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Willis Towers Watson

Senior Director - Pharmacy Consulting

Posted on Nov 4 Atlanta, GA 630 views

As a Senior Pharmacy Director, you will contribute to new strategic and innovative directions for our pharmacy business while leading large, highly visible client engagements. You will serve as a key voice to the marketplace of one of the world’s leading HR consulting firms and have the ability to contribute to the evolution of pharmacy and broader health care delivery in North America. You will lead growth of our solutions portfolio with a focus on driving client value and revenue. The ideal candidate brings influence and strategic thinking to address unique client needs in the pharmacy space and to more broadly evolve our practice. You will provide guidance and collaborate with a strong team of highly experienced consultants within the pharmacy practice as well as lead cross functional activities with other health and benefits colleagues and subject matter experts who together deliver unparalleled value to our clients and the broader pharmacy community. A pharmacist degree and license in good standing is required for this role.

You will lead growth of our solutions portfolio with a focus on driving client value and revenue. The ideal candidate brings influence and strategic thinking to address unique client needs in the pharmacy space and to more broadly evolve our practice. You will provide guidance and collaborate with a strong team of highly experienced consultants within the pharmacy practice as well as lead cross functional activities with other health and benefits colleagues and subject matter experts who together deliver unparalleled value to our clients and the broader pharmacy community. A pharmacist degree and license in good standing is required for this role.

The Role



Deliver tangible and measurable contributions around pharmacy innovation that can be leveraged nationally. Also serve as part of a team of consultants as the lead pharmacy strategic partner and trusted advisor to large, complex clients in the design and management of their pharmacy benefit programs including:


  • Spearhead the development of new pharmacy approaches; collaborate with executive leadership at vendors and clients in creation of the next generation of solutions

  • Meet with vendors to understand the opportunities for strategic partnerships and pharmacy solution opportunities including potential for technology enablement.

  • Contribute to marketing of WTW by speaking at conferences, writing articles and otherwise promoting the company

  • Pharmacy benefit consulting on a national basis to complex, forward-thinking employers. Role includes:

    • Driving new relationships and sales

    • Designing and executing on innovative engagement design and approaches

    • Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM) vendor procurement and negotiation

    • Audits of PBM performance (financial and operational)

    • Plan analysis, design, cost-savings and member engagement strategies

    • Strategy for effectively managing pharmacy benefits aligned with broader health care goals

    • Specialty drug management

    • Materially grow pharmacy benefits revenue through serving as the pharmacy benefits expert in new client pursuits by crafting and selling solutions to meet their needs


  • Partner closely with the financial, actuarial and analytics, health equity and wellbeing, and other related cross functional WTW teams to define a multi-year strategy for expanding the comprehensiveness of our integrated pharmacy and clinical offerings

  • Own product research, development, deployment and outcomes measurement within the assigned time period and with an assigned goal

  • Contribute pharmacy and related perspectives to broader health and benefits strategy and growth

  • Support strategic partnerships, including launch, maintenance and enhancements of partnership offerings

  • Demonstrate extensive leadership ability by directly managing and mentoring other consultants



This position will remain posted for a minimum of three business days from the date posted or until a sufficient/appropriate candidate slate has been identified.

Note: Employment-based non-immigrant visa sponsorship and/or assistance is not offered for this specific job opportunity.

The Requirements




  • 15+ years’ experience and success in the design/management of large group pharmacy benefit plans gained in a consulting or brokerage environment

  • Proven ability to generate revenue

  • Track record of success in managing and growing large client relationships

  • Proven experience in successfully leading a global team and projects, and strategic partnership development and growth

  • An executive presence with polished and well developed written and oral communication skills with an ability to communicate complex ideas simply and effectively to the C-suite.

  • A dynamic strategic thinker not afraid to challenge the status quo by asking hard questions and deconstructing and rebuilding current solutions as necessary

  • Superior ability to influence and collaborate with senior management and work across all levels of an organization as well as cross functional teams

  • Interest and aptitude in keeping abreast of the latest developments in pharmacy and broader health and benefits plan strategy and contributing to the development of new tools and approaches

  • Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint

  • Availability to travel

  • Bachelor’s of Pharmacy or PharmD degree required

  • State Life and Health license required within 90 days of joining



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