Director of Independent Pharmacy Affairs- Evernorth Health Services
Company: The Cigna Group
Location: Jacksonville
Posted on: May 28, 2023
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Job Description:
PREFERRED LOCATIONS: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Washington State,
Kansas, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Texas, Maryland, Philadelphia, PA, Bloomfield, CT, St.
Louis, MO, Washington, DC
OVERVIEW:
The Director, Independent Pharmacy Affairs will provide direction
and decision-making to the company, and collaborate with leaders
and key stakeholders to understand strategic business initiatives
and develop engagement solutions that are specifically focused on
the business models of independent pharmacies.
This leader will be a forward thinking advisor who possesses
extensive knowledge and is well-versed in emerging Independent
Pharmacy trends. Recognized thought leader by both internal and
external communities.
This role is highly cross-functional, requiring influential
partnership with senior level business leaders across the
enterprise and core support functions, such as Provider Contracting
Strategy, Clinical, Distribution, Technology, Legal, Governmental
Affairs, etc. as the strategy is built and executed. The strategy
has the potential to impact and touch every line of business across
Express Scripts. This role will be responsible for helping realize
and articulate new value creation from the strategies developed and
deployed.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Establish the Office of Independent Pharmacy Enablement, which will
drive Independent Pharmacy Engagement for the enterprise.
Establish and strategically lead an external Independent Pharmacy
Advisory Committee (IPAC), comprised of independent pharmacy owners
from representing different regions and businesses.
Oversees program development, independent pharmacist focused
problem resolution and influences/leads process improvement.
Owns Strategic Initiatives to execute and enable the strategy set
by business segment management and integrates policy across
divisions.
Works to activate PBM product, provider relations and clinical
strategy with the independent pharmacy community.
Builds and maintains strong external relationships and provides
advice and support specific to independent pharmacy
partnerships.
Liaison between the Express Scripts PBM and Independent and
Community Pharmacies, and Independent Pharmacy Trade
Associations.
Meet with key external stakeholders on proposed legislation (state
and federal).
Possesses significant freedom to act in the medium term and
contributes to strategic decisions.
Will serve as a subject matter consultative resource on external
market trends and identifying solutions to help meet needs.
Leads construction of an optimal management process to ensure
Strategy Enablement.
Drives External Business Development initiatives across key matrix
team.
Presents new/and or complex and challenging business issues to
executive management.
Guides multiple departments within a functional area or multiple
departments across several functional areas.
REQUIRED SKILLS:
At least 5 years working for an Independent Pharmacy; Requires
PharmD degree.
Relevant experience in strategic planning and/or strategy
enablement.
Deep understanding of the provider/health system landscape and
market, including the top pain points and issues that independent
pharmacy providers face, their multiple interfaces with insurers
and vendors, and ideally established relationships with key
matrixed partners in the market.
Ability to partner cross-functionally and influence to gain
alignment from key stakeholders.
Strong relationship building skills and the ability to interface at
the exec level both internally and externally.
Executive presence and exceptional communications skills.
Recognized thought leader by both internal and external
communities, with existing, relevant relationships.
Travel up to 40%.
If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the
internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or
fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least
10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.
About Evernorth Health Services
Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates
pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase
vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction,
prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to
millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving
lives.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race,
color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or
related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation,
sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or
military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or
familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public
assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic
protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online
application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for
support. Do not email SeeYourself@cigna.com for an update on your
application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a
response.
The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right
not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally
permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine
will not be considered for employment unless they enter a
qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their
employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona,
Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.
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