Director, Pharmacy Automation
Posted Sep 14, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about an automation project you led from business case through go-live. What went wrong and how did you recover?
What they are checking: Whether they have actually delivered capital projects and can talk honestly about setbacks.
How do you bring frontline pharmacy staff along when automation changes how they do their jobs?
What they are checking: Whether they handle the people side of automation so adoption actually happens.
You'll work with Operations, Pharmacy, Supply Chain, Technology, Facilities, Finance and Quality. Tell me about getting that many groups aligned on one plan.
What they are checking: Whether they can lead a cross-functional program where they don't control most of the people involved.
What would you do
An equipment manufacturer is late and the system you're installing isn't hitting promised throughput. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they can manage vendors firmly and protect operations while a fix is worked out.
Operations wants a system live before peak season, but Quality says validation isn't complete. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they will hold a quality line and find another way to meet the business need.
How would you build out an automation team here, and what roles would you hire first?
What they are checking: Whether they can grow a function, not just run projects as an individual.
About the work
Walk me through how you'd decide which part of Ro's pharmacy fulfillment, compounding or distribution to automate first.
What they are checking: Whether they prioritize by bottleneck, risk and return rather than by what equipment looks impressive.
How do you build a business case for a large automation investment that Finance will trust?
What they are checking: Whether they can model labor, throughput, error rates and payback in terms finance leaders accept.
Automating a pharmacy process can raise validation and board of pharmacy questions. How do you keep compliance built into the project?
What they are checking: Whether they plan for qualification, validation and regulatory review instead of treating them as an afterthought.
How would you design automation that can scale as order volume grows quickly without redoing it in a year?
What they are checking: Whether they think about modularity and future capacity rather than solving only today's volume.
What metrics would you track to know an automation investment is working after launch?
What they are checking: Whether they measure accuracy, uptime and throughput after go-live, not just at the ribbon cutting.
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