Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Trend & Affordability Programs

Premera Blue Cross; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site parking

Tuition assistance

Hybrid on-campus model

Wellness center

Health and wellness events

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 across the company. You will research, design, implement, and communicate initiatives to stakeholders while guiding programs that ensure cost-effective, clinically appropriate medication use.

Qualifications

• Pharmacist with an advanced degree or six years' work experience.
• Four years of clinical program development/management in a managed care setting.
• Experience in managed care pharmacy.
• Experience with project management.
• Health Plan claims analytics experience.
• Ability to lead and manage multiple, complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop clinical programs to manage cost and utilization trends of high-impact medications.
• Monitor utilization and cost trends for high-impact medications under pharmacy and medical benefits.
• Develop, implement and measure affordability improvement programs with cross-functional teams.
• Manage relationships with service vendors and monitor program performance.
• Collaborate with Rx Product Manager(s) on pricing, reporting, product feasibility, marketing, sales training, and program maintenance.
• Collaborate with Rx functions to design and execute high-impact drug management strategies.
• Create trend and pipeline reports and insights to inform pharmacy strategies.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

MS Office

Project management

Managed care pharmacy

Claims analytics

Education

PharmD

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 across the company. You will research, design, implement, and communicate initiatives to stakeholders while guiding programs that ensure cost-effective, clinically appropriate medication use.