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WTW

Director, Pharmacy Consulting

WTW, Tempe, Arizona, us, 85285

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Overview

The Role: As a Pharmacy Director, you will contribute to new strategic and innovative initiatives for our pharmacy business while leading large, highly visible client engagements. You will serve as a key voice to the marketplace of one of the world’s leading HR consulting firms and will contribute to the evolution of pharmacy and broader health care delivery in the United States. The ideal candidate brings influence and strategic thinking to address unique client needs in the pharmacy space and to more broadly evolve our practice. You will collaborate with a strong team of highly experienced consultants within the pharmacy practice as well as engage in cross functional activities with other health and benefits colleagues and subject matter experts who together deliver unparalleled value to our clients and the broader pharmacy community. Responsibilities

Deliver tangible and measurable contributions around pharmacy innovation that can be leveraged nationally.

Driving new relationships and sales

Materially grow pharmacy benefits revenue through serving as the pharmacy benefits expert in new client pursuits by crafting and selling solutions to meet their needs

Provide pharmacy benefit consulting to complex, forward-thinking employers.

Serve as part of a team of consultants as the lead pharmacy strategic partner and trusted advisor to large, complex clients in the design and management of their pharmacy benefit programs including:

Designing and executing on innovative engagement design and approaches

Advising on the latest industry trends

Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM) vendor procurement and negotiation

Audits of PBM performance (financial and operational)

Plan analysis, design, cost-savings and member engagement strategies

Strategy for effectively managing pharmacy benefits aligned with broader health care goals

Specialty drug management

Partner closely with the financial, actuarial and analytics, health equity and wellbeing, and other related cross functional WTW teams to define a multi-year strategy for expanding the comprehensiveness of our integrated pharmacy and clinical offerings

Spearhead the development of new pharmacy approaches, meet with vendors to understand the opportunities for strategic partnerships and pharmacy solution opportunities

Contribute pharmacy and related perspectives to broader health and benefits strategy and growth

Support strategic partnerships, including launch, maintenance and enhancements of partnership offerings

Demonstrate extensive leadership ability by directly managing and/or mentoring other consultants

Note that visa employment-based non-immigrant visa sponsorship and/or assistance is not offered for this specific job opportunity. Qualifications

Requirements

: 10+ years’ experience and success in the design/management of large group pharmacy benefit plans gained in a consulting or brokerage environment

Proven ability to generate revenue

Track record of success in managing and growing large client relationships

Proven experience in successfully leading a global team and projects, and strategic partnership development and growth

An executive presence with polished and well developed written and oral communication skills with an ability to communicate complex ideas simply and effectively

A dynamic strategic thinker not afraid to challenge the status quo by asking hard questions and deconstructing and rebuilding current solutions as necessary

Superior ability to influence and collaborate with senior management and work across all levels of an organization as well as cross functional teams

Interest and aptitude in keeping abreast of the latest developments in pharmacy and broader health and benefits plan strategy and contributing to the development of new tools and approaches

Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint

Availability to travel

Bachelor’s of Pharmacy or PharmD degree preferred but not required

For pharmacists, actively licensed in home state and in good standing

State Life and Health license required within 90 days of joining

EOE, including disability/vets

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