Senior Director Clinical Pharmacy

Description

Calling All Esteemed Leaders! Are you a pharmacy executive who excels in 340B strategy, clinical pharmacy integration, regulatory compliance, and financial stewardship? Do you thrive in complex environments where governance, medication management, operational performance, and patient access come together to support sustainable pharmacy services? If so, we invite you to explore this leadership opportunity with Providence.

The Role

The Senior Director, Clinical Pharmacy - 340B is a system-level pharmacy executive responsible for strategic leadership, governance, and optimization of the organization's 340B Drug Pricing Program, while ensuring alignment with clinical pharmacy practice, medication management, and regulatory compliance across the enterprise.

This role provides executive oversight for 340B strategy, compliance, financial performance, and program expansion, and partners closely with regional and ministry pharmacy leaders to integrate 340B operations into clinical pharmacy services in a compliant, sustainable, and patient-centered manner.

What You'll Do

System-Level 340B Strategy & Governance

• Provide enterprise leadership and accountability for all aspects of the 340B program, including strategy, compliance, financial performance, audits, reporting, and program expansion.
• Establish and maintain system-wide 340B governance, policies, and standards, ensuring alignment with federal, state, and organizational requirements.
• Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) on 340B regulations, audit readiness, and emerging policy or enforcement trends.
• Ensure continuous readiness for HRSA audits and oversee corrective action planning when needed.

Clinical Pharmacy Integration

• Partner with clinical pharmacy leadership to ensure 340B strategies align with medication-use processes, patient access, quality, and safety goals.
• Support integration of 340B into hospital, clinic, specialty, contract pharmacy, and pharmacotherapy clinic (PTC) models.
• Collaborate with providers, nursing leadership, quality, and informatics teams to optimize compliant medication purchasing and utilization.

Financial Oversight & Analytics

• Provide executive oversight of 340B financial reporting, savings optimization, KPIs, and analytics.
• Oversee reconciliation processes across covered entities, contract pharmacies, wholesalers, and manufacturers.
• Guide development of business plans and financial models related to retail pharmacy, contract pharmacy networks, employee prescription programs, and long-term care strategies.

Program Operations & Expansion

• Lead evaluation, development, and expansion of contract and specialty pharmacy networks in alignment with clinical and financial priorities.
• Oversee selection and governance of vendors, split-billing software, wholesalers, and related technology platforms.
• Ensure operational consistency and accountability across regions and ministries participating in the 340B program.

Leadership & Talent Development

• Provide direct leadership to 340B directors, managers, analysts, and related pharmacy leaders.
• Establish expectations for performance, accountability, professional development, and succession planning.
• Lead change management and communication efforts related to regulatory changes, audits, or program redesign.

Executive Collaboration & External Relations

• Maintain strong relationships with legal, compliance, finance, government affairs, and executive leadership.
• Represent the organization in external forums including manufacturers, wholesalers, Apexus/Prime Vendor, PBMs, contract pharmacies, and 340B advocacy organizations.
• Participate in or lead system, regional, and divisional councils and steering committees related to pharmacy and 340B strategy.

What You'll Bring

Education & Credentials

• Bachelor's Degree from an Accredited College of Pharmacy, or PharmD from an Accredited College of Pharmacy.
• Master's Degree (MPH, MBA, MHA or related field) (preferred).
• Required upon hire: California Pharmacist Registered (Vendor Managed).

Experience & Expertise

• 7 years of progressive pharmacy leadership experience.
• 3 years of hospital or health system operations.
• Demonstrated experience with 340B program leadership, compliance, contemporary clinical and operational pharmacy services, and financial management.
• Current knowledge of regulatory and accreditation standards.

Professional & Leadership Capabilities

• Demonstrated skills in clear communication, team building, problem solving, sound decision-making, innovation and effective change management.

Why Join Us?

• Enterprise 340B Leadership: Provide strategic leadership, governance, and oversight for all aspects of the organization's 340B Drug Pricing Program.
• Clinical Pharmacy Integration: Help align 340B strategies with medication-use processes, patient access, clinical quality, safety, and pharmacy services across the enterprise.
• Financial & Operational Impact: Lead financial reporting, savings optimization, analytics, reconciliation, vendor governance, and sustainable program expansion.
• Executive & External Partnership: Collaborate with pharmacy, legal, compliance, finance, government affairs, and executive leaders while representing the organization with external 340B partners.

Ready to Shape the Future of Healthcare?

If you are a pharmacy executive with experience in 340B program leadership, clinical pharmacy operations, regulatory compliance, and financial management, we encourage you to apply and help advance compliant, sustainable, and patient-centered pharmacy services across Providence.

The full pay range is listed in accordance with applicable law. Final compensation will be determined based on qualifications, experience, organizational compensation alignment, and the approved hiring department budget for the position. This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation and benefits.

At Providence we believe in the importance of human connection and the impact of in-person collaboration towards team cohesion and caregiver engagement. Further, we want our leaders to live in or near the communities we serve. Therefore, leaders applying for this role will be required to work a hybrid schedule, which consists of four days onsite, one day remote and live within a reasonable commuting distance to the ministry or service area they support and lead.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of "Know me, care for me, ease my way." Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we'll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.

Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

About the Team

Providence Shared Services is a service line within Providence that provides a variety of functional and system support services for our family of organizations across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. We are focused on supporting our Mission by delivering a robust foundation of services and sharing of specialized expertise.

Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.

Requsition ID: 467546

Company: Providence Jobs

Job Category: Pharmacy

Job Function: Clinical Care

Job Schedule: Full time

Job Shift: Day

Career Track: Leadership

Department: 4007 SS CC PHARMACY

Address: WA Renton 1801 Lind Ave SW

Work Location: Providence Valley Office Park-Renton

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Pay Range: $141.65 - $230.80

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.