SVP, Pharmacy Spend Management Delivery

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Operating at the intersection of pharmacy, business, and client engagement, this role shapes how pharmacy services deliver impact for health systems at scale.\n\nThis leader brings a forward-looking perspective, strong industry credibility, and commercial acumen to influence senior stakeholders and strengthen Vizient\u2019s position as a strategic partner. The SVP plays a critical role in setting direction, aligning priorities, and elevating the consistency, quality, and impact of pharmacy solutions across the market.\n\nResponsibilities: \n\n\u2022 Lead the field-based pharmacy team to deliver high-impact pharmacy program support for Vizient\u2019s largest and most strategic clients, with direct accountability to SVP/GM Spend Management Services \u0026 Delivery.\n\n\u2022 Set and execute the strategic direction for engagement across 160+ top-tier pharmacy customers, ensuring measurable client value, program adoption, and alignment with enterprise pharmacy spend management objectives.\n\n\u2022 Lead and standardize field-based pharmacist practices to optimize value delivery, drive consistency, and scale best practices across the broader membership.\n\n\u2022 Represent Vizient\u2019s comprehensive pharmacy program offerings, including sourcing, aggregation, drug shortage mitigation, analytics, and consulting, ensuring alignment with client needs and organizational priorities.\n\n\u2022 Own executive-level client relationships, proactively resolving escalations, addressing complex issues, and driving long-term partnership growth, retention, and satisfaction.\n\n\u2022 Establish and enforce clear expectations to drive organizational performance, reinforcing accountability, coaching leaders, and enabling consistent execution across the field-based team.\n\n\u2022 Develop and coach leaders through structured guidance and feedback to strengthen capability, enhance effectiveness, and support professional growth.\n\n\u2022 Lead organizational change by setting direction, aligning priorities, addressing stakeholder concerns, and enabling adoption of new strategies, processes, and ways of working.\n\n\u2022 Maintain a significant field presence with approximately 70% travel to engage clients, support team execution, and strengthen relationships with key stakeholders across the membership.\n\nQualifications:\n\n\u2022 PharmD degree in Pharmacy from an ACPE-accredited program required; MBA, MHA, or other advanced degree strongly preferred.\n\n\u2022 15 or more years of progressive pharmacy leadership experience required, including 5+ years in executive-level roles (e.g., VP, SVP, CPO) within health systems, GPOs, or healthcare consulting organizations.\n\n\u2022 Demonstrated success leading large, complex, multi-site or field-based teams, with the ability to develop leaders and drive performance at scale.\n\n\u2022 Deep expertise in pharmacy spend management, including sourcing, contracting, drug shortages, and cost optimization across acute and non-acute settings.\n\n\u2022 Strong understanding of the GPO landscape, IDN operations, and healthcare supply chain, including contracting strategies and value-based programs.\n\n\u2022 Proven ability to build and influence executive-level client relationships, with a track record of driving retention, growth, and client satisfaction.\n\n\u2022 Experience leading complex, high-value client engagements, including contracting strategy, pricing, and performance-based programs.\n\n\u2022 Strong business and financial acumen, with the ability to leverage analytics, KPIs, and insights to inform strategy and decision-making.\n\n\u2022 Demonstrated success leading organizational change and aligning stakeholders across complex environments.\n\n\u2022 Recognized as a pharmacy industry leader through participation in national organizations, speaking engagements, or thought leadership contributions.\n\n\u2022 Exceptional executive communication and influencing skills, with the ability to lead high-impact discussions across clinical, financial, and operational stakeholders.\n\n\u2022 Ability to travel regularly and expeditiously (up to ~70%) to support clients, team leadership, and business objectives.\n\nThis position is short and long term incentive eligible.\n\nVizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! 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