Pharmacy & Project Manager
Eden Prairie, MN – Onsite
100% onsite in MN
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Job Description
Hybrid Pharmacy & Project Manager Role - Manage vendor relationships and serve as a primary point of contact for SHP and pharmacy-related partners. Lead the planning, initiation, and execution of multiple concurrent projects and workstreams in support of organizational goals and strategic priorities.
Required skills:
1. Pharmacy Benefit
• Develop and manage customized documentation that aligns with organizational objectives, cost-containment strategies, regulatory requirements, and pharmacy benefit goals.
• Manage vendor relationships and serve as a primary point of contact for SHP and pharmacy-related partners.
• Monitor vendor performance, contractual compliance, service level agreements (SLAs), and key performance indicators.
Pharmacy Strategy
• Apply knowledge of 340B principles, HRSA regulations, and commercial plan requirements to support benefit strategy decisions.
• Support the development and implementation of
Pharmacy Analytics & Financial Management
• Analyze pharmacy utilization trends, medication spend, rebate implications, and overall financial outcomes to identify opportunities for cost savings and operational improvement.
• Develop executive-level reports, dashboards, and performance metrics to support decision-making and strategic planning.
• Identify and recommend pharmacy savings opportunities while balancing clinical quality, member experience, and regulatory requirements.
Regulatory Compliance & Operations
• Ensure pharmacy benefits align with applicable state, federal, and accreditation requirements.
• Support oversight of 340B program initiatives and compliance activities, where applicable.
• Coordinate operational activities, stakeholder meetings, and cross-functional communications related to pharmacy initiatives.
• Maintain documentation of pharmacy programs, vendor activities, contracts, and governance decisions.
• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills in interactions with internal and external stakeholders.
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2. Project Management
Project Leadership & Planning
• Lead the planning, initiation, and execution of multiple concurrent projects and workstreams in support of organizational goals and strategic priorities.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, budgets, and resource requirements.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project charters, work plans, governance structures, and communication plans.
• Establish project governance frameworks and facilitate decision-making processes across stakeholder groups.
Project Execution & Delivery
• Oversee day-to-day project execution, ensuring milestones are achieved and deliverables are completed on schedule.
• Coordinate activities across pharmacy, clinical operations, finance, compliance, IT, and external vendor teams.
• Monitor project performance against established KPIs, timelines, budgets, and strategic objectives.
• Ensure quality standards and organizational expectations are consistently met throughout all project phases.
Risk & Change Management
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, issues, dependencies, and barriers to successful execution.
• Manage project scope changes and change-control processes through established governance procedures.
• Escalate critical issues and provide recommendations to leadership for timely resolution.
Communication & Executive Reporting
• Facilitate regular project status meetings, steering committee reviews, and executive stakeholder updates.
• Develop and maintain project dashboards, executive reports, performance scorecards, and supporting documentation.
• Provide executive-level summaries highlighting project progress, risks, financial impacts, and key decisions requiring leadership input.
• Lead stakeholder engagement and organizational change management activities to support successful implementation and adoption.
Desired skills: Preferred Qualifications & Experience
• 10+ years of healthcare project management experience, including at least 5 years leading complex pharmacy-related initiatives or enterprise pharmacy workstreams.
• Demonstrated expertise in Pharmacy Benefit operations, contracting, vendor management, formulary strategy, and pharmacy financial management.
• Deep understanding of 340B program requirements, specialty pharmacy operations, and applicable pharmacy regulatory requirements.
• Proven experience managing large-scale, cross-functional projects within complex healthcare organizations.
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification required.
• Pharmacy technician certification, pharmacist licensure, or equivalent pharmacy-related credential strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success managing significant cost-savings initiatives and driving operational efficiencies across healthcare organizations.
• Proven ability to manage multi-million-dollar savings portfolios and strategic transformation efforts.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, vendor management, problem-solving, and executive communication skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex concepts and recommendations to senior leadership and diverse stakeholder groups.
Additional notes:
• Pharmacy analytics, rebate analysis, and financial performance management.
• 340B compliance support.
• Budget management and financial forecasting.
• Risk, issue, dependency, and change management.
• Executive reporting and governance.
• Cross-functional leadership across pharmacy, finance, clinical, compliance, IT, and vendor stakeholders.
• Organizational change management and stakeholder engagement.
These enhancements align the responsibilities more closely with the senior-level qualifications described in the email to Caroline and position the role as a strategic Pharmacy/Project Management leader rather than a support-focused coordinator role.