Sr. Pharmacy Operations Manager

Found

United States

Remote

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Found is transforming weight care through an evidence-based platform delivering personalized medications, coaching, and support across the United States. We seek a senior leader to own pharmacy operations, vendor relationships, and the P&L, ensuring cost efficiency and regulatory compliance in a fast-growing telehealth/pharmacy model.

The role requires extensive experience in compounded and branded pharmacy, data-driven decision making, and the ability to guide cross-functional teams through

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in pharmacy operations, healthcare supply chain, or a closely related function; senior leadership preferred.
  • PharmD degree required; clinical credibility alongside operational depth.
  • Proven track record owning pharmacy vendor relationships end-to-end, including SLA accountability, QBRs, and contract negotiations.
  • Hands-on experience with pharmaceutical cost structures and building a pharmacy P&L model.
  • Experience in compounded pharmacy operations (503A/503B) with USP compliance understanding.
  • Strong analytical skills with data-driven decision making.
  • Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence at senior levels.

Responsibilities

  • Own the pharmacy vendor portfolio across primary, backup, regional, and specialty partners for both compounded and branded products.
  • Design and maintain vendor scorecards; lead QBRs against SLAs for speed, accuracy, fill rate, and cost.
  • Lead pharmacy RFPs, contract renewals, and onboarding of new partners; manage compliance gaps and remediation.
  • Develop and maintain a cost model; track actuals vs. budget monthly; benchmark pricing across partners.
  • Collaborate with clinical ops on formulary updates and operational pharmacy workflows; align with product/engineering on integration health.
  • Own end-to-end shipment experience: define promises, measure adherence, and drive improvements with vendors and MX.

Skills

Pharmacy operations
Healthcare supply chain
Vendor management
P&L modeling
Regulatory compliance
Data analysis
Cross-functional leadership

Education

PharmD

Job description

Found is transforming personalized weight care with an evidence-based platform that combines modern medicine, behavior change support, personalized coaching, and a supportive community. Since launching in 2019, Found has served over 250,000 patients across the U.S., making high-quality, affordable treatment more accessible while reducing healthcare costs for consumers, employers, and payors. Backed by $130M+ from top investors including Atomic, GV, WestCap, IVP, TCG, and Define Ventures, Found is redefining how personalized weight care is delivered at scale.

Key Responsibilities
1. Vendor Strategy & Relationship Management
  • Own the pharmacy vendor portfolio: primary, backup, regional, and specialty partners across both compounded and branded tiers
  • Design and maintain vendor scorecards; lead business reviews (QBRs) against SLAs for speed, accuracy, fill rate, and cost
  • Serve as the lead operator on pharmacy RFPs, contract renewals, and onboarding of new partners
  • Maintain contractual SLA documentation; flag compliance gaps and drive remediation with vendors
  • Build and own the vendor escalation playbook for supply disruptions, quality events, and service failures
2. Pharmacy Cost & Margin
  • Build and maintain a pharmacy cost model: acquisition cost by drug, formulation, strength, and vendor; track actuals vs. budget monthly
  • Lead pricing benchmarking across compounded and branded partners; surface optimization opportunities to leadership
  • Identify and model COGS levers: vendor-mix shifts, volume-tiered pricing, formulation substitutions, and compounding cost inputs
  • Partner with growth/finance on the pharmacy P&L; be the ops counterpart in monthly close reviews
3. Clinical & Product Partnership
  • Collaborate with clinical ops on formulary updates, titration protocol changes, and how they ripple into pharmacy workflows
  • Own the operational side of the order-to-ship pipeline; partner with product and engineering on pharmacy integration health
  • Bring the vendor and ops perspective into the pharmacy roadmap; flag where tech gaps create manual work or member risk
4. Member Shipment Experience
  • Own the end-to-end member experience for medication/prescription shipment SLA: define what we promise, measure adherence, and lead improvement initiatives
  • Partner with MX to build proactive shipment communication triggers (delay alerts, exception workflows) that reduce inbound contacts
  • Design and maintain the lost/delayed shipment playbook; own resolution workflows with vendors and MX
  • Drive data integration between pharmacy partners and internal systems to enable self-serve shipment tracking for members
5. Compliance & Quality Operations
  • Maintain working knowledge of 503A vs. 503B regulatory distinctions as they apply to our compounded network
  • Track third-party testing requirements (potency, sterility, endotoxins) across compounded partners; ensure testing cadence is met
  • Own the operational side of pharmacy recall and product withdrawal workflows
  • Support state board of pharmacy registration tracking across the vendor network
  • Partner with legal/compliance on any pharmacy-related regulatory inquiries or audits
6. Inventory, Capacity & Shortage Management
  • Track FDA shortage list and vendor allocation signals proactively; maintain a real-time view of network supply health
  • Develop and maintain substitution and allocation playbooks for shortage scenarios across compounded and branded products
  • Build a 30/60/90-day demand forecast in partnership with the clinical and growth teams; translate into vendor capacity conversations
  • Own the compounding batch timing and inventory cycle in coordination with 503A/503B partners
What We’re Looking For
Required
  • 7+ years of experience in pharmacy operations, healthcare supply chain, or a closely related function; prior experience at a Senior Manager or Director level preferred
  • PharmD — we expect this person to bring clinical credibility alongside operational depth
  • Proven track record owning pharmacy vendor relationships end-to-end, including SLA accountability, QBRs, and contract negotiations
  • Hands-on experience with pharmaceutical cost structures and drug acquisition — you can build a pharmacy P&L model and defend it in a finance review
  • Experience operating in or adjacent to compounded pharmacy (503A or 503B) with a working understanding of USP compliance and third-party testing requirements
  • Strong analytical skills: you build your own models, spot anomalies, and come to conversations with data
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional work and influence without direct authority at a senior level
  • Comfortable in an early-stage, fast-moving environment where you are often writing the playbook for the first time
Nice to Have
  • Experience at a telehealth, direct-to-consumer pharmacy, or digital health company
  • Familiarity with GLP-1 therapies, semaglutide or tirzepatide supply dynamics, or compounded peptide operations
  • Experience running vendor RFPs or negotiating pharmacy contracts
  • Exposure to pharmacy data integrations
  • Experience building or contributing to a pharmacy P&L model

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