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Senior Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer

Jefferson Health

Job Details
The Senior Vice President & Chief Pharmacy Officer (SVP, CPO) serves as the executive leader responsible for the strategic direction, clinical excellence, operational performance, and financial stewardship of all pharmacy services across Jefferson Health. This role provides systemwide leadership for inpatient, ambulatory, specialty, retail, and community pharmacy operations, ensuring a fully integrated, high-performing medication-use system across the continuum of care. As a key member of the senior executive leadership team, the SVP, CPO partners closely with executive, medical, academic, research, and operational leaders to advance Jefferson's mission through innovation, quality, access, affordability, and workforce excellence in pharmacy services.

Job Description

Summary
The Senior Vice President & Chief Pharmacy Officer (SVP, CPO) serves as the executive leader responsible for the strategic direction, clinical excellence, operational performance, and financial stewardship of all pharmacy services across Jefferson Health. This role provides systemwide leadership for inpatient, ambulatory, specialty, retail, and community pharmacy operations, ensuring a fully integrated, high-performing medication-use system across the continuum of care. As a key member of the senior executive leadership team, the SVP, CPO partners closely with executive, medical, academic, research, and operational leaders to advance Jefferson's mission through innovation, quality, access, affordability, and workforce excellence in pharmacy services.

Job Duties

  • Establish and lead a comprehensive enterprise pharmacy strategy aligned with Jefferson Health's clinical, academic, research, operational, and financial priorities.
  • Provide executive oversight for all pharmacy services across inpatient, ambulatory, specialty, retail, and community-based settings.
  • Serve as the system authority on medication management, formulary strategy, clinical pharmacy practice standards, and medication safety.
  • Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and regulatory requirements and accreditation standards.
  • Lead enterprise financial stewardship including budgeting, contracting, drug spend management, and cost-containment strategies.
  • Direct systemwide drug procurement strategy including GPO participation and supplier partnerships.
  • Provide executive oversight of the 340B Drug Pricing Program ensuring compliance and optimization.
  • Partner with executive, physician, nursing, IS&T, finance, and operations leaders to support integrated patient care.
  • Drive performance improvement, quality outcomes, and data-driven decision making.
  • Lead pharmacy technology strategy and innovation including automation, analytics, and informatics.
  • Identify and mitigate clinical, operational, financial, and regulatory medication-related risks.
  • Build, mentor, and retain a high-performing pharmacy leadership team.

Minimum Qualifications
  • Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), or RPh
  • Master's degree (MBA, MHA, MS, or equivalent) - required
  • Completion of an accredited pharmacy residency or equivalent leadership /specialization- preferred
  • Minimum of 10 years of progressive pharmacy leadership experience within a large, complex health system
  • Enterprise pharmacy leadership across multiple care settings
  • Expertise in inpatient, ambulatory, specialty, retail, and community pharmacy models
  • Strong financial and operational acumen, including 340B and contracting
  • Proven ability to drive systemwide change and executive-level collaboration
  • Licensed or eligible for licensure as a Registered Pharmacist in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Physical Demands
Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, *patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.

Job Description Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.

Work Shift
Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type
Regular

Employee Entity
Thomas Jefferson University
Primary Location Address
1101 Market, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University , home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health , nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa-tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps ), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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