Manager, Specialty Pharmacy Operations

Gundersen Health System; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Retirement plan

Career growth opportunities

Supportive leadership

Job summary

Gundersen Health System is seeking a Manager of Specialty Pharmacy Operations to guide specialty medication management, infusion services, and medication access across our expansive enterprise. You will lead teams, ensure regulatory and accreditation compliance, and optimize workflows to support high-quality patient care.

Collaborating with pharmacy leadership, specialty clinics, providers, and external partners, you will enhance access to complex therapies and advance safe, efficient,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in a healthcare or operations-related field.
• Registration as pharmacy technician within the state of primary work location; and nationally recognized certification (CPhT or ExCPT).
• Minimum 3–5 years progressive leadership experience in pharmacy operations, with focus on specialty pharmacy, infusion services, or related lines.

Responsibilities

• Oversee specialized pharmacy services including specialty medication management, infusion services, medication access, and other complex operations.
• Lead teams, ensuring regulatory and accreditation compliance, optimize workflows, monitor financial and operational performance, and support high-quality patient care.
• Collaborate with pharmacy leadership, specialty clinics, providers, and external partners to improve access to complex therapies and support safe, efficient operations.

Skills

Leadership experience

Pharmacy operations

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Infusion services

Medication access

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Healthcare Administration, Business, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or related field

Job description

Love + medicine is who we are, it's what we do, it's why people want to work here.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Emplify Health by Gundersen is seeking a Manager of Specialty Pharmacy Operations to be part of our growing Pharmacy Services across our Enterprise.

What You’ll Do

• Oversee specialized pharmacy services including specialty medication management, infusion services, medication access, and other complex pharmacy operations
• Lead teams, ensuring regulatory and accreditation compliance, optimize workflows, monitor financial and operational performance, and support high-quality patient care
• Collaborate with pharmacy leadership, specialty clinics, providers, and external partners to improve access to complex therapies and support safe, efficient, patient-centered specialty pharmacy operations

What You’ll Get

• Competitive salary with additional compensation based on experience
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits and a top-rated retirement plan
• Supportive departmental leadership
• Opportunity to be part of a growing enterprise

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Healthcare Administration, Business, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or related field required within 6 years of hire
• Registration as pharmacy technician within the state of primary pharmacy work location; AND Nationally-recognized certification for pharmacy technician credential (CPhT or ExCPT), based on state of primary work location
• Minimum 3-5 years progressive leadership experience in pharmacy operations, with a focus on special operations such as specialty pharmacy, infusion services, complex medication management, medication access, or related pharmacy service lines

Emplify Health, a partnership of Bellin Health and Gundersen Health System, is a leading not-for-profit, patient-centered healthcare network based in Green Bay and La Crosse, Wisconsin.

With 11 hospitals and over 100 clinics, we serve 67 cities across Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Join us in making a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients and communities.

If you need assistance with any portion of the application or have questions about the position, please contact [e-mail] or call 608-775-0267.

We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose.

Equal Opportunity Employer Around here, loving your job is part of the job.

Join our mission in changing healthcare while finding a career you'll love!

Together with our values - belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility - our pillars set our foundation and our future.

Gundersen Health System offers a proud, local history spanning more than 100 years.

Our personalized patient care model is only the beginning of what you will experience as we foster population health transformation and innovation to serve our communities and you.

We've made it a priority to enrich the lives of our employees as they find a career they love.

Using each employee’s unique talents and passions, Gundersen is committed to delivering exceptional patient and family-centered care to the communities we serve.

You can be part of an exciting, highly adaptable and mission-driven organization with a work environment that supports you personally and professionally and a work culture where you are valued and appreciated offering an employee-first culture, work-life balance, and career advancement & growth opportunities.

We call it LOVE + MEDICINE and it’s more than our practice. It is who we are.

Gundersen Health System, based in La Crosse, WI, is the leading provider of primary and specialized care in western Wisconsin, southeast Minnesota, and northeast Iowa; serving more than 500,000 residents throughout 22 counties.

Our physician-led, not-for-profit healthcare system includes a 325-bed teaching hospital, tertiary referral center, and Level II Trauma Center; community clinics; 6 affiliate critical access hospitals; nursing homes; behavioral health services; vision centers; pharmacies; and air and ground ambulance services.

We deliver Love + Medicine every day to change lives in our communities and enrich the lives of our employees.

Select Remote/Hybrid Eligible under More search to see our remote-eligible openings.

A rewarding career and an excellent quality of life awaits you.

Learn more about our excellence in patient care, education, research, culture, and something we call Love + Medicine at www.gundersenhealth.org/careers/life.