Senior Director, Pharmacy
Posted Aug 12, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a pharmacy utilization management program you built or improved. What changed in cost and outcomes?
What they are checking: Whether they can show measurable results from prior authorization, step therapy or similar tools.
Tell me about your experience preparing for NCQA or other accreditation reviews on the pharmacy side.
What they are checking: Whether they know what accreditors look for and can keep documentation ready year round.
How do you lead a team of pharmacists and technicians spread across two markets?
What they are checking: Whether they can set common standards while respecting local needs and staff.
What would you do
You will run pharmacy operations for two markets with multiple products. How would you spend your first ninety days?
What they are checking: Whether they learn the current state, the contracts and the people before announcing big changes.
Drug utilization data shows a fast rise in GLP-1 spending. How would you respond?
What they are checking: Whether they can balance clinical appropriateness, member access and budget pressure on a high-cost class.
A prescriber complains loudly that our prior authorization rules are delaying care. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they take provider feedback seriously and are willing to change rules that create harm without savings.
How do you work with the medical side so pharmacy and medical programs do not work against each other?
What they are checking: Whether they think about total cost of care, such as drugs covered under medical versus pharmacy benefits.
About the work
How do you hold a PBM accountable to its contract performance standards?
What they are checking: Whether they know which guarantees matter in a PBM contract and how to audit against them.
How does running a pharmacy benefit differ between Medicaid, Medicare and Marketplace products?
What they are checking: Whether they understand that formularies, rebates and rules vary by product and state.
How do you build a pharmacy budget, and what drivers do you watch most closely?
What they are checking: Whether they can forecast trend, mix, new drugs and rebates instead of just rolling last year forward.
What pipeline drugs or policy changes are you watching most closely right now?
What they are checking: Whether they stay current on what will drive pharmacy cost and policy in the next few years.
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