University Health KC

Director of Pharmacy Business and Contracting - Pharmacy - UH Truman Medical Center (5 days per week, 8:00a-4:30p, Mon-Fri)

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Director of Pharmacy Business and Contracting - Pharmacy - UH Truman Medical Center (5 days per week, 8:00a-4:30p, Mon-Fri)

101 Truman Medical Center

Job Location

University Health Truman Medical Center

Kansas City, Missouri

Department

Pharmacy Inpatient UHTMC

Position Type

Full time

Work Schedule

8:00AM - 4:30PM

Hours Per Week

40

Job Description

Director of Pharmacy Business & Contracting

Lead Pharmacy Strategy. Optimize Revenue. Drive Business Performance.

University Health is seeking an experienced and strategic Director of Pharmacy Business & Contracting to lead pharmacy contracting, revenue management, financial analysis, and business optimization across the health system.

This senior leadership role serves as a key partner to Pharmacy and organizational leadership, ensuring contracting requirements are met while identifying opportunities to strengthen financial performance, improve operational efficiency, and maximize pharmacy revenue. The ideal candidate brings strong pharmacy leadership experience combined with business acumen, analytical expertise, and a working knowledge of healthcare reimbursement and payer relationships.

What You’ll Lead

  • Direct pharmacy contracting and revenue management activities across the health system.
  • Ensure compliance with contractual requirements and applicable organizational policies and regulations.
  • Lead financial audits, payer performance analysis, contract compliance reviews, and business assessments.
  • Identify reimbursement opportunities, financial risks, and process improvement opportunities.
  • Analyze quality data and translate findings into actionable strategies that improve efficiency and revenue.
  • Oversee problem resolution, reporting, auditing, and recommendations supporting optimal business outcomes.
  • Develop and implement processes that strengthen pharmacy financial performance and operational effectiveness.
  • Provide education and training related to pharmacy business, contracting, and revenue management.
  • Partner with Pharmacy leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to evaluate opportunities and support strategic decision-making.
  • Provide clear, data-driven recommendations to leadership regarding pharmacy business performance and revenue opportunities.
  • Lead and support pharmacy staff while fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

What You Bring

Required:

  • Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree or Registered Pharmacist with equivalent experience.
  • Current Missouri Board of Pharmacy pharmacist license in good standing.
  • Completion of Medical Staff Credentialing and Privileging process.
  • Minimum 5 years of medical center or multi-site pharmacy experience.
  • Minimum 5 years of pharmacy management experience.
  • Demonstrated pharmacy staff management experience.
  • Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage competing priorities, tight deadlines, high volumes, and frequent interruptions.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to develop reports, communicate recommendations, and provide direction to staff and other departments.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
  • Advanced degree in healthcare management, such as an MS, MHA, or MBA.
  • Experience in pharmacy, insurance, or healthcare business environments involving contracts, third-party insurance, HIPAA, Medicare, and Medicaid.
  • Knowledge of healthcare reimbursement practices and electronic claims processing.

The Ideal Leader

The successful candidate will combine pharmacy expertise with financial and business insight. You are a strategic thinker who can analyze complex information, identify opportunities, and turn data into meaningful action. You understand that strong pharmacy operations require more than clinical excellence—they also require sound contracting, effective revenue management, and disciplined financial stewardship.

Make an Impact

This is an opportunity to influence pharmacy operations at the health-system level while helping build sustainable, efficient, and financially responsible services. If you're an accomplished pharmacy leader ready to expand your impact through business strategy, contracting, analytics, and revenue optimization, we invite you to join our team.

University Health KC

About University Health KC

University Health (UH) has all the things you expect from a great health system. With two acute care academic hospital locations, the largest, most comprehensive behavioral health program in the area, a long-term care facility and multiple primary care practices, UH provides the highest quality care – from routine screenings to the most complicated cases. We are the primary teaching hospital for the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, so our doctors are academic specialists who teach tomorrow’s doctors the very latest updates.

University Health Truman Medical Center, our downtown campus, is one of the busiest Level One Trauma Center in the city. Providers offer the full range of services with specialties in chronic disease management, high risk pregnancy and sleep disorders along with the state-of-the art Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Center.

University Health 1, located at 2101 Charlotte Street is an outpatient care and day-surgery center, with sixteen clinics including Sabates Eye Center, Plastic Surgery, Hernia repair and Medical Imaging with Siemens 3D Mammography.

At University Health 2, 2211 Charlotte St, providers offer Primary and Women's Care.

In eastern Jackson County, University Health Lakewood Medical Center sits on 300 acres of beautiful wooded grounds. We are a community hospital providing the continuum of care— from emergency medicine to a nationally-certified orthopaedic joint replacement program — as well as The Family Birthplace, We have several family medical care centers and a radiology center, Medical Imaging Eastland, that provides the latest in technology and specialized breast cancer care.

Mission

University Health is an academic health center providing accessible, state-of-the-art quality healthcare to our community regardless of the ability to pay.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Kansas City, MO
Year Founded
1962
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