Clinical Pharmacy Informatics Lead
NEW Health
Somerville, MA, USA
Posted on Mar 13, 2026
Site: Mass General Brigham Health Plan Holding Company, Inc.
Our work centers on creating an exceptional member experience – a commitment that starts with our employees. Working with some of the most accomplished professionals in healthcare today, our employees have opportunities to learn and contribute expertise within a welcoming and supportive environment that embraces their unique and varied backgrounds, experiences, and skills.
We are pleased to offer competitive salaries and a benefits package with flexible work options, career growth opportunities, and much more.
This position leads the implementation and ongoing maintenance of clinical pharmacy operations, including formulary and utilization management builds, clinical edits, benefit structures, and drug coverage logic within core platforms. The Clinical Pharmacy Informatics Lead performs oversight of vendors (via testing and ROI evaluation support, validates system performance, troubleshoots issues, and ensures alignment between benefit design, utilization management policy, and adjudication outcomes. The role is accountable for data integrity and serves as a primary resource for identifying claims, authorization, and eligibility discrepancies that may impact member experience, provider abrasion, or reporting accuracy.
A core responsibility of this role is generating actionable insights for leadership. The Lead collaborates with internal partners to identify, extract, and analyze pharmacy-related data. Working closely with analytics, quality, finance, and compliance teams, the Lead defines business requirements, interprets clinical and operational needs, validates data outputs, and communicates findings.
The Clinical Pharmacy Informatics Lead plays a critical role in audit readiness by ensuring system logic, configuration documentation, testing evidence, and data traceability support CMS, state, and accreditation requirements. The role partners in audit preparation, supports universes and record validation, and assists with remediation and corrective action activities.
This position also supports Stars, HEDIS, and other quality initiatives by enabling accurate identification of target populations, validating measure logic, and ensuring pharmacy data feeds and reports are complete, timely, and defensible. Additionally, the lead contributes to financial and utilization trend reporting, supporting rebate operations, budget forecasting, drug spend analysis, and identification of cost-of-care opportunities.
The Clinical Pharmacy Informatics Lead identifies opportunities for automation and process improvement, contributes to SOP development, and provides subject matter expertise for system enhancements, upgrades, and vendor implementations. Success in this role requires strong technical aptitude, deep understanding of the pharmacy benefit, and the ability to convert complex cross-functional requirements into practical system and data solutions.Remote399 Revolution Drive40RegularDay (United States of America)8925 Mass General Brigham Health Plan Holding Company, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran’s Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642.
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Our work centers on creating an exceptional member experience – a commitment that starts with our employees. Working with some of the most accomplished professionals in healthcare today, our employees have opportunities to learn and contribute expertise within a welcoming and supportive environment that embraces their unique and varied backgrounds, experiences, and skills.
We are pleased to offer competitive salaries and a benefits package with flexible work options, career growth opportunities, and much more.
Job Summary
The Clinical Pharmacy Informatics Lead is responsible for the day-to-day management, configuration, and optimization of clinical pharmacy systems and data that support the health plan’s pharmacy benefit across all lines of business. This role operates at the intersection of Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacy Operations, IT, Finance, Compliance, Quality, and Enterprise Analytics to ensure systems accurately translate clinical intent into operational workflows, claims adjudication, and analytics that drive business objectives.This position leads the implementation and ongoing maintenance of clinical pharmacy operations, including formulary and utilization management builds, clinical edits, benefit structures, and drug coverage logic within core platforms. The Clinical Pharmacy Informatics Lead performs oversight of vendors (via testing and ROI evaluation support, validates system performance, troubleshoots issues, and ensures alignment between benefit design, utilization management policy, and adjudication outcomes. The role is accountable for data integrity and serves as a primary resource for identifying claims, authorization, and eligibility discrepancies that may impact member experience, provider abrasion, or reporting accuracy.
A core responsibility of this role is generating actionable insights for leadership. The Lead collaborates with internal partners to identify, extract, and analyze pharmacy-related data. Working closely with analytics, quality, finance, and compliance teams, the Lead defines business requirements, interprets clinical and operational needs, validates data outputs, and communicates findings.
The Clinical Pharmacy Informatics Lead plays a critical role in audit readiness by ensuring system logic, configuration documentation, testing evidence, and data traceability support CMS, state, and accreditation requirements. The role partners in audit preparation, supports universes and record validation, and assists with remediation and corrective action activities.
This position also supports Stars, HEDIS, and other quality initiatives by enabling accurate identification of target populations, validating measure logic, and ensuring pharmacy data feeds and reports are complete, timely, and defensible. Additionally, the lead contributes to financial and utilization trend reporting, supporting rebate operations, budget forecasting, drug spend analysis, and identification of cost-of-care opportunities.
The Clinical Pharmacy Informatics Lead identifies opportunities for automation and process improvement, contributes to SOP development, and provides subject matter expertise for system enhancements, upgrades, and vendor implementations. Success in this role requires strong technical aptitude, deep understanding of the pharmacy benefit, and the ability to convert complex cross-functional requirements into practical system and data solutions.
Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor's Degree required and Master's Degree preferred
Licenses and Credentials
- Active and good-standing Pharmacist license required
Experience
- At least 5-7 years of experience in clinical informatics required
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Authority-level knowledge of clinical operations and related business processes.
- Excellent leadership and supervisory skills.
- Excellent problem-solving and organizational skills.
- Proficient with standard office technologies and software.
- Strategic and able to quickly understand and discuss situations and challenges.
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
Working Conditions
- This is a full-time remote position that can be done from most US states
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Pay Range
$117,707.20 - $171,204.80/Annual
Grade
8
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