Remote VP of Clinical Pharmacy Services & Strategy

Centene Corporation; Remote-FL, Florida, United States of America; Hybrid; USD 189,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Centene Corporation seeks a senior leader to develop, implement and oversee the pharmacy benefit management program across multiple product lines, ensuring compliance with contractual guidelines and regulatory requirements.

The role supervises enterprise clinical operations, formulary strategy, and vendor relations, guiding performance with a focus on quality, affordability, and member access, while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy required.
• PharmD preferred.
• 10+ years of clinical pharmacy care and experience required.
• Previous management experience including responsibilities for hiring, training, assigning work and managing performance of staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide enterprise leadership for pharmacy clinical operations, including Pharmacy & Therapeutics governance, formulary strategy, clinical policy oversight, and drug pipeline management.
• Lead pharmacy trend management, high-cost therapy strategies, and manufacturer relationship management, including medical rebate strategy and negotiations.
• Partner cross-functionally with Pharmacy, Product, Actuary, Medical Affairs, Compliance, PHCO, and Market teams to develop and execute enterprise pharmacy strategies that enhance member access and business performance.
• Oversees strategic planning for emerging therapies, formulary performance, and pharmacy spend management while ensuring readiness for evolving market and regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate program performance and recommend to State on program changes that would result in improved costs and higher quality.
• Responsible for developing and attaining pharmacy AOP initiatives and PMPM goal.
• Establish the strategic vision, objectives and policies and procedures for the pharmacy program in support of the corporate strategic vision.
• Participate in internal and external accreditation initiatives, relevant boards, task forces, committees, meetings and other activities.
• Manage relationships with and provide appropriate oversight of key vendors, including industry leading partners (e.g. ICER) and pharmaceutical companies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Skills

Clinical Pharmacy

Leadership

Policy & Compliance

Vendor Management

Cost Management

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy

PharmD

Job description

Centene Corporation seeks a senior leader to develop, implement and oversee the pharmacy benefit management program across multiple product lines, ensuring compliance with contractual guidelines and regulatory requirements.

The role supervises enterprise clinical operations, formulary strategy, and vendor relations, guiding performance with a focus on quality, affordability, and member access, while collaborating with cross-functional teams.