Senior Project Manager - Consultant

• Mar 2023 - Present

Senior Project Manager - Consultant

• Sep 2021 - Dec 2022

Responsible for delivering simultaneous, complex IT and Business Operations projects to support large-scale client conversion efforts. Responsible for delivering simultaneous, complex IT and Business Operations projects to support large-scale client conversion efforts.

Trade Relations Account Manager

• Mar 2020 - Sep 2021

Partner with health systems and academic medical centers to advocate for drug access with Specialty pharmaceutical manufacturers. • Led program development efforts with health system partners and internal functional areas to ensure compliance with FDA regulated patient safety programs. • Managed relationships with Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) across the Midwest and Western U.S. • Conducted service capabilities presentations and Quarterly Business Reviews. Partner with health systems and academic medical centers to advocate for drug access with Specialty pharmaceutical manufacturers. • Led program development efforts with health system partners and internal functional areas to ensure compliance with FDA regulated patient safety programs. • Managed relationships with Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) across the Midwest and Western U.S. • Conducted service capabilities presentations and Quarterly Business Reviews.

Senior Manager, Specialty and Industry Relations

• Mar 2017 - Mar 2020

Program manager responsible for contracted service delivery and pull-through.• Identified strategic opportunity and worked with key stakeholders to streamline the sales process for contracted pharmacy services.• Managed program to improve and standardize the implementation process for contracted operational and clinical services, reducing implementation time and increasing resource efficiency.• Built processes to ensure contract adherence for services delivered by multiple functional teams, across Optum’s complex operation of 30+ pharmacies across the U.S.• Managed relationships between Optum Specialty Pharmacy and pharmaceutical manufacturers around pharmacy product access.• Served as single point of contact for contract negotiation, product implementation, and ongoing issue resolution. Show less

Project Manager

• Dec 2015 - Mar 2017

Responsible for end-to-end project management in a highly matrixed corporate environment including planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing projects.• Conducted requirements analysis for IT, staffing, training, compliance, and operational project impacts to define and control project scope, in a rapidly changing post-merger environment.• Managed complex project to align and integrate operational business processes among over a dozen functional areas a part of a $12B pharmacy acquisition, delivering on time and on budget.• Led cross-functional teams to ensure operational readiness for new product launches, creating the standard product-launch process for the 4th largest Specialty pharmacy operation in the U.S.*Initial six months at Optum via Ambient Consulting Show less

Project Management Consultant at Express Scripts

• Oct 2013 - Dec 2015

Oversaw the software development change request process, as a part of the Project Management Office (PMO). • Drove the change request submission and approval process, improving program oversight and decreasing turnaround times. • Provided project management governance expertise to IT and Business stakeholders • Ensured portfolio budget accurately reflected project change impacts. Oversaw the software development change request process, as a part of the Project Management Office (PMO). • Drove the change request submission and approval process, improving program oversight and decreasing turnaround times. • Provided project management governance expertise to IT and Business stakeholders • Ensured portfolio budget accurately reflected project change impacts.

Project Manager

• Aug 2009 - Oct 2013

Previous leadership experience in a healthcare IT company including project management / coordination, employee management and vendor relations. Previous leadership experience in a healthcare IT company including project management / coordination, employee management and vendor relations.