Senior Strategic Advisor: Pharmacy

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 89,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive bonus

401(k) with employer match

PTO

Health benefits

Job summary

Blue Cross NC is seeking a senior strategic consultant to advance innovation-driven healthcare reimbursement, redesign, and payer/provider engagement. You will analyze data, lead client engagements, and collaborate across functions to improve member outcomes and manage costs.

This role requires deep industry experience and a track record of delivering strategic insights to senior leadership, shaping market offers and growth strategies within BCBSNC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree (where required).
• 5+ years of experience in a related field.
• In lieu of a degree, 7+ years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Consult with ASO clients on pharmacy benefits, programs, and pricing.
• Analyze client data to identify costsavings opportunities and utilization trends.
• Conduct quarterly and annual utilization review meetings with clients.
• Manage relationships with ASO clients, medical sales partners, and external consultants.
• Identify, evaluate, and support implementation of healthcare redesign, provider reimbursement, and partnership strategies that align with BCBSNC's growth objectives while managing costs and improving member outcomes and experience.
• Support and manage development efforts related to the enhancement and maintenance of current products and market offer components.
• Collaborate on and execute critical activities including strategic planning, complex financial and qualitative analysis, and thought leadership at departmental and enterprise levels.
• Present strategic concepts, planning insights, medical expense and reimbursement data, provider performance metrics, and impact assessments to internal and external audiences, including seniorlevel leadership.
• Organize, optimize, and communicate progress toward completion of the overall work portfolio.
• Collaborate with crossfunctional partners across the enterprise on shared initiatives and unique ventures, serving as a subject matter expert in healthcare delivery transformation, reimbursement, and strategy.
• Identify, analyze, and monitor industry, regulatory, technology, and market trends impacting divisional operations, provider reimbursement, medical expense strategy, and payerprovider dynamics.
• Leverage expertise to drive operational improvements through enhanced analytics and reporting capabilities, project management techniques, and consulting or engagement approaches.

Skills

Healthcare Consulting

Healthcare Financial Management

Healthcare Industry

Healthcare Innovation

Healthcare Management

Healthcare Reimbursement

Healthcare Strategic Planning

Health Outcomes

Medical Reimbursement

Performance Metrics

Physician Reimbursement

Project Management

Provider Reimbursement

Reimbursement

Reporting and Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

7+ years of relevant experience in lieu of degree

Job description

Job Description

Acts as a senior member of the strategic function by contributing to the achievement of innovation-based goals through new forms of healthcare reimbursement, healthcare redesign consultation, payer/provider engagement and market offer opportunities. Leverages industry experience and expertise to promote enterprise understanding of the key areas in which the company is seeking to create competitive differentiation and establish sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace.

What You'll Do

• Consult with ASO clients on pharmacy benefits, programs, and pricing.

• Analyze client data to identify costsavings opportunities and utilization trends.

• Conduct quarterly and annual utilization review meetings with clients.

• Manage relationships with ASO clients, medical sales partners, and external consultants.

• Proactively identify, evaluate, and support implementation of healthcare redesign, provider reimbursement, and partnership strategies that align with BCBSNC's growth objectives while managing costs and improving member outcomes and experience.

• Support and manage development efforts related to the enhancement and maintenance of current products and market offer components.

• Collaborate on and execute critical activities including strategic planning, complex financial and qualitative analysis, and thought leadership at departmental and enterprise levels.

• Present strategic concepts, planning insights, medical expense and reimbursement data, provider performance metrics, and impact assessments to internal and external audiences, including seniorlevel leadership.

• Organize, optimize, and communicate progress toward completion of the overall work portfolio.

• Collaborate with crossfunctional partners across the enterprise on shared initiatives and unique ventures, serving as a subject matter expert in healthcare delivery transformation, reimbursement, and strategy.

• Identify, analyze, and monitor industry, regulatory, technology, and market trends impacting divisional operations, provider reimbursement, medical expense strategy, and payerprovider dynamics.

• Leverage expertise to drive operational improvements through enhanced analytics and reporting capabilities, project management techniques, and consulting or engagement approaches.

Hiring Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree (where required).

• 5+ years of experience in a related field.

• In lieu of a degree, 7+ years of relevant experience.

Great to Have

• PBM or pharmacy experience.

• Clientfacing sales or consultative experience.

Salary Range

At Blue Cross NC, we take great pride in a fair and equitable compensation package that reflects market-price and our starting salaries are typically planned near the middle of the range listed. Compensation decisions are driven by factors including experience and training, specialized skill sets, licensure and certifications and other business and organizational needs. Our base salary is part of a robust Total Rewards package that includes an Annual Incentive Bonus*, 401(k) with employer match, Paid Time Off (PTO), and competitive health benefits and wellness programs.

*Based on annual corporate goal achievement and individual performance.

$89,174.00 - $142,679.00

Skills

Healthcare Consulting, Healthcare Financial Management, Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Innovation, Healthcare Management, Healthcare Reimbursement, Healthcare Strategic Planning, Health Outcomes, Medical Reimbursement, Performance Metrics, Physician Reimbursement, Project Management, Provider Reimbursement, Reimbursement, Reporting and Analysis