Senior Clinical Pharmacist: Trend & Affordability Programs

Premera Blue Cross; Arkansas City (KS); Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Commuter perks

Free on-site parking

Fitness & well-being center on campus

Job summary

Premera Blue Cross seeks a Senior Clinical Pharmacist to lead trend management, affordability strategy, and clinical program development for high-impact medications. This role supports pharmacy savings, member affordability, and cross-functional product development.

The candidate should lead across the company with stakeholders and handle leadership and strategic deployment beyond traditional clinical pharmacist duties.

Qualifications

• Pharmacist with advanced degree (e.g. PharmD, MBA, MHA, MPH) or six years of work experience (Required).
• Active US Pharmacist license in good standing (Required).
• Four years of clinical program development, management or consultation in a managed care setting (Required).
• Experience in managed care pharmacy (Preferred).
• Experience with project management (Preferred).
• Experience with Medicare (Preferred).
• Experience with Health Benefit Exchanges (Preferred).
• BCPS (Preferred).
• Health Plan claims analytics experience (Preferred).
• Ability to lead multiple complex projects; strong written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop clinical programs and products to manage cost and utilization trends.
• Monitor utilization and cost trend of high-impact medications.
• Develop and measure affordability improvement programs.
• Manage relationships with service vendors and monitor performance.
• Collaborate with Rx Product Manager(s) on pricing, reporting, marketing, and training.
• Design and execute high-impact drug management strategies.
• Conduct pilots and measure outcomes; lead benchmarking activities.
• Create reports and insights for pharmacy strategies.

Skills

Pharmacist license

BCPS

Project management

Communication

Analytical skills

Education

PharmD or MBA/MHA/MPH

Job description

Premera Blue Cross seeks a Senior Clinical Pharmacist to lead trend management, affordability strategy, and clinical program development for high-impact medications. This role supports pharmacy savings, member affordability, and cross-functional product development.

The candidate should lead across the company with stakeholders and handle leadership and strategic deployment beyond traditional clinical pharmacist duties.