Pharmacy Program Associate

name; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 96,876 - 127,149; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited vacation

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) plan participation

Job summary

Oscar is hiring a Pharmacy Program Associate in New York. The role involves supporting program implementation and monitoring, while managing stakeholders and ensuring operational excellence.

Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and at least 3 years of relevant experience in healthcare data analysis. The position offers a hybrid work schedule and comprehensive benefits including unlimited vacation and health coverage.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 4 years commensurate experience.
• 3+ years working for a PBM, Payer, or Pharmacy Consulting firm.
• 1+ years of experience with health insurance regulation/compliance.

Responsibilities

• Organize daily activities based on program goals.
• Support implementations end to end to ensure success.
• Lead certain components of the program.

Skills

Healthcare data analysis

Cross-functional team leadership

Change management

Health insurance regulation compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree or 4 years experience

Tools

Project Management systems (Monday.com)

Ticketing systems (Jira, Appian)

Job description

Hi, we're Oscar. We're hiring a Pharmacy Program Associate to join our team.

Oscar is the first health insurance company built around a full stack technology platform and a relentless focus on serving our members. We started Oscar in 2012 to create the kind of health insurance company we would want for ourselves—one that behaves like a doctor in the family.

About the role

You will be responsible for supporting all activities related to program implementation goals and post implementation oversight and monitoring to ensure success. Also support operational improvements for core operations, including proper controls and monitoring, to ensure operational efficiency and effectiveness, supporting the program across the organization and helping implement project management fundamentals and standards across the organization. You will establish and manage relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to ensure business alignment and support change management.

You will report into the Director, Pharmacy Programs.

Work Location

This position is based in our New York office, requiring a hybrid work schedule with 3 days of in-office work per week. Thursdays are a required in-office day for team meetings and events, while your other two office days are flexible to suit your schedule.

Pay Transparency

The base pay for this role is: $96,876 - $127,149 per year. You are also eligible for employee benefits, participation in Oscar's unlimited vacation program and annual performance bonuses.

Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education, and experience. Full-time employees are eligible for benefits including medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, paid sick time, paid parental leave, 401(k) plan participation, life and disability insurance, and paid wellness time and reimbursements.

Responsibilities

• Organize and support daily activities based on the goals of the program
• Identify optimization opportunities to support program objectives
• Support implementations end to end to ensure success
• Lead certain components of the program
• Partner with other departments and various stakeholders to ensure operational excellence
• Support a successful program end to end through assisting in project plan development, keeping your stakeholders in the loop on status, proactively flagging, managing escalations, tracking and helping to resolve program risks and milestones, and supporting program retros to assess strengths and weaknesses
• Support the tracking and monitoring of controls
• Develop tools and standards to support team programs year over year based on program retros
• Develop meeting materials, track and follow-up on action items, assist with management of all project plans
• Compliance with all applicable laws and regulations
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or 4 years commensurate experience.
• 3+ years working for a PBM, Payer, or Pharmacy Consulting firm, with a focus on reviewing healthcare data.
• 3+ years leading cross-functional teams/projects and change management.
• 1+ years working with health insurance regulation/compliance.
• 1+ years working with technical teams, integrations or product management.

Bonus points

• Experience with medical payer and PBM claims adjudication systems, such as RxClaim.
• Experience with pharmacy claim testing and Quality Assurance (QA).
• Experience with a ticketing system (such as Jira or Appian).
• Experience with Project Management systems (such as Monday.com).
• Experience with payers offering ACA/health exchange insurance.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Oscar, being an Equal Opportunity Employer means more than upholding discrimination-free hiring practices. It means that we cultivate an environment where people can be their most authentic selves and find both belonging and support. We're on a mission to change health care -- an experience made whole by our unique backgrounds and perspectives.

Reasonable Accommodation

Oscar applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to applicant’s disability or need for accommodation. Any Oscar applicant who requires reasonable accommodations during the application process should contact the Oscar Benefits Team ([e-mail]) to make the need for an accommodation known.