Job Details

Company :

Highmark Inc.

JOB SUMMARY

This job requires the incumbent to balance clinical and business acumen to implement and provide ongoing support and oversight of assigned pharmacy programs. This pharmacist will work in a team-oriented environment as a subject matter expert of assigned pharmacy program offerings with both clinical and non-clinical focus. The incumbent is responsible for implementation, market introduction, overall performance, and continuous improvement of their assigned programs. The incumbent will work with internal partners and leadership to develop a firm grasp of the Organization's clinical program strategy as it evolves over time to enhance the value that is delivered to the Organization's customers.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Define the Organization's clinical product eminence strategy and plan, including the identification of key activities (e.g., conferences, publications, white papers, webinars, etc.) that will help to reinforce the Organization's leadership position in the marketplace for clinical products/services.
• Execute the eminence strategy and plan, including serving as the Organization's liaison for activities (e.g., conferences), managing logistics (e.g., webinars), and developing content required to support activities (e.g., presentations); pull in resources from across the enterprise to support execution of plan as needed.
• Conduct market scans to stay abreast of health trends and research; educate leadership on key findings for sharing with account teams, as well as functional leadership (e.g., product, clinical area).
• Participate in the health policy review process, providing the clinical product strategy perspective.
• Inform competencies of distributed clinical product resources, identifying learning needs, and inform performance management process.
• Partner with analytics to develop insights supporting the development and sharing of eminence (e.g., white papers, health policy reviews, etc.).
• Partner with public relations to share pilot "success stories" externally, helping the Organization to be viewed as innovative in the clinical product space.
• Act as the subject matter expert (SME) for assigned programs and related workflows, including those with high complexity.
• Function independently as business SME during assigned program implementations, expansions, and enhancements.
• Ensure ongoing state and federal compliance of assigned programs, in concert with legal, product, and ER&G matrix partners.
• Development and maintenance of accurate marketing materials for assigned programs.
• Provide written and verbal education on assigned programs to internal stakeholders.
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

REQUIRED EDUCATION

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing or other related area, or relevant experience and/or education as determined by the company in lieu of bachelor's degree.

PREFERRED EDUCATION

• Master's Degree – Business Administration, Marketing.

EXPERIENCE

Minimum:

• 7 - 10 years' experience with deep breadth and depth of business knowledge in the health and wellness and/or clinical services space.

Preferred:

• Deep healthcare expertise.

• Clinical programs policy background.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Prior experience executing eminence activities.

• Strong understanding of market trends/needs, business requirements and balance them successfully.

• Research and analytics skills.

• External market orientation.

• Ability to work in a matrixed organization environment.

REQUIRED LICENSURE

None

PREFERRED LICENSURE

None

TRAVEL REQUIREMENT

25% - 50%

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT (other than English)

None

PHYSICAL, MENTAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS

The physical, mental demands and working conditions described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of their job. Reasonable accommodations will be made when necessary to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties of the position, to the extent that they do not cause undue hardship.

EEO STATEMENT

Highmark Health and its affiliates prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on any category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

CONTACT FOR ACCOMMODATIONS

For accommodation requests, please contact HR Services Online at ...@highmarkhealth.org.

PAY RANGE MINIMUM

$78,900.00

PAY RANGE MAXIMUM

$147,500.00