Director, Enterprise Specialty Pharmacy Programs

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Job Summary:

The Director, Pharmacy Portfolio & Roadmap Strategy is responsible for shaping, governing, and driving the strategic portfolio of initiatives across a Pharmacy function. The role partners closely with senior pharmacy and enterprise leaders to translate strategy into executable plans, ensure disciplined portfolio management, and enable cross functional coordination to deliver divisional outcomes.

This leader ensures alignment of enterprise pharmacy priorities, optimizes resource allocation, and steers multi year roadmaps across all teams within the function.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead the development, prioritization, and ongoing governance of the Pharmacy portfolio to ensure alignment with strategic objectives.

• Provide senior leadership with clear visibility into portfolio performance, risks, interdependencies, and resource requirements to support informed decision making.

• Establish and maintain portfolio standards, frameworks, and processes that promote consistency, transparency, and operational excellence across the division.

• Build and manage multi year strategic roadmaps that integrate pharmacy strategy, operational priorities, compliance mandates, and innovation opportunities.

• Ensure roadmaps balance near term deliverables with long range transformation initiatives.

• Partner with functional leaders to translate strategic objectives into actionable initiatives with defined timelines and measurable outcomes.

• Serve as the integrator across pharmacy functions to ensure cohesive planning and execution.

• Collaborate with enterprise strategy, finance, technology, and operations teams to structure initiatives that are feasible, funded, and appropriately resourced.

• Facilitate communication and alignment across all stakeholder groups to maintain shared understanding of priorities, progress, and interdependencies.

• Develop and oversee portfolio performance dashboards, KPIs, and reporting mechanisms that drive transparency and accountability.

• Provide executive leadership with actionable insights on progress, risks, dependencies, and resource utilization.

• Continuously refine portfolio management practices to enhance execution discipline and delivery effectiveness.

• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and optimize portfolio delivery processes to improve quality and speed of execution.

• Partner with Finance and business leaders to develop, manage, and monitor budget allocations for portfolio initiatives, ensuring resources align with strategic priorities.

• Provide visibility into financial impacts, cost drivers, and return on investment to support decision making.

• Ensure initiatives are scoped and funded appropriately, and proactively identify financial risks or resource gaps.

• Drive disciplined financial management practices across the portfolio, improving predictability and accountability.

• Hires, leads, manages, coaches, develops and evaluates direct and indirect reports, if applicable

About Walgreens

Founded in 1901, Walgreens ( has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

Job Description :

Job Summary

Works cross-functionally with the Pharmacy in identifying and evaluating data monetization opportunities, specific to Pharma and Health System solutions. Objectives are defined in collaboration with senior management and results can be assessed in both a short- and long-term perspectives. Manages the operational data functions of the Pharmacy, Pharma and Health Systems.

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional individuals and teams both external and internal across WBA including but not limited to Pharmacy, Retail, FOS to enhance current Data monetization Products, and growth, goals, processes, and support several department initiatives.

• Establish continuous improvement of data governance and management processes across the enterprise collaborating with different line of businesses to strengthen Data Monetization products Provides Retail Strategy team contract administration processes and analytics to ensure implementation and management of the business terms to include core analytics related to pharmaceutical manufacturer’s service agreements.

• Support business relationship with existing and new Data product/services clients by acting as a Data SME and collaborating with various internal teams including IT.

• Participate in and/or contribute to regulatory or contractual audits with data analysis as a SME.

• Participate in RFP responses and Statements of Work (SOW) for new contracts as a SME.

• Works in a matrix environment to provide shared accountability to for pharmaceutical manufacturer relationships with Purchasing, National Account Management, and Specialty PharmacyPharma, Payer, and Health systems Partners on Data monetization and related contractual needs.

• Manages channel segment business and profitability effectively.

• Develops and maintains strong business relationships while communicating Walgreens needs regarding pharmaceuticals, trade, specialty, program/product development, account management, and clinical services.

• Accountable for a cross functional leadership role across Walgreens to create line of sight and synergies to include but not limited to Pharmacy Services, Store Operations, and Specialty.

• Supports new business development by providing program design and process details to create proposals for new services as well as reporting/analytical capabilities. Coordinates and controls activities, plans, and programs in area of responsibility.

• Advise on various Data Monetization projects and initiatives (current or future) to ensure that any data related changes and dependencies are identified, communicated, documented, and managed to ensure adherence with the contractual needs and Enterprise Data Governance established standards.

• Coaches, mentors and develops employees through orientation, training, and performance management programs to build employee morale, motivation and loyalty.

• Lead Delivery and support of the existing and new Analytics products including but not limited to Inroads in collaboration with external vendors to provide data and insights to Pharma, Payer, Health System partners.

• Define and partner closely with IT team to develop and monitor metrics that impacts current contractual Data delivery services and analytics products.

• Operates within company guidelines with respect to policies, programs, procedures, budgets, and applicable laws. Ensures the development and implementation of approved manufacturer partners services are consistent with overall strategy.

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Job ID: 1794779BR

Title: Director, Enterprise Specialty Pharmacy Programs

Company Indicator: Walgreens

Employment Type:

Job Function: Business Development/Planning

Full Store Address: 200 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL 60015

Full District Office Address: 200 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL,60015-04620-00001-2

External Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree and at least 6 years of experience in Portfolio / Program / Project Management OR High School/GED and at least 9 years of experience in Portfolio / Program / Project Management

• 2 years’ experience in agile portfolio management; leading and managing large-scale programs.

• Experience developing strategic initiatives that align with business goals and budget.

• Experience in the identification, assessment and contingency planning for risk factors

• Experience with MS Office Suite.

• At least 2 years of experience working with stakeholders at the most senior levels of an organization.

• At least 2 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.

• At least 3 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross-functional team leadership.

• Willing to travel up to/at least 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree.

• At least 2 years of experience as a business/process leader or as a leader in a functional role.

• Experience managing the launch of new products and services, large-scale application development, systems integration, system enhancements, operational efficiency improvements, process reengineering

• Experience negotiating with outside vendors, including negotiating contracts, prices, resolving service issues and reconciling differences.

• Certification in Project Management (PMP) as granted by PMI.

• Experience implementing business process, protocols and best practices.

• Experience establishing & maintaining relationships with individuals at various levels of the organization, such as peers, internal/external stakeholders, business partners, senior level managers, executives.

• Experience influencing stakeholders at all levels of an organization.

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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