Senior Pharmacy Product Manager

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The Senior Pharmacy Product Manager, reporting to the Director of Pharmacy & Clinical Consulting, will play a pivotal role in shaping and managing strategies, including the design and launch of new products, as well as enhancing existing ones across all markets and segments. You will be responsible for developing recommendations, providing expert consultations, and conducting assessments and analyses to support corporate priorities, market strategies, product strategies, and product launches. This role is essential for the Pharmacy Products function, which is vital for the organization's growth and profitability. Your work will enable us to respond to market demands, create and curate solutions that bring value to employers, which is key to pharmacy affordability initiatives.

What you’ll do:

• Develop the pharmacy product roadmap (along with leadership) to focus on improving affordability, member experience and total cost of care.  
• Responsible for building the business case, ROI analysis, and leading stakeholder alignment for the plan to accomplish the product objectives.
• Anticipate the impact of the changing healthcare and regulatory environment on existing market segments and products and propose strategies, tactics, and new or modified products accordingly.
• Monitor product performance and set targets, using data to assess membership, revenues, costs, margin, competitive positioning, NPS, and other performance drivers.
• Design and develop products through final specifications using Agile approach. Create, maintain and outline work in the product pipeline.
• Oversee product performance and operations throughout the entire lifecycle. Identify opportunities for improvement and address issues that need resolution, feeding these into the product pipeline
• Collaborate with the product implementation team to create and manage work plans for launching new and updated products, as well as phasing out existing ones. Identify opportunities for learning and process improvement throughout the product lifecycle
• Work with cross-functional teams and maintain strong relationships with business partners to achieve objectives, improve performance and remove obstacles. Test new concepts and initiatives with teams and leaders across the Enterprise.
• Lead development of product-related communications, including RFPs, strategic presentations, sales training, product collaterals, and interactions with internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead relationship with vendors that support products (selection, contracting, performance management, issue resolution, sunsetting)

What you’ll bring:

• Four-year college degree or six (6) years of product, consulting, planning, research or equivalent health industry work experience (Required)
• Six (6) years of product development, product management, marketing, consulting