At Prime Therapeutics (Prime), we are a different kind of PBM, with a purpose beyond profits and a unique ability to connect care for those we serve. Looking for a purpose-driven career? Come build the future of pharmacy with us.
Job Posting TitleStrategic Client Advisor Sr PrinJob DescriptionThe Senior Principal Strategic Client Advisor serves as a senior strategic advisor to health plan clients, consultants, and account leadership teams. This role helps clients navigate a rapidly evolving healthcare environment by providing actionable insights, strategic consultation, and expert thought leadership.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to market leadership and clients by framing business challenges, evaluating strategic options, and translating healthcare trends into practical, client-specific recommendations
- Lead and support consultative engagements, executive briefings, and planning discussions focused on growth, affordability, member experience, pharmacy strategy, total cost of care, and market competitiveness
- Develop and maintain deep expertise in assigned health plan markets, regional dynamics, competitive activity, regulatory changes, provider market shifts, consumer trends, and healthcare innovation
- Translate market intelligence into proactive insights and external perspectives that help clients anticipate opportunities, manage risks, and inform strategic planning conversations
- Create and deliver compelling thought leadership for clients, consultants, and industry audiences by connecting market developments to client priorities, strategic decision-making, and Prime’s perspective
- Identify emerging enterprise client needs and value-creation opportunities, partnering with client-facing teams to align strategic insights with client priorities, long-term relationship goals, and future advisory engagement strategies
- Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Pharmacy, Economics, or related area of study, or equivalent combination of education and/or relevant work experience; HS diploma from an accredited school or equivalent GED required
- 10 years of work experience in health plan, payer or PBM strategy, healthcare consulting or market intelligence
Must be eligible to work in the United States without the need for work visa or residency sponsorship
Additional Qualifications
- Strong understanding of healthcare market dynamics, payer strategy, pharmacy benefit management, and health plan operations
- Knowledge of healthcare affordability, total cost of care strategies, pharmacy trends, and emerging healthcare business models
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex PBM topics, industry trends, and regulatory changes into clear, audience-appropriate insights for executives, clients, consultants, account teams, and cross-functional partners
- Proven consultative skills, including discovery, issue framing, facilitation, and shaping strategic conversations with clients or consultants
- Exceptional presentation, storytelling, and communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree (MBA, MPH, MHA, PharmD, or related discipline)
- Experience working directly with Blue plans, regional health plans, integrated delivery systems, or national payer organizations
- Experience presenting at conferences, industry forums, consultant meetings, or executive leadership events
- Experience partnering with account, sales, product, clinical, finance, legal, and operations teams to align recommendations with client needs and enterprise capabilities
Every employee must understand, comply with and attest to the security responsibilities and security controls unique to their job, and comply with all applicable legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements and internal policies and procedures
Every employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the job and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions, absent undue hardship. In addition, Prime retains the right to change or assign other duties to this job
To review our Benefits, Incentives and Additional Compensation, visit our Benefits Page and click on the "Benefits at a glance" button for more detail (https://www.primetherapeutics.com/benefits).
Prime Therapeutics LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We encourage diverse candidates to apply, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other legally protected class under federal, state, or local law.
We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives including qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records and any qualified applicants requiring reasonable accommodations in accordance with the law.
Prime Therapeutics LLC is a Tobacco-Free Workplace employer.
Positions will be posted for a minimum of five consecutive workdays.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Pharmacy, Economics, or a related field, or equivalent education and relevant work experience
- High school diploma or GED
- 10 years of experience in health plan, payer or PBM strategy, healthcare consulting, or market intelligence
- Eligibility to work in the United States without work visa or residency sponsorship
- Strong understanding of healthcare market dynamics, payer strategy, pharmacy benefit management, and health plan operations
- Knowledge of healthcare affordability, total cost of care strategies, pharmacy trends, and emerging healthcare business models
- Ability to translate complex PBM topics, industry trends, and regulatory changes into audience-appropriate insights
- Proven consultative skills, including discovery, issue framing, facilitation, and strategic client or consultant discussions
- Exceptional presentation, storytelling, and communication skills
- Master's degree, MBA, MPH, MHA, PharmD, or related discipline
- Experience with Blue plans, regional health plans, integrated delivery systems, or national payer organizations
- Experience presenting at conferences, industry forums, consultant meetings, or executive leadership events
- Experience partnering with account, sales, product, clinical, finance, legal, and operations teams
Prime Therapeutics Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Prime Therapeutics and has not been reviewed or approved by Prime Therapeutics.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, and vision options and plan designs that include low deductibles for some choices. Wellness screenings and related incentives add perceived value to the health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits stand out through a 401(k) match that is characterized as generous and immediately vested. This structure improves the overall long-term value of the total rewards package.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Annual incentive bonuses are positioned as a meaningful component of total compensation and are often portrayed as substantial when performance goals are met. Incentive eligibility appears broadly available across roles, boosting the perceived completeness of rewards.
Prime Therapeutics Insights
What We Do
Everything we do is connected to helping people get the medicine they need to feel better and live well. It’s meaningful work and we’ve been doing it for over 20 years. In the pharmacy benefit management (PBM)industry, we’re different. We’re owned by 18 not-for-profit Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans. This allows us to control costs and empower our employees to put members first. It’s a successful combination. We have the lowest pharmacy trend in the industry and serve 28+ million members throughout the US. In addition to core PBM services, we work closely with our clients to implement the right benefit design, clinical and specialty programs, formulary and networks. A few key products: • NetResults™ • Specialty Drug Management • Best in Care™ • GuidedHealth® • Advanced Fraud, Waste and Abuse: Member and Prescriber Investigations • Prime Analytics™ • CareCentered Contracting™Controlled Substance Management Program Join us! Prime is always looking for smart, purposeful people to join our team. We’re growing fast which means there are plenty of opportunities to advance and grow in your career. At the same time, Prime supports flexibility and offers generous PTO so you can enjoy an enviable work/life balance. We’re a privately held company -big enough to make a difference and small enough for you to have an impact. Follow Prime on LinkedIn to learn more.
