Senior Manager, Operations
Philadelphia, PA - USA
Job Summary
Field-Based Full-Time Greater Philadelphia Area PA
Client-Facing Title: Associate Director of Operations Internal Level: Senior Manager
Reports to: Regional Director of Operations
NuvemRx helps community health providers deliver on their mission by simplifying the complexity of pharmacy operations with a suite of scalable solutions that integrate software intelligence and expert support to illuminate savings expand access and elevate patient care.
At NuvemRx we hold a high bar because our work directly impacts patient care. We look for people who embody our core values:
- Mission Always: Every choice is a chance to serve our customers and improve healthcare
- Be a Pioneer: Take initiative solve problems and build what does not yet exist
- Do the Right Thing the Right Way: Lead with integrity compliance and thoughtful execution
- Stronger Together: Own your role collaborate deeply and elevate the team
We are also a fast-growing company which means you bring strong ownership comfort with ambiguity resilience and a bias toward action.
The Senior Manager Operations owns the NuvemRx program for an assigned customer. This is a heavily
customer-facing role and the person in it carries the client-facing title of Associate Director of Operations. You
are the customers primary NuvemRx contact and the person accountable for the partnerships results and you
bring a patient-first mentality to operations.
This is a local role based in the greater Philadelphia area. You will live in the market work on-site every week and in most cases work out of the customers location alongside their leadership team.
You own the program end-to-end: 340B optimization and program performance customer engagement and building pharmacy teams that run well without daily oversight. Pharmacy Managers across the assigned sites report directly to this role.
The work is a mix of planned initiatives and unplanned a given week you may be leading a capture-improvement project launching a new service line or turning around an ad-hoc customer request the same day.
This role reports to the Regional Director of Operations and partners closely with Customer Success Clinical Compliance and Human Resources.
Customer Engagement & Program Ownership
- Serve as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor for customer leadership including the C-suite pharmacy leadership and clinical stakeholders.
- Office on site at the customer location and maintain a consistent weekly presence with their leadership and pharmacy teams.
- Own overall program health including performance against contractual commitments issue resolution and escalation management.
- Respond to ad-hoc customer requests with urgency and follow-through setting clear expectations on what will happen and by when and then delivering.
- Lead recurring business reviews presenting performance results gaps and corrective action plans.
- Identify and lead growth and improvement initiatives within the partnership from scoping through execution to measured result.
- Flag emerging customer needs early and come to the table with proposed solutions.
340B & Program Optimization
- Own 340B program performance for the account including prescription capture contract pharmacy configuration eligibility logic and referral capture opportunities.
- Analyze program data to find unrealized savings then build and execute the plan to capture it in partnership with the customer.
- Partner with the customers providers and clinics to strengthen referral pathways and prescription routing to NuvemRx-managed pharmacies.
- Monitor formulary payer and contract dynamics affecting program economics and adjust the operating plan accordingly.
Building High-Performing Pharmacy Teams
- Directly manage coach and develop Pharmacy Managers setting clear expectations priorities and accountability.
- Build and retain strong pharmacist and technician teams through hiring onboarding development and succession planning.
- Hold sites accountable to their operating metrics keep staff engaged and surface problems early.
- Partner with Human Resources on performance management employee relations corrective action and workforce planning.
Site Operations & Compliance
- Own operational performance across assigned pharmacies including workflow staffing scheduling inventory dispensing accuracy turnaround time and patient experience.
- Lead new pharmacy openings conversions system implementations and service line expansions in the market.
- Ensure compliance with federal and state pharmacy law DEA and Board of Pharmacy requirements USP standards payer requirements and NuvemRx policy.
- Maintain continuous audit readiness lead site audits and quarterly reviews own remediation of findings and escalate risk promptly.
Core Capabilities
- 7 years of pharmacy operations experience including 3 years leading pharmacy teams with direct people-management responsibility.
- Active pharmacist license (PharmD or RPh) in good standing with the ability to obtain licensure in additional states as required.
- Proven success as the primary relationship owner for a customer or major account including work with senior and executive stakeholders.
- Extensive hands-on 340B program expertise with demonstrated experience owning 340B program performance end-to-end including contract pharmacy operations prescription capture optimization eligibility logic split-billing TPA platform management and program integrity. Candidates without substantive 340B experience will not be considered.
- A track record of responsiveness and follow-through in an environment with frequent unplanned requests.
- Demonstrated ability to improve operational and financial performance across more than one pharmacy location.
- Working knowledge of retail pharmacy operations third-party billing prior authorization and payer requirements.
- Ability to read operational and financial data identify the drivers behind a trend and act on them.
- Residence in or relocation to the assigned market with the expectation of working on site at customer and pharmacy locations on a weekly basis.
Preferred Experience
- Experience supporting FQHCs community health centers or other 340B covered entities strongly preferred given the nature of this customer.
- 340B ACE certification strongly preferred.
- Experience standing up new pharmacy sites or converting existing operations to a new operating model.
- Familiarity with pharmacy management systems dispensing technology and operational reporting tools.
You are highly responsive. Customers and staff contact you first because you answer quickly and close the loop.
You can turn an ad-hoc request around the same day without sacrificing accuracy.
You prefer being on site and you want to spend your week in the pharmacies and at the customer location.
You develop your managers instead of solving every problem for them.
You take ownership of program results and report on them candidly including the misses.
You hold the compliance line even when there is pressure to move faster.
- Competitive compensation
- Flexible PTO
- Medical dental vision
- 401(k) with match
- Life and disability coverage
- Employee Assistance Program
- Mission-driven team
The expected base salary for this role is $150000 $170000. This range may vary based on factors such as experience skills location and internal equity.
NuvemRx complies with applicable pay transparency laws. The compensation range listed reflects the expected base salary at the time of posting and actual compensation may vary.
NuvemRx is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability genetic information veteran status or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws.
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Required Experience:
Senior Manager