Health Systems Services Senior Advisor - CuraScript - Hybrid

Role Summary

The Senior Advisor, Health Systems Services is a strategic position that helps shape how specialty pharmacy services support complex health system partners at scale. This role plays a critical part in advancing Evernorth’s specialty distribution strategy through CuraScript SD by ensuring operational readiness, pricing integrity, and compliant, scalable pharmacy models.

You will serve as a trusted enterprise advisor, guiding cross-functional teams through complex onboarding, contracting, and pricing initiatives that directly impact growth, customer experience, and revenue integrity. With a strong growth mindset, you bring clarity to ambiguity, balance strategic intent with operational realities, and influence outcomes across a highly matrixed organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead operational strategy for health system specialty pharmacy models, ensuring onboarding, pricing governance, and class-of-trade structures are accurate, scalable, and aligned with manufacturer and distribution requirements.

• Drive enterprise-level programs and initiatives focused on specialty pharmacy onboarding, process simplification, pricing transformation, and new distribution or contracting models.

• Provide strategic guidance on specialty pharmacy contracting and pricing, including manufacturer agreements, GPO structures, and class-of-trade frameworks to support compliance and commercial intent.

• Serve as the business owner for complex, cross-functional efforts involving EDI automation, pricing system enhancements, and contract implementation, aligning timelines, risks, and outcomes.

• Partner closely with Sales, Contracting, Trade Relations, Pricing, Operations, Finance, and Technology teams to ensure shared understanding and coordinated execution across the enterprise.

• Act as a primary escalation point for complex operational or contractual issues, balancing customer impact, regulatory considerations, and operational feasibility.

• Champion continuous improvement, ensuring root cause analysis, documentation, and corrective actions are implemented and sustained.

• Develop and mentor junior analysts, building expertise in specialty pharmacy operations, contract interpretation, pricing governance, and health system business models.

• Establish operating rhythms and prioritization frameworks that promote quality, accountability, and consistent delivery.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in specialty pharmacy, healthcare operations, specialty distribution, or health system-based pharmacy environments.

• Demonstrated experience interpreting and operationalizing complex manufacturer or specialty distribution agreements.

• Strong understanding of health system pharmacy operations, including drug procurement processes and class-of-trade requirements.

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives with enterprise-level impact.

• Strong analytical thinking, judgment, and decision-making skills in complex operational environments.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and diverse stakeholders.

• Experience coaching, mentoring, or leading analysts or project teams.

• 10% travel requirement

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting integrated delivery networks (IDNs), provider-owned specialty pharmacies, or health systems.

• Familiarity with 340B program structures and compliance considerations.

• Background in trade relations, manufacturer contracting, or specialty pharmacy pricing models.

• Exposure to EDI workflows, pricing systems, or large-scale operational or technology transformations.

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 64,900 - 108,100 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

At The Cigna Group, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you’ll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k), company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs,