Senior Director of Federal Pharmacy Clinical Consulting -

The Senior Director of Federal Pharmacy Clinical Consulting provides leadership and direction for leading strategic pharmacy consulting initiatives for federal healthcare clients, including the Department of Defense (DoD), Defense Health Agency (DHA),World Trade Center, and  VA Community Care Network (VA CCN) network. The role involves long-term planning to grow and retain Evernorth Federal Service (EFS) clients and build customer relationships, articulating the value of Evernorth clinical products and services, and participating in key client meetings.

Essential Functions

• Serve as primary Clinical Thought Leader for all EFS Clients; responsible for building and maintaining key relationships, providing strategic market guidance to ensure Express Scripts, PBS is a trusted advisor, developing common strategies to achieve company goals, ensuring client expectations and deliverables are met and managing/resolving escalated client concerns.
• Lead a virtual clinical team, ensuring client satisfaction, retention and growth.  Lead teams in managing, developing and retaining talent, ensuring high levels of engagement, productivity and effective client management.   
• Partner with other critical leadership teams across the PBS and Evernorth organization to include, but not limited to Coverage Review Department, Clinical Operations, Pharmacy (Accredo and Express-Scripts), and Legal and Compliance.
• Drive integration of commercial best practices and digital health solutions into EFS operations.

Qualifications & Experience

• 12 years of relevant work experience; Pharmacy degree required
• Experience with DHA, VA, and/or Federal Healthcare systems preferred
• Demonstrated initiative, independent thinker and worker
• Strong people leader with track record of coaching teams to be independent and leaders/SMEs in their assigned functions
• Strong aptitude for data & finance a plus
• Ability to develop hypotheses and conclusions while identifying assumptions
• Excellent communication skills – both verbal and written
• Ability to influence at all organizational levels including Vice President, SVP, and C-Suite
• Advanced problem-solving skills
• Ability to work cross-functionally to define, scope, analyze and resolve strategic issues
• Travel up to 25%

Competencies

• Strong in strategy development, communication and execution.
• Ability to build strong relationships with members of client organizations & benefit advisors.
• Ability to build and manage strong internal teams.
• Demonstrate the ability to negotiate cross functionally to drive client issues to resolution and implement processes that support retention and client growth
• Possess internal/external credibility to lead client satisfaction and retention efforts.
• Ability to manage work strategically, effectively anticipating/planning for client impact of internal and external influencers.
• Proven ability to develop, motivate and leverage leadership resources to achieve optimal results.

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 176,300 - 293,900 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus and long term incentive plan.

We want you to be healthy, balanced, and feel secure. That’s why you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you’ll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k) with company match, company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, visit Life at Cigna.

About Evernorth Health Services

Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for support. Do not email SeeYourself@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

Cigna has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.