VP Product Innovation

Surescripts serves the nation through simpler, trusted health intelligence sharing, in order to increase patient safety, lower costs and ensure quality care. We deliver insights at critical points of care for better decisions — from streamlining prior authorizations to delivering comprehensive medication histories to facilitating messages between providers.
 

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Job Summary:The VP Product Innovation creates and oversees the strategy, commercialization, Go-To-Market planning, product roadmap, and lifecycle of an assigned solution portfolio in close collaboration with Product Platform, Sales, Marketing, Architects/Engineering and other administrative and operational teams within Surescripts. The incumbent executes the business plan and the short- and long-term growth strategy of the incumbent’s portfolio of products and capabilities in the market to achieve financial, operational, and market success. The VP Product Innovation directs the end-to-end leadership of new and existing products from inception through all phases of the products’ lifecycle. The incumbent focuses on meeting the needs of the end users and the operational aspects of the portfolio.
 

Key Responsibilities for this job are described below and are subject to change at any time. As incumbents may be assigned to multiple managers/functional areas, specific duties may vary.

Responsibilities:

• Create and manage the financial operations of the Benefits & Authorizations (B&A) solution portfolio, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning. Hold full P&L responsibility for the portfolio.
• Further build out the vision and roadmap for the B&A solution portfolio; to drive growth and ensure it is in line with the wider business goals.
• Serve as the primary business leader for the B&A solution portfolio to the Executive Team and occasionally Board of Directors, on business strategy, operations, and metrics.
• Spearhead the pricing across all products in the B&A solution portfolio.
• Market and lead customer stakeholder relations to support selling, managing customers and partners, and representing their solution portfolio in the industry.
• Develop business cases, new innovations, and value propositions for new solutions to extend the solution portfolio.
• Stay informed and influence regulatory and compliance matters that relate to the success of the solution portfolio.
• Collaborate within Product Innovation and Growth/Strategy, Finance, Marketing, Legal on the success of the solution portfolio.
• Recruit, onboard, train and provide leadership to team members supporting the portfolio.
• Work collaboratively with Surescripts Data & Analytics team to operate and devise new commercial solutions.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of experience in related, progressive roles.
• 5+ years of experience working in health IT, PBM, pharmacy, payer, or healthcare-related field.
• 7+ years of people management experience or experience in roles showing progressive leadership.
• 5+ years of experience directly managing the overall success of a product or line of business.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience expanding into life sciences markets and developing products/networks in the space.
• Experience in a PE-backed company, with an understanding of the financial rigor and pace.
• Experience in a multi-sided network business, particularly one with complex pricing structures (e.g., subsidy/pay-side dynamics).
• Advanced degree in business, marketing or computer science.
• Clinical background.

Surescripts embraces flexibility through its Flexible Hybrid Work model for most positions. This model allows employees to work virtually while still utilizing our offices as collaboration centers. With alignment and agreement from your leadership, you can come and go from the office as needed .
 

What You’re Like 

Better care experiences. Improved outcomes. Reduced costs. These are what our customers care about. And you’re ready to step into a key role as part of the solution, innovating unmatched solutions that solve some of the largest challenges in healthcare today, not just for our customers’ benefit, but for patients and the people who care for them across the country.
 

What We’re Like

Ours is a diverse team of leaders who execute customer-obsessed business strategy. If we had to choose just one thing that we all have in common, it’s curiosity. Curiosity drives our understanding of health IT as we translate exciting concepts into actionable build requirements. We know what it takes to get new products to market.
 

What the Work is Like

This work has far-reaching impact, affecting healthcare nationwide. Through user-centered design philosophy and iterative innovation, we leverage open and trusted relationships with our partners to get at our customers’ unmet needs throughout the product life cycle.
 

Why Wait? Apply Now

We’re a midsize company. This means you’re not just another employee ID number. Here, you can build real relationships and feel supported by truly awesome people with diverse backgrounds and talents in an innovative and collaborative work culture. We strive to create an environment where you can be yourself, share your ideas and work your way. We offer opportunities for employee development, as well as competitive compensation packages and extensive benefits.
 

At Surescripts, base pay is one part of our Total Rewards Package (which may also include bonus, benefits etc.) and is determined within a range. The base pay range for this position is $271,100 - $331,300 per year. Your base pay may vary within or outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including (but not limited to) your qualifications, skills, experience, and location.

Benefits include, but are not limited to, comprehensive healthcare (including infertility coverage), generous paid time off including paid childbirth and parental leave and mental health days, pet insurance, and 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting. To learn more, review the Keep You and Yours Healthy, Balancing Work and Life, and Where Talent Takes Shape links under the Better Benefits. Better Work. Better Life section of our careers site.
 

Physical and Mental Requirements

While performing duties of this job, an employee may be required to perform any, or all of the following: attend meetings in and out of the office, travel, communicate effectively (both orally and in writing), and be able to effectively use computers and other electronic and standard office equipment with, or without, a reasonable accommodation. Additionally, this job requires certain mental demands, including the ability to use judgement, withstand moderate amounts of stress and maintain attention to detail with, or without, a reasonable accommodation.

Surescripts is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical​​​ condition, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

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