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Role Description

The Strategic Pharmacy Consultant position serves as a critical member of the Valued Pharmacy Services (VPS) account team. This role directly supports the broker(s) during the after-sales phase of the business. Once the account is acquired, this role assumes complete responsibility for maintaining an extremely positive relationship between VPS and our clients.

• Coordinates VPS services to assigned clients, while representing the clients’ interests with the providers.
• Serves as the clients’ liaison to providers and other internal and external partners.
• Plays a major advisory role by providing client consultation regarding Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBM) industry fundamentals, clinical opportunities, emerging trends, and best practices.
• Responsible for the education of the internal staff to advance VPS’ efforts to increase market share.
• Open to remote candidates with strong industry experience.

Qualifications

• Licensed pharmacist in any state. Preferably a PharmD.
• Prefer 3+ years’ experience in clinical consulting and analysis of pharmaceutical products and clinical programs. Preferably with a PBM or Health System.

Requirements

• Thorough knowledge of the Employee Benefits industry, and PBM specifically.
• Advanced knowledge in pharmaceutical clinical review practices.
• Excellent research skills.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret industry policies and contract documents, as well as proposals and other documentation and correspondence.
• Ability to respond efficiently and accurately to common inquiries or complaints from customers or carriers.
• Ability to effectively present information to insured clients and their respective carriers.
• Ability to create effective clinical programs for clients.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and command of the English language.
• Ability to apply basic mathematical concepts such as percentages, adding, subtracting, multiplying and division to required tasks.
• High degree of critical thinking, organizational and decision-making skills.
• Ability to define problems, collect and analyze data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• High degree of initiative and attention to detail.
• Ability to function independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to prioritize multiple projects and meet objectives and deadlines established by supervisor and clients, often with short turnaround times.
• Ability to maintain positive and beneficial relationships with department staff, numerous internal departments, external customers, agents, and subscribers.
• Proficient in MS Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Professional telephone skills and e-mail etiquette.
• Ability to comply with company confidentiality requirements as well as with HIPAA and other applicable government regulations.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• PTO & paid holidays.
• 401(k) with match.
• Exclusive discount programs.
• Health & wellness programs.
• Performance-based incentives.