role is accountable for operational excellence, workforce engagement, quality outcomes, regulatory compliance, and execution of local and system pharmacy strategies. Working collaboratively with system pharmacy leadership, this position supports the implementation of enterprise initiatives related to formulary management, medication-use optimization, business operations, supply chain, revenue cycle, and 340B program strategies while ensuring successful execution within the academic medical center environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from an accredited institution.
• Massachusetts's Pharmacist License.
• Five (5) years of hospital pharmacy leadership experience.

Nice To Haves

• PharmD.
• Completion of a general pharmacy residency and specialty residency.
• Seven (7) years of hospital pharmacy leadership experience.
• Master’s degree in health-related filed or business administration.
• Executive leadership experience spanning clinical, operational, financial, academic, and healthcare administration environments.
• Experience leading pharmacy operations within a complex academic medical center environment, including support of research, residency training, professional education, and scholarly activity.

Responsibilities

• Leads the development and execution of pharmacy strategic, operational, workforce, and quality initiatives for Tufts Medical Center.
• Aligns departmental goals and priorities with organizational and system pharmacy strategies.
• Leads medication safety and quality improvement activities, including performance measurement, risk reduction, and initiatives that enhance patient safety and operational excellence.
• Serves as the senior pharmacy advisor to medical center leadership on pharmacy practice, medication-use systems, patient safety, operational performance, and workforce planning.
• Identifies opportunities to improve operational efficiency, service delivery, patient outcomes, and overall departmental performance.
• Provides executive oversight for all pharmacy operations and clinical services at Tufts Medical Center, ensuring safe, effective, evidence-based medication management, advancement of clinical pharmacy practice, operational excellence, workforce effectiveness, innovation, emergency preparedness, and continuous improvement across all patient care settings.
• Partners with physician faculty, nursing leadership, researchers, and academic departments to advance the organization's clinical, research, and educational missions through oversight of investigational drug services, support of pharmacy residency and learner programs, and promotion of scholarly activity and professional development.
• Accountable for departmental financial performance, including operating and capital budgets, productivity, workforce planning, resource allocation, and execution of enterprise pharmacy initiatives related to supply chain, revenue cycle, formulary management, medication procurement, and 340B program objectives.
• Provides leadership, coaching, mentoring, and talent development for pharmacy leaders and staff while fostering a culture of accountability, engagement, collaboration, professional growth, and continuous improvement.
• Ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state, accreditation, professional, and organizational requirements and serves as the accountable pharmacy leader for regulatory surveys, inspections, and accreditation reviews.
• Represents Tufts Medical Center within system pharmacy governance structures and partners with physician, nursing, administrative, service line, informatics, and pharmacy leaders to advance organizational priorities, digital transformation, clinical program growth, standardization, and medication-related outcomes across Tufts Medicine.

Benefits

• The base pay ranges reflect the minimum qualifications for the role. Individual offers are determined using a comprehensive approach that considers relevant experience, certifications, education, skills, and internal equity to ensure compensation is fair, consistent, and aligned with our business goals.
• Beyond base pay, Tufts Medicine provides a comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports your health, financial security, and career growth—one of the many ways we invest in you so you can thrive both at work and outside of it.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior