Bring your heart to CVS Health. Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver. Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable. **POSITION SUMMARY** CVS Health has an exciting opportunity to join our growing team as a Clinical Development Pharmacist! Are you looking for a clinically interesting role that has a big impact on population health? This may be the role you are looking for! As a Clinical Development Pharmacist, you will create and maintain clinical content for specialty and traditional drugs covered under the Medicare Part D line of business. You will use and develop a strong knowledge of specialty and traditional pharmaceuticals, disease management and therapeutics. Knowledge of utilization management interventions including prior authorization, step therapy, quantity limits and formulary exception is required. Additionally, you will work in a matrix relationship with business partners and product teams to identify, develop, and monitor the impact of programs on supporting drug coverage through the pharmacy and medical benefit. You should have experience interpreting drug information to support UM. Knowledge of regulations impacting UM for Medicare, Medicaid and Exchange clients is preferred. Knowledge of formulary management and strategy to support existing and newly created formularies is required. This is a hybrid role, based out of our Buffalo Grove, IL or Pittsburgh, PA office locations. Colleague would work 3 days per week in office, with the ability to work remotely the other 2 days. Must reside in commutable distance to Buffalo Grove, IL or Pittsburgh, PA. We offer a competitive benefit package including vacation, 10 paid holidays per year, health/dental/vision insurance, employee discounted stock purchase program, 401K, tuition reimbursement, and 20-30% employee discount at all CVS stores. **Required Qualifications:** - Active pharmacist license that is in good standing - 2+ years of managed care experience/Prior Authorization experience - 1+ years experience of clinical therapeutics for specialty drugs - Proven proficiency in literature search and evidence-based medicine with strong oral and written communication skills. **Preferred Qualifications :** - Residency or BCPS. - Knowledge of PBM and benefit design preferred - 3+ years of Managed Care/PBM experience **Education :** B.S. Pharmacy or PharmD **Pay Range** The typical pay range for this role is: $87,035.00 - $206,206.00 This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities. The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits. Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees. The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners. As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies. For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit Benefits | CVS Health (https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits) We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 12/23/2024 Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.