Senior Advisor, Drug Pipeline Strategy - Evernorth

Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 199,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

Dental

Well-being programs

401(k)

Life insurance

Tuition reimbursement

PTO 18 days

Holidays

Job summary

Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company is seeking a Senior Advisor, Drug Trends and Pipeline Strategy to lead clinical strategy across therapeutic areas and collaborate with supply chain, product, analytics, and finance teams.

The role emphasizes strategic analysis, enterprise planning, and the development of market-differentiating solutions. A strong background in healthcare strategy and financial modeling is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred (MBA, MHA, PharmD)
• Licensed pharmacist in good standing, if degree is Pharmacy
• Minimum of 5 years in healthcare strategy (contracting, analytics, formulary development, product development)
• Experience using financial modeling tools to evaluate financial impacts of contract changes
• Strong financial acumen and expertise in clinical strategy and healthcare innovation

Responsibilities

• Review healthcare landscape to identify trends, opportunities, and gaps
• Evaluate performance of internal clinical strategies and suggest enhancements
• Synthesize insights into actionable recommendations for enterprise objectives
• Use internal data to evaluate financial impacts of strategies
• Build strategic partnerships with key stakeholders to drive initiatives
• Coordinate with Negotiator Team to protect formulary and trend solutions in contracts
• Monitor strategy performance post-implementation
• Prepare presentations for senior leadership
• Develop SOPs and playbooks for the team

Skills

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Financial acumen

Healthcare industry knowledge

Education

Licensed pharmacist

Bachelor’s degree

MBA / MHA / PharmD (preferred)

Tools

Financial modeling tools

Job description

SUMMARY

The Senior Advisor, Drug Trends and Pipeline Strategy will be responsible for the development and execution of clinical strategies across multiple therapeutic areas to create market differentiating solutions and drive market adoption and growth. The Senior Advisor plays a key role in ensuring alignment and collaboration amongst cross-functional business units throughout the Supply Chain organization. The Senior Advisor will leverage analytical and clinical expertise, along with strong healthcare industry knowledge, to conduct strategic analyses, contribute to enterprise planning, and collaborate across clinical, product, operations, analytics, actuarial, and finance teams to identify new opportunities, expand capabilities, and strengthen competitive positioning, and support long-term strategic priorities.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct external and internal reviews of the healthcare landscape (e.g., drug pipeline, emerging trends, regulatory activities, and competitive dynamics) to identify trends, opportunities, and gaps
• Evaluate the performance of internal clinical strategies to determine enhancement
• Synthesize internal and external insights into innovative and actionable recommendations that drive enterprise objectives, exceed clients’ needs, and enable differentiation in the marketplace
• Utilize internal data and modeling to evaluate financial impacts of strategies
• Build strategic partnerships with key stakeholders to achieve key initiatives and goals
• Understand and partner with the Negotiator Team to negotiate contracting language to protect formulary and trend solutions from unintended conflicts across Commercial, Medicare, and product offerings that depend on those contracts
• Monitor strategy performance and outcomes following implementation
• Develop presentations and strategic updates that synthesize complex information for senior leadership
• Establish and execute internal SOPs and playbooks for the team

IDEAL CANDIDATES WILL HAVE A COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (e.g., MBA, MHA, PharmD) preferred
• Licensed pharmacist in good standing, if degree is Pharmacy
• Minimum of 5 years with experience in healthcare strategy (e.g., pharmaceutical contracting, analytics, formulary development, product development, business development)
• Experience using financial modeling tools, including experience in interpreting and reviewing financial modeling results to evaluate the financial impacts of contract changes
• Strong financial acumen
• Demonstrated expertise in clinical strategy and healthcare innovation
• Knowledge of PBM industry, managed care, healthcare industry
• Comfortable working with complex data sets and queries
• Exceptional Strategic thinker with a track record of anticipating trends and translating insights into actionable plans
• Experience working effectively in a matrixed organization with strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills
• Strong detail orientation, organization, and management of multiple parallel projects with fluid timelines
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, demonstrate accountability for deliverables, and effectively balance multiple priorities

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 119,600 - 199,300 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

Benefits

• Medical
• Vision
• Dental
• Well-being and behavioral health programs
• 401(k)
• Company paid life insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year
• Paid holidays
• Leaves of absence

About Evernorth Health Services

Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives.

At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.