Director of Pharmacy Ambulatory

Job Overview

The Director of Pharmacy provides strategic and operational leadership for system-wide pharmacy services. This role oversees departmental operations including fiscal management, human resources, and quality improvement, ensuring safe, effective, and cost-efficient medication use in compliance with regulatory standards.

About the Role

Serves as a key strategic advisor and partner to executive leadership, resolving escalations, and driving cultural and operational transformation. Leads enterprise-wide communication strategies for pharmacy, ensuring timely, accurate, and transparent updates on strategic priorities, system initiatives, and emerging issues while cultivating strong partnerships with peers and executive leadership.

Responsibilities

• Strategically leads pharmacy services across multiple sites, aligning departmental goals with the organization’s strategic vision and mission.
• Provides director oversight for the development, performance, and succession planning of pharmacy leaders and staff, promoting a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and professional advancement.
• Defines and governs departmental strategy, policies, and performance standards while leading system-wide quality, safety, and regulatory initiatives.
• Ensures optimized clinical services and operations, exemplary outcomes, and continuous compliance with all regulatory, accreditation, and organizational requirements (e.g., Joint Commission, CMS).
• Champions interdisciplinary collaboration to advance clinical pharmacy practice, driving evidence-based, safe, and cost-effective medication therapy and optimizing patient outcomes across the continuum of care.
• Directs system-wide financial stewardship including budgeting, drug procurement, inventory management, revenue integrity processes to ensure sustainability and fiscal accountability.
• Oversees the strategic planning, implementation, and optimization of pharmacy technologies and automation, evaluating emerging innovations to enhance reliability, safety, and performance.
• Provides leadership for complex program development and enterprise initiatives providing technical expertise and ensuring effective change management, and alignment with system strategy and compliance standards.
• Drives uninterrupted continuity of pharmacy operations across a 24/7 care environment, establishing robust leadership coverage models, escalation pathways, and decision-making frameworks that support real-time issue resolution and maintain seamless service delivery at all times.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BSPharm) or Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
• Experience: Five (5) years of experience as a pharmacist, plus three (3) years of leadership experience over a pharmacy service.
• Licensure(s): Licensed pharmacist in the state of Colorado

Qualifications

• Completion of a Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) pharmacy residency is considered equivalent to two (2) years of professional pharmacy experience in a hospital setting.
• Completion of a Postgraduate Year Two (PGY2) pharmacy residency is also considered equivalent to two (2) years of professional pharmacy experience, for a total of up to four (4) years when combined with PGY1.
• Completion of a combined Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership (HSPAL) residency is considered equivalent to four (4) years of professional pharmacy experience.

Skills

• Strategic Planning
• Leadership Development
• Quality Improvement
• Regulatory Compliance
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration
• Financial Management
• Technology Implementation
• Change Management
• Operational Excellence

Benefits

Here, you matter. As a Children’s Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

Pay

Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience. Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $158,635.92 to $264,393.21

Benefits

Benefits Information Here, you matter. As a Children’s Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

EEO Statement

EEO Statement It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation.