Pharmacy Product Manager, Clinical Operations

Join our team and do meaningful work that improves people’s lives. Our purpose—to improve customers’ lives by making healthcare work better—drives real change through innovation, collaboration, and continuous development. Premera is recognized as one of the best companies to work for, fostering a culture where employees feel empowered to grow and lead with purpose.

About the role

The Pharmacy Product Manager, Clinical Operations, serves as the central connector transforming pharmacy programs, services, and solutions into market-ready products. This role focuses on improving member experience, access, and affordability by managing, designing, developing, and launching new and enhanced pharmacy and drug management products across all markets and segments. You will develop recommendations, provide expert consultation, and perform assessments to support corporate priorities, market strategies, and product launches. Combining expertise in product strategy, market knowledge, PBM insights, cross-functional leadership, and implementation coordination, this role accelerates change at the intersection of healthcare, pharmacy, technology, and product.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop pharmacy and drug management products through final specifications.
• Collaborate across sales, marketing, leadership, and other departments to define and clarify work objectives, deliverables, and timelines for launching new and revised products.
• Coordinate, consult, and support efforts to achieve deliverables on corporate priorities, market and product strategies, product development, and RFI/RFP responses.
• Identify and frame issues, assess approaches, and develop guiding frameworks to prioritize and complete work.
• Coordinate and facilitate departmental and interdepartmental workgroups, debriefings, planning sessions, and other discussions.
• Work collaboratively with associates, providing coaching and subject matter expertise.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or four (4) years of product, consulting, planning, research, and/or equivalent health industry work experience. (Required)
• Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) experience. (Preferred)
• Four (4) years of healthcare/health insurance product development experience. (Preferred)
• General understanding of health insurance disciplines, including actuarial, underwriting, contracting, marketing, selling, eligibility, billing, and claims functions.

Benefits

Our comprehensive total rewards package supports your health, well-being, and growth with a broad array of benefits:

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums.
• Voluntary benefits, including pet insurance.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Retirement programs, including a 401K employer match and a pension plan vested after 3 years of service.
• Wellness incentives and mental well-being resources, such as counseling services, stress management, and mindfulness programs.
• Generous paid time off to recharge.
• Tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate degrees.
• Employee recognition programs for anniversaries, team accomplishments, and more.
• For hybrid employees:
  • Flexible on-campus model with access to resources, networking, and team engagement.
  • Commuter perks to reduce environmental and financial impact.
  • Free on-site parking and subsidized on-campus cafes.
  • On-site activities, including health and wellness events, coffee connects, and disaster preparedness fairs.
  • Complementary fitness and well-being center with in-person and virtual workouts and nutritional counseling.
  • Recreational amenities like shuffleboard and ping pong for brain breaks.

Pay

The salary for this role varies based on geographic location, market conditions, and skills/experience. The posted range is $101,900.00 - $173,200.00 (National Plus Salary Range, used in higher cost-of-labor markets including Western Washington and Alaska). Compensation will be discussed further during the interview process.

Workforce Classification: Hybrid