AVP, Pharmacy Services

Welcome to Ovation Healthcare!

At Ovation Healthcare, we’ve been making local healthcare better for more than 40 years. Our mission is to strengthen independent community healthcare. We provide independent hospitals and health systems with the support, guidance and tech-enabled shared services needed to remain strong and viable. With a strong sense of purpose and commitment to operating excellence, we help rural healthcare providers fulfill their missions.

The Ovation Healthcare difference is the extraordinary combination of operations experience and consulting guidance that fulfills our mission of creating a sustainable future for healthcare organizations. Ovation Healthcare's vision is to be a dynamic, integrated professional services company delivering innovative and executable solutions through experience and thought leadership, while valuing trust, respect, and customer focused behavior.

We’re looking for talented, motivated professionals with a desire to help independent hospitals thrive. Working with Ovation Healthcare you will have the opportunity to collaborate with highly skilled subject matter specialists and operations executives, in a collegial atmosphere of professionalism and teamwork.

Ovation Healthcare's corporate headquarters is located in Brentwood, TN. For more information, visit https://ovationhc.com.

Summary:

The Associate Vice President (AVP) of Pharmacy Services is responsible for driving strategic growth, expansion, and commercialization of pharmacy services. This role leads the identification, evaluation, and execution of new business opportunities, partnerships, and service lines that enhance revenue, market presence, and enterprise value. The AVP partners closely with pharmacy operations, clinical leadership, finance, legal, and executive leadership to ensure that growth initiatives are operationally feasible, financially sound, and aligned with clinical quality and regulatory requirements. This position is responsible for building strategic alliances with key stakeholders as it relates to a successful pharmacy expense management program and overall pharmacy oversight.  Additionally, the AVP will lead the pharmacy engagement efforts for identified Ovation client sites. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute a comprehensive business development strategy for pharmacy services aligned with enterprise growth objectives.

• Identify, evaluate, and prioritize new growth opportunities including new markets, service lines, acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships.

• Lead market assessments, competitive analyses, and business case development for new pharmacy initiatives.

• Implementation of new clients as it relates to contractual engagements in the pharmacy space. 

• Lead and mentor pharmacy directors, managers, and clinical leaders; build strong leadership succession.

• Collaborate with other internal stakeholders to identify, track, and analyze financial data for assigned engagements.

• Directs multiple projects and tasks in a fast-paced environment.

• Provides leadership in the area of expense management and clinical alignment to contribute to client’s success within assigned areas.

• Responsible for managing customer expectations, delivering cost savings throughout alignment according to estimated timelines, utilizing customer participation in the process to achieve goals and objectives.

• Collaborates with organizations to track and analyze financial data important to their organization.  This may include but not limited to pharmacy services supply expense and pharmacy cost per adjusted patient day.

• Develops standardized documents, processes, and calculations for use by the team to quantify savings solutions.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Exceptional Understanding of Healthcare and Pharmacy

• Thorough understanding of Pharmacy competencies and requirements

• Effective communicator

• Excellence in Microsoft Office products

• Critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.

Work Experience, Education, and Certifications:

• Pharm D, required.

• 8-12 years in relevant Pharmacy Leadership Experience

• Demonstrated success driving revenue growth, partnerships, or expansion initiatives within pharmacy or healthcare services.

• Strong understanding of pharmacy operations, reimbursement models, and regulatory requirements.

Travel:

• Up to 20% as required.