Pharmacist, Principal - LOB/Product

Your Role

The Pharmacy team provides pharmacy benefit management services and strategies to support Blue Shield affordability and membership goals. The Pharmacist, Principal of Pharmacy Line of Business (LOB) Management will report to the Sr. Manager, Pharmacy LOB Management. In this role, you will support end-to-end pharmacy performance and the development and implementation of current and pipeline pharmacy strategies, including pharmacy product strategy and pharmacy benefit design, to advance pricing, membership growth, and retention objectives.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Your Knowledge and Experience

- Requires a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree
- Requires a currently active and unrestricted California Registered Pharmacist (RPh) license
- Requires 4 years of experience in clinical pharmacy
- Experience working in a managed care or pharmacy benefit management setting is preferred
- Prior experience in presenting pharmacy program recommendations, performance, value and observations to executive leadership is preferred
- Prior experience in pharmacy benefit strategy and solutions development with understanding of pharmacy levers and marketplace requirements is preferred
- Excellent presentation, verbal and written skills with ability to understand and convey complex ideas to audience with diverse backgrounds
- Strong business acumen with proven experience in strategy development and planning
- Proficiency in MS Office products, particularly in MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel

Hybrid

This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week.

Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.