Director Pharmacy Services - Specialty Clinical Programs

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Director Pharmacy Services - Specialty Clinical Programs based in United States.

This leadership role provides comprehensive strategic oversight of pharmacy services, with a particular focus on specialty clinical programs and patient care.

You will guide pharmacy practice, medication management, transitions of care, and clinical operations across assigned areas of responsibility.

The position combines people leadership, program development, financial accountability, quality improvement, and regulatory compliance.

You will mentor pharmacy leaders and staff while promoting patient-centered, evidence-based, and efficient care.

The role works closely with physicians, healthcare professionals, administrative partners, and enterprise leadership to improve medication utilization and outcomes.

You will have significant influence over pharmacy strategy, performance, budgets, and the development of innovative clinical services.

This is an opportunity to shape specialty pharmacy programs while contributing to a collaborative healthcare environment focused on excellence, learning, innovation, and patient safety.

Accountabilities:

• Provide comprehensive oversight and accountability for pharmacy practice, medication-use processes, and transitions of care across assigned areas.
• Lead, mentor, motivate, and develop pharmacy leaders and staff while fostering strong engagement, teamwork, and professional growth.
• Ensure optimized, effective, patient-centered care across the full spectrum of pharmacy services.
• Evaluate existing pharmacy practices, identify opportunities for improvement, and lead the development and implementation of new programs and services.
• Strengthen the pharmacy practice model by integrating pharmacists and pharmacy technicians as essential members of the broader healthcare team.
• Provide leadership support for performance management, staff development, recruitment, and hiring activities.
• Establish and monitor standards, clinical and operational activities, quality measures, patient satisfaction indicators, and performance metrics.
• Analyze medication utilization, costs, and trends and collaborate with physicians and other healthcare professionals to address medication management opportunities.
• Develop and oversee evidence-based medication therapies, cost-containment initiatives, and cost-saving protocols.
• Maintain financial accountability for assigned areas, including budgeting, business planning, financial forecasting, and achievement of financial objectives.
• Use quality and operational data to monitor revenue, expenses, staff productivity, clinical outcomes, and overall pharmacy performance.
• Establish, communicate, monitor, and continuously improve performance parameters for pharmacy services in collaboration with leadership.
• Ensure compliance with accreditation, regulatory, corporate, local, and federal requirements, including the development, revision, and auditing of policies and procedures.
• Ensure appropriate collaborative practice agreements are maintained across assigned practice areas.
• Provide clinical oversight for the Specialty Patient Management Program and guide specialty pharmacy clinical activities.
• Lead and develop performance improvement initiatives in collaboration with Human Resources and other relevant partners.
• Direct corporate compliance activities for specialty pharmacy services, including planning, implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy is required; a Doctoral degree in Pharmacy is preferred.
• At least 7 years of related professional experience.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience managing people, processes, or projects.
• Active pharmacist licensure in Pennsylvania.
• Demonstrated leadership experience within pharmacy practice, clinical programs, healthcare operations, or a related environment.
• Strong mentoring and people-development capabilities, with the ability to empower teams and build effective pharmacy leadership.
• Experience overseeing pharmacy operations, clinical programs, medication-use processes, quality initiatives, and performance improvement.
• Strong understanding of financial management, budgeting, operational metrics, productivity, and clinical performance measurement.
• Ability to analyze medication utilization, costs, and trends and translate findings into actionable strategies.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory, accreditation, compliance, and healthcare policy requirements.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with physicians, healthcare professionals, administrative leaders, and cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Office administration skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a complex healthcare environment.
• A patient-centered mindset with a commitment to quality, safety, innovation, continuous learning, and excellence.

Benefits

• Full-time position with a 40-hour workweek.
• Work-from-home opportunity based in Pennsylvania.
• Day shift schedule.
• Healthcare benefits available from day one for full-time and part-time positions.
• Vision and dental coverage.
• Benefits for domestic partners.
• Collaborative, cooperative, and collegial work environment.
• Opportunity to lead strategic pharmacy initiatives and specialty clinical programs.
• Significant scope for professional leadership, mentoring, program development, and operational impact.
• Environment focused on patient care, innovation, learning, safety, and continuous improvement.