3 Days Left PLA Pharmacist

We are the Pharmacy Consulting team at TELUS Health and are looking for someone like you to work with us to grow the TELUS Health business, shape new exciting services and drive process improvement across various clinical services programs.

Here's the impact you'll make and what we'll accomplish together

You'll be joining the Pharmacy Consulting team to support the growth of our pharmaceutical manufacturer partnerships and engagement strategy, as well as clinical programs and services.

We are seeking a highly skilled Pharmacist to join our team, who is a highly motivated self-starter with an engaging and driven personality. In this role, the successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the Product Listing Agreements (PLA) strategy execution, project management, and process improvement. This candidate will work closely with our team of health economists, pharmacists and business analysts, as well as clients, internal teams, and stakeholders to develop and implement strategies that align with our client's business objectives and our growth targets for the PLA program, while supporting negotiations.

You will proactively engage with customers and internal stakeholders to identify opportunities for improvement and manage collaborative relationships with numerous internal and external stakeholders to support program delivery. This role will support the execution of the PLA program with clinical expertise, analytics, negotiation support and operational execution. If you like working on a close team where your knowledge and experience are used and expanded, then read on as this is the job for you

Here's How:

- Leverage clinical expertise and knowledge of pharmacy benefit management experience to support negotiations for Price List agreements
- Ability to use your experience to take initiative in troubleshooting, allowing you to effectively and efficiently identify problems and apply appropriate solutions
- Produces high quality deliverables and assignments with direction from senior levels to collect, analyze and effectively communicate data
- Consistently delivers high quality work, meeting internal quality expectation and receiving high satisfaction rates
- Monitor cost, schedule and technical performance of component projects and operations
- Ability to develop strategic plans including business, financial and clinical program/product strategies
- Good customer relationship skills and accomplishes the following with guidance: managing expectations, communication, risk management, and effectively interface with working teams and director level management
- Proactively adapting to meet the changing needs of our customers
- Provide timely and accurate reporting and forecasting to clients and stakeholders
- Proven capability to quickly learn and share information with others
- Promotes enthusiasm and generates a positively charged working environment, motivating teammates with a "can-do" approach to problems
- Learns from feedback and is constantly improving quality to ensure high quality standards are met
- Considers others' points of view by asking questions, listening and ensuring understanding through strong verbal and written communication

Qualifications

You're the missing piece of the puzzle

- You love meeting new people and making connections and introductions
- You are a recognized influencer with the ability to bring forward ideas and captivate your audience to convey an opportunity
- You possess strong business acumen, strategic and critical thinking capabilities and are able to understand and leverage clinical expertise to develop and enhance strategies and deliver a high-quality action plan
- Ability to link and drive from strategic to tactical, including identifying the risk management plan and service/financial risk assessments
- Noted for your ability to pivot, you are adaptable, resilient and comfortable dealing with ambiguity and last minute changes
- You have strong time-management and organizational skills to work independently in a fast-paced, rapidly growing environment but also collaborate effectively with a team
- You are highly motivated, creative, and self-sufficient with the ability to work successfully under pressure
- Solid understanding of pharmacy and pharmaceutical landscapes and program offerings within the pharmacy benefit management industry

Minimum Qualifications

- Bachelor degree in Pharmacy or Pharm.D. required
- Licensed Pharmacist in relevant jurisdiction
- 5+ years of experience in a Pharmacy Benefit Management Industry and/or PLA negotiations
- Experience with project management and process improvement
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) including Microsoft Excel proficiency is an asset

Advanced knowledge of English is required, because you will, most of the time, interact in English with external parties (clients, suppliers, candidates, external partners, etc.), interact in English with internal parties (colleagues, internal partners, stakeholders, etc.), as part of this position's main responsibilities, given its national scope.

Salary Range: $88,000-$132,000

Performance Bonus or Sales Incentive Plan: 15%

Actual total compensation will be determined based on factors such as knowledge, skills, performance, experience and location. Additionally, TELUS offers rewarding benefits, which may vary per job function, such as:

- Comprehensive total rewards package highlighting competitive salary and bonus structures, minimum 3 weeks of vacation, and flexible benefits plan to meet the needs of you and your family
- Flexibility to work in-office, virtually or a combination of both
- Generous company matched pension and share purchase programs
- Opportunity to give back to communities in which we work, live and serve
- Career growth and learning & development opportunities to develop your skills
- And much more …

Please note that the compensation shown in the job posting may be subject to change in 2025.

A bit about us

We're a people-focused, customer-first, purpose-driven team who works together every day to innovate and do good. We improve lives through our technology solutions and foster a culture of innovation that empowers team members to solve complex problems and create remarkable human outcomes in a digital world.

You'll find our engaging, high-performance culture personally fulfilling, professionally challenging, and financially rewarding. We're committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability. Your unique contributions and talents will be valued and respected here. When you join our team, you're helping us make the future friendly.

TELUS Health is an IT leader in Canada that focuses on the health sector. Our mission is to improve the way information is being used along the continuum of care to better the health of citizens in Canada and in selected countries.

Disclaimer: In accordance with the TELUS Health Solutions Data Center Security Policy, as a condition of employment, all team members whose job functions require they work at a Data Center and/or have access to detailed knowledge of technology related to client service delivery, are subject to a Personnel Security Screening conducted through the Government of Canada.

The health and safety of our team, customers and communities is paramount to TELUS. Accordingly, we require anyone joining our TELUS Health Care Centres to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.

Note for Quebec candidates: if knowledge of English is required for this position, it is because the team member will be asked, on a regular basis, to interact in English with external or internal parties or to use English applications or software as part of their tasks.

Health

We're looking for clinicians, programmers, product developers, sales and marketing people, customer support, and everyone in between. If you have a penchant for turning information into better health outcomes, then we want you to help us develop, implement and manage the most innovative healthcare solutions possible.

We are honoured to be recognized

21,166
Physicians using TELUS Health electronic medical records

140 million+
Health claims processed using TELUS Health solutions

Accessibility

TELUS is proud to foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to fair employment practices and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities, as required, during the recruitment process.

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