Communications Manager - Pharmacy

Company Description

Why Wellmark: We are a mutual insurance company owned by our policy holders across Iowa and South Dakota, and we’ve built our reputation on over 80 years’ worth of trust. We are not motivated by profits. We are motivated by the well-being of our friends, family, and neighbors–our members. If you’re passionate about joining an organization working hard to put its members first, to provide best-in-class service, and one that is committed to sustainability and innovation, consider applying today! 

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Job Description

Use Your Strengths at Wellmark as a Pharmacy Communications Manager! 

About the opportunity: As a Communications Manager on the growing and evolving Pharmacy team, you will help create and curate creative, easy-to-understand member and client messaging and educational content that support and reinforce Wellmark’s vision to Make Health Care Better. You will do this by closely partnering with leaders to strategize, write, design and expertly communicate in a way that educates and engages stakeholders through various media. You will proactively lead project communication and consult across the department to support the delivery of division initiatives and strategies. 

About you: You are naturally creative and love the challenge of taking complex information and making it consumable. You are a skilled consultant and self-starter who possesses expertise in creating communication that ‘tells the story’ and enhances education and engagement. You do this by leaning into your data visualization and content-presentation skills. You thrive on building relationships and partnering with various teams to develop comprehensive content and materials. You welcome and seek feedback to assess the effectiveness of communication programs. You are organized and effectively prioritize to complete initiatives timely.  

Pharmacy and/or health insurance communications experience is a plus! 

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications - Nice to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing or journalism.
• Exemplary presentation development and delivery skills, especially with use of PowerPoint..
• Health insurance or health care communications experience.

Required Qualifications - Must have:

• Bachelor’s degree or direct and equivalent work experience.
• 4+ years of health care, insurance, or related business knowledge with demonstrated ability to understand and delineate the value proposition.
• Strong consultation skills with the ability to influence and solicit cooperation and consensus from stakeholders. Must be able to understand the needs of others, ask meaningful questions, distill relevant information into actionable solutions.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills with the ability to cultivate and manage key relationships. Professional, polished, and charismatic in approach.
• Self-starter who can work well independently or as a member of a cross-functional team. Adaptable and flexible with changing priorities.
• Ability to apply strong analytical, problem solving, and critical and strategic thinking to work with vendors and internal departments. Willingness to take an innovative, creative approach to developing solutions.
• Previous strategic planning skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office – e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing, expressing complex concepts clearly and concisely with multiple levels of an organization, including external stakeholders and professional organizations.
• Knowledge and understanding in principles of building adult education content.
• Ability to develop and facilitate presentations as needed and to distill information and write creative copy that translates business objectives and speaks to the end audience.
• Presentation skills, having a knowledge presence, yet also have strong people skills, ability to read the room and adapt to the audience.
• Strong organization, time management, and prioritization skills. Ability to manage multiple projects while adjusting to changing priorities and business needs.

Additional Information

What you will do as a Communications Manager for Pharmacy:

a. Develop and convey Wellmark’s pharmacy strategies and initiatives by creating and writing clear and concise educational and presentation materials and content that convey data and information