Senior Drug Strategy & Pipeline Advisor

The Cigna Group; BLOOMINGTON (MN); 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

18 days paid time off

Paid holidays

Leaves of absence

Job summary

The Cigna Group in Bloomington, MN seeks a Senior Advisor, Drug Trends and Pipeline Strategy to lead clinical strategies across therapeutic areas and drive market adoption. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, analytics, and finance to identify opportunities and strengthen competitive positioning.

The role requires a pharmacy background or advanced degree, 5+ years in healthcare strategy, and strong financial modeling skills to evaluate contract changes and their

Qualifications

• 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 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.

Responsibilities

• Conduct external and internal reviews of the healthcare landscape 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.
• Utilize internal data and modeling to evaluate financial impacts of strategies.
• Build strategic partnerships with key stakeholders to achieve initiatives and goals.
• Understand and partner with the Negotiator Team to negotiate contracting language protecting formulary and trend solutions.
• Monitor strategy performance and outcomes after implementation.
• Develop presentations and strategic updates for senior leadership.
• Establish and execute internal SOPs and playbooks for the team.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Financial acumen

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree (MBA, MHA, PharmD)

Tools

Financial modeling tools

Job description

The Cigna Group in Bloomington, MN seeks a Senior Advisor, Drug Trends and Pipeline Strategy to lead clinical strategies across therapeutic areas and drive market adoption. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, analytics, and finance to identify opportunities and strengthen competitive positioning.

The role requires a pharmacy background or advanced degree, 5+ years in healthcare strategy, and strong financial modeling skills to evaluate contract changes and their