UnitedHealthcare ยท 2 months ago
Associate Director, PDL Strategy - Remote
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$110K/yr - $189K/yr
5+ years expUnitedHealthcare is simplifying the health care experience and is seeking an Associate Director for PDL Strategy. This role will drive the development of Prescription Drug Lists and coverage strategies, working alongside various teams to ensure affordability and savings for millions of covered lives.
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Responsibilities
Drive development of the PDLs and accompanying programs for the Commercial business to achieve affordability and savings targets, manage trend and improve quality for approximately 14M covered lives
Drive development of coverage strategies for medications covered under the medical benefit to achieve affordability and savings targets, manage trend and improve quality for approximately 24.5M covered lives
Work in conjunction with PBM to develop strategies, as appropriate, and obtain industry-leading pricing for drugs covered under both the pharmacy and medical benefit
Work with team providing analytics to understand current utilization patterns, develop models to estimate financial impact of various coverage strategies, and track / evaluate outcomes of PDL placement, utilization management and other programs
Represent PDL strategies to internal and external stakeholders, providing evidence of underlying need or opportunity, rationale for decisions and expected impact of changes
Develop and support innovative strategies and affordability initiatives that align with PDL and business priorities
Qualification
Required
PharmD from an accredited college or university
Current and unrestricted Pharmacist license
5+ years of managed care and/or HealthPlan experience
Excellent analytic background, including performing financial impact analysis using financial, forecasting, and other relevant data analysis tools
Proven intermediate MS Office Excel skills (e.g., V-lookups and Pivot tables)
Preferred
Experience in value-based outcomes contracting and/or health economics and outcomes research
Experience in strategy development and pharmacy coverage decisions
Proven excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to speak clearly and concisely, ability to understand, interpret, and convey complex technical information in an audience-specific manner
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package
Incentive and recognition programs
Equity stock purchase
401k contribution
Company
UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare helps people live healthier lives by simplifying the health care experience.
10001+ employees
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