Senior Director, Payor Contracting - West

At Shields Health Solutions, we pride ourselves on our culture of inclusion, kindness, acceptance, and the difference we make in patients' lives every day. We are tremendously proud to consistently be certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ several years in a row; we’ve been recognized as a Fortunes Best Workplaces in Healthcare™, Millennials™, and Women™; and a Becker’s Healthcare Top 150 Workplace.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to improving lives by ensuring seamless access to specialty medications, better health outcomes, and an enhanced care experience. That’s why more health system leaders trust us to deliver personalized support and comprehensive solutions that make specialty pharmacy more accessible for the patients who need it most. Through our proven Shields Performance Platform, we help drive the financial sustainability of health systems while prioritizing best-in-class outcomes that patients deserve. With a team of leaders in specialty pharmacy, a track record of success partnering with over 80 health systems, and an unwavering dedication to measurable results, we empower health systems to transform their specialty pharmacy into a driver of growth—ensuring every patient receives the best possible care.

As Shields Health Solutions continues to experience rapid growth and expand our partnerships with leading health systems across the country, we’re actively hiring to support our mission. Our expanding footprint means more opportunities to make a meaningful impact in patients’ lives—so we’re looking for passionate, driven individuals to join our team and continue to grow with us. 

The Senior Director of Payor Contracting reports to the Department’s Vice-President of Managed Care Contracting and will be responsible of the management and execution of the Department’s Payor Access and Contracting strategy across the Shields network of health system partners related to specialty pharmacy network contracting.  This is a senior client-service leadership role, and Shields is seeking an experienced healthcare leader to support the department’s execution, growth and development in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan, develop and execute entrepreneurial and innovative payor access strategy to create and advance specialty pharmacy contract relationships for a regional portfolio of health system partners generally located within the Western half of the United States;
• Represent Shields as the subject matter expert in specialty pharmacy payor access strategy to both senior and executive leadership across a portfolio of Shields health system partners;
• Work in partnership with the of the Payor Contracting leadership team on departmental strategy and planning, the development and implementation of growth initiatives, and-day-to day management of the team;
• In addition to the ownership of a portfolio of Shields partners, the Sr. Director is also expected to be a key contributor in the development and growth of the department’s centralized payor contracting initiatives;
• Develop and meet budgeted payor access targets across the portfolio of supported health system partners;
• Build and manage close relationships with senior managed care and pharmacy leadership across the portfolio of health system partners;
• Align with both internal regional VP’s and external partners on objectives and prioritization;
• Stay current with regulatory, payor, and contractual changes that influence/ impact specialty pharmacy contracting with payors
• Additional responsibilities and expectations include:
  • Driving internal efficiencies via new processes & tools
  • Leverage financial, clinical and claims data to identify new opportunities for our partners;
  • Work with financial analysts to guide and develop models to evaluate payor opportunities for new/ existing arrangements based on evolving reimbursement terms
  • Mentor and develop future team leaders;
  • Identify solutions to non-standard requests and problems;
  • Willingness to do whatever is necessary for the betterment of the Company;
  • Protect organization's value by keeping information confidential;
  • Other duties as assigned.

Experience/Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience and demonstrated success within health system managed care, pharmacy benefit management, or health insurance industries;
• Exceptional communication and relationship management skills. Experience building close relationships with executive-level client counterparts;
• Ability to lead (inspire, manage, develop, and grow) a seasoned team of subject matter experts;
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in framing business issues and inspiring confiden