Director, Pharmacy Value Economics & Strategy

Florida Pharmacy Association, Inc.; Draper (UT); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 231,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum is seeking a Director, Pharmacy Value Economics to lead the national measurement, forecasting, and realization of pharmacy value across Optum Health, with initial focus on rebate programs and value-based strategies. You will translate data into enterprise-level recommendations balancing affordability, access, quality, and sustainable value.

You’ll collaborate with finance, actuary, and accounting teams, build governance and reporting standards, and manage a high-performing team to scale

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in healthcare, pharmacy, managed care, finance, healthcare economics, market access, or rebate management.
• 5+ years of direct or matrixed people leadership experience.
• Experience applying healthcare, pharmacy, or drug economics methodologies to strategic decisions.
• Experience forecasting, economic evaluation, value measurement, and executive business cases.
• Experience designing data models for claims, utilization, or financial data.
• Experience measuring financial performance including forecast accuracy and variance.
• Experience developing executive dashboards, KPIs, and reporting.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives with clinical, finance, analytics, operations, contracting, and market leadership.
• Ability to communicate with senior leaders and influence decisions with data-driven insights.

Responsibilities

• Own the pharmacy value economics framework and governance.
• Lead national forecasting for rebates, value programs, and market expansion.
• Develop models and business cases to support strategic investments.
• Maintain executive dashboards and KPI reporting for leadership.
• Identify opportunities to improve rebates, value capture, and affordability.
• Monitor trends in pharmaceutical markets and policy changes.
• Scale analytics across populations, markets, and lines of business.
• Lead and develop a high-performing forecasting and analytics team.

Skills

Healthcare industry experience

People leadership

Value economics

Financial modeling

Data modeling

Executive reporting

Cross-functional leadership

Analytics leadership

Executive communication

Forecasting

Education

PharmD or pharmacist licensure

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Excel

Job description

Optum is seeking a Director, Pharmacy Value Economics to lead the national measurement, forecasting, and realization of pharmacy value across Optum Health, with initial focus on rebate programs and value-based strategies. You will translate data into enterprise-level recommendations balancing affordability, access, quality, and sustainable value.

You’ll collaborate with finance, actuary, and accounting teams, build governance and reporting standards, and manage a high-performing team to scale