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Walgreens Senior Director, Healthcare Segment Optimization in DEERFIELD, Illinois

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Job Summary

Serves as a segment manager for a Company Healthcare segment. Responsible for setting direction and priorities for the segment to maximize P&L. Leads development of major access initiatives/ changes by partnering with account teams to engage B2B payer clients (top client renewals, restricted networks,

etc.). Identifies strategies and investments to create value beyond base Pharmacy fill experience.

Analyzes payer reimbursement, drug mix, and coverage for opportunities to improve performance.

Accountable for oversight and delivery of segment plans across functions. Accountable for executing cross functional projects to improve P&L performance by segment.

Job Responsibilities

  • Provides oversight and leadership, including making, key decisions, and executing of business strategies in support of Company overall business approach in assigned Healthcare segments.

  • Oversees and directs segment planning for assigned segment in Company planning cycle, including working cross functionally with finance, contracting and sales.

  • Accountable for delivery of setting budgets, adjusting forecast, and ensuring overall P&L meets/exceeds plan. Guides data analysis and project creations to guide investment and deliverables by payer and by segment.

  • Provides leadership and direction to Healthcare Segment teams to ensure account plans developed by account team are aligned with assigned segment priorities.

  • Oversees and leads business team participation in major development/ access initiatives, including internal preparation, external engagement with senior clients, and delivery (working with relevant cross-functional partners and external clients, as needed).

  • Accountable for vision, integration, and execution of key processes to implement segment strategies with pull through for all retail offerings to ensure maximum revenue growth for the Company.

  • Prioritizes asks of marketing pharmacy insights group to obtain customer-driven metrics to identify product and services that are both feasible and profitable for the Company. Makes data-driven decisions on when/where to scale-up proof-of-concept differentiated customer products andservices. Responsible for ensuring data flow of research from several channels, including patients, payers, and healthcare providers.

  • May represent the Company at professional, business, government, and/or civic organizations toensure that the Company is perceived favorably as a company and as a valued business partnerto the healthcare continuum. Serves as subject matter expert proactively provides perspectives and ideas on current and emerging key issues affecting segment on an geographic, economical,and global level.

  • Envisions, prioritizes and delivers data visualizations to support strategies for working with payers

  • and PBMs and to assist in predicting market changes (e.g. drug trends,etc.). Creating actionablestrategies to address identified market changes and working across the enterprise to implement said strategies.

  • Informs and monitors P&L for segment from budget to delivery, intervening to guide cross functional actions that correct performance, where necessary.

About Walgreens and WBA

Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) is included in the U.S. Retail Pharmacy and U.S. Healthcare segments of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader with a 170-year heritage of caring for communities. WBA’s purpose is to create more joyful lives through better health. Operating nearly 9,000 retail locations across America, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Walgreens is proud to be a neighborhood health destination serving nearly 10 million customers each day. Walgreens pharmacists play a critical role in the U.S. healthcare system by providing a wide range of pharmacy and healthcare services, including those that drive equitable access to care for the nation’s medically underserved populations. To best meet the needs of customers and patients, Walgreens offers a true omnichannel experience, with fully integrated physical and digital platforms supported by the latest technology to deliver high-quality products and services in communities nationwide.

The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com/benefits.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans.

Job ID: 1445338BR

Title: Senior Director, Healthcare Segment Optimization

Company Indicator: Walgreens

Employment Type:

Job Function: Marketing

Full Store Address: 106 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL 60015

Full District Office Address: 106 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL,60015-05123-01106-2

External Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree and at least 8 years of experience in the healthcare industry within functions which could include sales, marketing, branding, finance, national accounts, operations, contracting AND/OR management consulting OR a High School diploma/GED and at least 11 years of experience in the healthcare industry within functions which could include sales, marketing, branding, finance, national accounts, operations, contracting AND/OR management consulting.

  • At least 5 years of experience developing/supporting strategic business plans for business segments or key accounts.

  • Experience presenting to and partnering with internal and/or external senior executives (c-suite.)

  • Advanced level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using AVERAGE function, merging and centering cells, printing centered page and/or creating a pivot table).

  • Advanced level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: changing picture styles, customizing animation and/or setting automatic slide timings).

  • Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).

  • At least 5 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.

  • At least 5 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross-functional team leadership.

  • Willing to travel up to 25% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master’s Degree/MBA

  • Experience scoping and completing analytics.

  • Experience delivering presentations to internal and external audiences of 30 or more people.

  • At least 2 years of experience leading projects at a global management consulting firm.

  • Experience working in contracting, sales, finance, strategy, or another commercially oriented role at a managed care or PBM payer.

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