Pharmacy Executive IV - Children’s Hospital Association (CHA)

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Summary:

In this role, you will serve as a senior pharmacy advocate and strategic advisor within Vizient’s national pharmacy program, supporting Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) clients. You will collaborate with pharmacy leaders, hospital executives, clinicians, CHA staff, pharmaceutical suppliers, and Vizient business units to identify and implement pediatric pharmacy strategies that improve patient care, operational efficiency, and financial performance. You will lead complex consulting engagements, leveraging pharmacy purchasing data, analytics, evidence-based practices, and contracting resources to deliver value beyond the national pharmacy program. You will build trusted executive relationships and guide clients from opportunity assessment through implementation to measurable results.

Responsibilities:

- Build and maintain executive-level relationships with CHA member pharmacy leadership, CHA personnel, and hospital executives, including C-suite engagement.
- Lead member meetings, strategic discussions, and executive-level presentations that translate complex pharmacy insights into clear recommendations, compelling business cases, and decisions.
- Collaborate with CHA spend executives and Vizient teams to strengthen pharmacy program education, communicate enhancements, and develop relevant content for recurring CHA pharmacy meetings.
- Analyze member purchasing patterns, pharmaceutical utilization, and supplier opportunities using Vizient tools and member data to identify pediatric-specific financial and clinical value.
- Collaborate with pharmaceutical suppliers, CHA member pharmacists, and Vizient contracting and analytics teams to develop, expand, and communicate CHA-specific custom or enhanced pharmacy contracts.
- Identify opportunities for product standardization, formulary optimization, appropriate therapeutic interchange, and improved purchasing economics while maintaining or improving patient care quality.
- Validate potential savings and operational impact with pharmacy and clinical stakeholders; track progress toward contractual value objectives.
- Lead practical assessments of pharmacy and medication-management programs across acute-care health systems, infusion centers, ambulatory surgery centers, and affiliated clinics, with attention to pediatric practice needs.
- Use evidence-based literature, regulatory standards, benchmark comparisons, and leading practices to recommend clinical, operational, and financial improvements.
- Partner with pharmacy and clinical leaders on formulary management, P&T activities, therapeutic interchange, IV-to-oral conversion, medication-use protocols, and related opportunities as applicable to the member.
- Develop strategic operating plans, detailed project work plans, standardized tools, calculators, draft protocols, and order sets; provide hands-on support for implementation and evaluation.
- Lead complex, cross-functional projects; set priorities, scope, timing, and resource needs, and coordinate analytical work to deliver measurable results.
- Collaborate across Vizient business units to identify, position, launch, and implement new or improved pharmacy consulting services, products, and solutions.
- Engage clinical pharmacy thought leaders, review emerging evidence, and contribute to professional knowledge through presentations, conferences, publications, and practice-development activities.
- Manage multiple concurrent member priorities and engagements, maintain strong member satisfaction, and meet or exceed agreed project and contractual value targets.

Qualifications:

- Pharmacy degree (PharmD) required; master’s degree in business or a related field preferred.
- 7 or more years of relevant pharmacy experience in an acute-care hospital, including hospital or health-system pharmacy leadership experience, required.
- Background in pharmacy or healthcare consulting, including operational, financial, and clinical assessments and implementation support.
- Knowledge of pediatric pharmacy practices and children’s hospital operations.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with pharmaceutical suppliers to develop and present client purchasing or contracting opportunities.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze clinical, operational, and financial data, develop actionable recommendations, and lead complex initiatives.
- Strong executive-level communication, presentation, facilitation, collaboration, and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities to meet client needs and project timelines.
- Prior experience as a Director of Pharmacy or Pharmacy Manager preferred.
- Completion of an ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency program preferred.
- Experience with 340B programs and Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee activities preferred.
- Ability to travel regularly and expeditiously throughout the year to meet clients’ needs and timetables.

Estimated Hiring Range:
At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $135,200.00 to $236,600.00.

This position is also incentive eligible.

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