Pharmaceutical Clinical Program Consultant

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This role will be responsible for development and on-going management and administration of clinical programs that have profound impact on member experience, outcomes, and affordability initiatives in the pharmaceutical space. The Pharmacy Programs Manager is responsible for managing, coordinating, and completing projects across various functional areas and business units related to drug therapies. The role will provide subject matter expertise in project scope definition, risk identification, project methodology, resource allocation, facilitation, and other areas of expertise based on established project management techniques. Presentations to management on project updates, project cycle, and expected results required. Collaboration with stakeholders across UHC, Optum, and Care Delivery Organizations to ensure projects are aligned with core strategies and goals, remain within the scope of work, delivered on deadline, and supported through implementation. Participation in annual business planning and end-to-end designs of pharmacy programs and strategies required.

Primary Responsibilities

• Ability and experience to function well in a highly matrixed team environment
• Ability to ask thought-provoking questions, define the needs of the customer, and develop innovative solutions to meet them
• Ability to develop and manage business plans to achieve objectives and milestones
• Ability to lead and drive large, complex projects to achieve key business objectives 
• Act as a liaison between internal and external teams to help steer work stream communications to ensure response integrity
• Ensure alignment and understanding of program/project scope and objectives with the organization's strategic objectives and the key stakeholder/customer
• Influence senior leadership to adopt new ideas, products, and/or approaches that may have segment-wide impact
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical products or a clinical background with business acumen preferred but not required
• Prior experience in coordinating and leading high-level meetings, including developing post-meeting minutes, charter documentation, etc
• Prior work experience working with pharmacists desirable
• Proven ability to influence team members and leadership to adopt new ideas, products, and/or approaches
• Provide subject matter expertise and operational support to internal business partners
• Solve unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business
• Translate highly complex concepts in ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences 

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field
• 5 years professional project management experience that includes 3 years leading and directing project tasks
• 3 years working in a PBM, Health plan, Managed Care organization, or provider practice with project management experience.  Working knowledge of drugs, CMS, and healthcare
• Intermediate or higher level of proficiency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Smartsheets, and Visio 
• Demonstrates solid prioritization, attention to detail, effective multi-tasking, verbal/written communication and organizational skills
• Proven ability to create an effective team environment, build solid relationships
• Demonstrates solid in solving problems and issues in a matrix environment and communicating effectively at all levels of an organization

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Master's degree in business, public health or another related field
• PMP certified 

Careers at OptumCare. We're on a mission to change the face of health care. As the largest health and wellness business in the US, we help 58 million people navigate the health care system, finance their health care needs and achieve their health and well-being goals. Fortunately, we have a team of the best and brightest minds on the planet to make it happen. Together we're creating the most innovative ideas and comprehensive strategies to help heal the health care system and create a brighter future for us all. Join us and learn why there is no better place to do your life's best work.(sm)  

OptumCare is committed to creating an environment where physicians focus on what they do best: care for their patients. To do so, OptumCare provides administrative and business support services to both owned and affiliated medical practices which are part of OptumCare. Each medical practice part and their physician employees have complete authority with regards to all medical decision-making and patient care. OptumCare's support services do not interfere with or control the practice of medicine by the medical practices or any of their physicians. 

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.    

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.