Director, Pharmacy Trend and Pipeline Strategy

AffirmedRx is on a mission to improve health care outcomes by bringing clarity, integrity, and trust to pharmacy benefit management. We are committed to making pharmacy benefits easy to understand, straightforward to access and always in the best interest of employers and the lives they impact. We accomplish this by bringing total clarity to business practices, leading with clinical approaches, and utilizing state-of-the-art technology.

Join us in improving health care outcomes for all! We promise to do what’s right, always.

Position Summary:

The Director, Pharmacy Trend & Pipeline Strategy serves as AffirmedRx's lead strategist for emerging pharmacy trends, pipeline intelligence, and cost-of-care optimization. The role proactively identifies, evaluates, and recommends strategies related to evolving market dynamics, specialty drug trends, biosimilars, generic launches, utilization patterns, and other emerging cost drivers. Through cross-functional collaboration, this position drives strategic interventions that improve affordability, support formulary and clinical decision-making, and position AffirmedRx and its clients ahead of market change.

What you will do:

Pharmacy Trend and Pipeline Strategy:

Own enterprise pharmacy trend forecasting and market surveillance to identify emerging cost drivers and utilization patterns

Maintain oversight of the drug development pipeline, assessing clinical, financial, operational, and formulary impacts of new therapies

Evaluate therapeutic category shifts and recommend proactive strategies before they materially impact client spend

Monitor market trends, access strategies, and industry developments to identify opportunities for intervention and differentiation

Trend Mitigation and Clinical Strategy Development:

Develop and maintain a multi-year pharmacy trend mitigation roadmap aligned with organizational goals

Recommend formulary, utilization management, biosimilar, generic, and channel management strategies to address emerging cost pressures

Evaluate new-to-market and high-impact pipeline therapies and provide clinical recommendations prior to launch

Partner with internal stakeholders to prioritize and implement initiatives that improve trend performance and cost management

Biosimilar and Formulary Optimization:

Lead the development of AffirmedRx’s biosimilar strategy in collaboration with Formulary Strategy and Utilization Management

Recommend formulary positioning, utilization management approaches, and conversion strategies to support biosimilar adoption

Support provider education and adoption monitoring efforts to ensure successful implementation

Assess formulary and benefit design opportunities that optimize outcomes while managing pharmacy spend

Clinical Intelligence and Financial Analysis:

Serve as a key contributor to the Clinical Intelligence Council by evaluating trend drivers and prioritizing intervention opportunities

Partner with Clinical Modeling to develop financial impact assessments and pharmacoeconomic analyses

Quantify projected trend drivers, savings opportunities, and return on investment for proposed strategies

Support enterprise decision-making through data-driven clinical and financial insights

Clinical Leadership and Stakeholder Communication:

Serve as the clinical lead for pipeline, trend, biosimilar, and pharmacoeconomic evaluations presented to the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee

Develop strategic recommendations and clinical content for enterprise and client-facing trend reporting

Collaborate with Specialty, Trade Relations, Population Health, and other stakeholders on channel management opportunities

Communicate complex clinical and market insights to executive leadership, clients, and internal business partners

What you need:

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree from an accredited institution

Active, unrestricted pharmacist license in the United States

10+ years of experience in managed care, PBM, or health plan pharmacy, with direct experience in pharmacy trend analysis, trend forecasting, pipeline evaluation, or cost-of-care management

Demonstrated experience identifying, evaluating, and developing strategies to address pharmacy trend drivers, including specialty drug spend, biosimilars, generic launches, pipeline therapies, and utilization management opportunities

Strong analytical skills with experience interpreting pharmacy utilization, trend, and financial data to identify actionable opportunities

Experience developing business cases, financial impact assessments, or pharmacoeconomic analyses used to support formulary, utilization management, biosimilar, or trend mitigation decisions

Knowledge of formulary management, utilization management strategies, pharmacoeconomics, and specialty pharmacy market dynamics

Strong quantitative and analytical skills, with proficiency presenting trend data to clients or executive audiences

Experience with PBM trend reporting tools and client-facing communication

Willingness to travel 10-20%

Familiarity with net-cost formulary architecture and rebate-aware formulary strategy

Experience developing pharmacy trend forecasts, market impact models, or cost-of-care projections used to inform business or formulary strategy

Experience monitoring FDA pipeline developments and translating clinical, regulatory, and market events into formulary, utilization management, and operational readiness strategies

What you get:

To impact industry change in the pharmacy benefits management space, while delivering the highest quality patient outcomes

To work in a culture where people thrive because when OUR team thrives, OUR business thrives

Competitive compensation, including health, dental, vision and other benefits

Note:

AffirmedRx is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Remote employees are expected to maintain a professional work environment free of distractions to ensure optimal performance and collaboration.