Job Description

The position can be based in Salt Lake City or remote.  This position will manage the contract lifecycle for our clients, including template setup, contract generation, negotiation, facilitation of execution, maintenance, and termination.  This position will: have responsibility for ensuring the accuracy, quality, and completeness of all contracts, contract configurations, and historical documents; create reports and interpret contract performance; and look for ways to drive automation and efficiency.  This position’s focus is to support the organization by acting as a subject matter expert of client contracts and provide insight and guidance to others around contract related matters.  This position will report to the VP of Networks and Analytics and will support and coordinate with multiple business areas.  The successful candidate will have experience with pharmacy contracting and an understanding of pharmacy third party claims.  The successful candidate will have knowledge of pharmacy managed care contracts and claims; be able to evaluate contract performance; use analytics to make data-driven decisions; be able to juggle multiple clients with multiple priorities, have a keen attention to detail while keeping the big picture in mind; have a proficiency for observation, accuracy, and error elimination, have a sense of business awareness, and have sound business ethics. Website:340bdirect.com.

Responsibilities

Generate, review, refine, negotiate, redline, and facilitate execution of complex client contracts

Ensure that contracts meet all compliance regulations, internal policies, and technical requirements

Manage the contract lifecycle from new contract requests, contract approval, contract maintenance, and contract termination

Coordinate contract environment set up for new customers and maintain existing contract environments for established customers

Ensure that contractual records and documentation for all clients and projects are accurate and historically maintained

Support negotiations through both written redline facilitation and verbal conversations with internal and external stakeholders

Establish and maintain strong business relationships with internal and external stakeholders to effectively manage contract inquiries, issues, and disputes

Analyze significant and/or unique contract requirements, special provisions, terms, and conditions to ensure compliance with appropriate laws, regulations, corporate policies, business unit procedure; validating findings with legal as required

Evaluate contract performance with existing rates and models as well as recommend changes for optimizing the opportunity

Maintain deadlines on deliverables and communicate on an ongoing basis with internal and external stakeholders about contractual issues

Assist in identification, development, and implementation of new contract policy and processes

Provide guidance to internal and external stakeholders on both routine and special projects and objectives relating to contract activity

Convert contract documentation into technical specifications

Perform other duties as assigned

Professional experience in 340B, pharmacy, healthcare, or related

Bachelor's Degree in Healthcare Administration, Business, or a related field

A combination of education and experience may meet requirements

Experience with contract administration, maintenance, or management; redlines; negotiations; or other directly related experience

Knowledge of contract analysis, interpretation, contract documentation, negotiation, redlining, interpretation, implementations, storage and maintenance

Must be a self-starter/self-motivated

Highly organized, detail-oriented, and excellent internal and external customer service skills

Good problem solving, negotiation, project and internal and external customer relationship management skills

Good understanding of business and legal contract terms and contract risk mitigation

Understanding of the business case and financial/analytical issues as well as profit and loss implications or overall experience in pricing negotiations

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high pressure environment and in a low intensity, temperate context

Ability to multi-task, advise, and communicate with all levels of the organization

Good prioritization, analytical, risk management, and effective communication skills, both verbal and written

Ability to take initiative and make sound decisions

Proven track record as a team player with strong business ethics.

Proficient use of MS Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams