[Hiring] Senior Pharmacy Operations Manager @Found

Role Description

Found is transforming personalized weight care with an evidence-based platform that combines modern medicine, behavior change support, personalized coaching, and a supportive community. Since launching in 2019, Found has served over 250,000 patients across the U.S., making high-quality, affordable treatment more accessible while reducing healthcare costs for consumers, employers, and payors.

Key Responsibilities

• Vendor Strategy & Relationship Management
  • Own the pharmacy vendor portfolio: primary, backup, regional, and specialty partners across both compounded and branded tiers.
  • Design and maintain vendor scorecards; lead business reviews (QBRs) against SLAs for speed, accuracy, fill rate, and cost.
  • Serve as the lead operator on pharmacy RFPs, contract renewals, and onboarding of new partners.
  • Maintain contractual SLA documentation; flag compliance gaps and drive remediation with vendors.
  • Build and own the vendor escalation playbook for supply disruptions, quality events, and service failures.
• Pharmacy Cost & Margin
  • Build and maintain a pharmacy cost model: acquisition cost by drug, formulation, strength, and vendor; track actuals vs. budget monthly.
  • Lead pricing benchmarking across compounded and branded partners; surface optimization opportunities to leadership.
  • Identify and model COGS levers: vendor-mix shifts, volume-tiered pricing, formulation substitutions, and compounding cost inputs.
  • Partner with growth/finance on the pharmacy P&L be the ops counterpart in monthly close reviews.
• Clinical & Product Partnership
  • Collaborate with clinical ops on formulary updates, titration protocol changes, and how they ripple into pharmacy workflows.
  • Own the operational side of the order-to-ship pipeline; partner with product and engineering on pharmacy integration health.
  • Bring the vendor and ops perspective into the pharmacy roadmap; flag where tech gaps create manual work or member risk.
• Member Shipment Experience
  • Own the end-to-end member experience for medication/prescription shipment SLA: define what we promise, measure adherence, and lead improvement initiatives.
  • Partner with MX to build proactive shipment communication triggers (delay alerts, exception workflows) that reduce inbound contacts.
  • Design and maintain the lost/delayed shipment playbook; own resolution workflows with vendors and MX.
  • Drive data integration between pharmacy partners and internal systems to enable self-serve shipment tracking for members.
• Compliance & Quality Operations
  • Maintain working knowledge of 503A vs. 503B regulatory distinctions as they apply to our compounded network.
  • Track third-party testing requirements (potency, sterility, endotoxins) across compounded partners; ensure testing cadence is met.
  • Own the operational side of pharmacy recall and product withdrawal workflows.
  • Support state board of pharmacy registration tracking across the vendor network.
  • Partner with legal/compliance on any pharmacy-related regulatory inquiries or audits.
• Inventory, Capacity & Shortage Management
  • Track FDA shortage list and vendor allocation signals proactively; maintain a real-time view of network supply health.
  • Develop and maintain substitution and allocation playbooks for shortage scenarios across compounded and branded products.
  • Build a 30/60/90-day demand forecast in partnership with the clinical and growth teams; translate into vendor capacity conversations.
  • Own the compounding batch timing and inventory cycle in coordination with 503A/503B partners.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in pharmacy operations, healthcare supply chain, or a closely related function; prior experience at a Senior Manager or Director level preferred.
• PharmD — we expect this person to bring clinical credibility alongside operational depth.
• Proven track record owning pharmacy vendor relationships end-to-end, including SLA accountability, QBRs, and contract negotiations.
• Hands-on experience with pharmaceutical cost structures and drug acquisition — you can build a pharmacy P&L model and defend it in a finance review.
• Experience operating in or adjacent to compounded pharmacy (503A or 503B) with a working understanding of USP compliance and third-party testing requirements.
• Strong analytical skills: you build your own models, spot anomalies, and come to conversations with data.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional work and influence without direct authority at a senior level.
• Comfortable in an early-stage, fast-moving environment where you are often writing the playbook for the first time.

Nice to Have

• Experience at a telehealth, direct-to-consumer pharmacy, or digital health company.
• Familiarity with GLP-1 therapies, semaglutide or tirzepatide supply dynamics, or compounded peptide operations.
• Experience running vendor RFPs or negotiating pharmacy contracts.
• Exposure to pharmacy data integrations.
• Experience building or contributing to a pharmacy P&L model.

Company Description

Found is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We seek and celebrate diversity in its many forms. If you’re excited about this opportunity but do not meet 100% of the qualifications, we encourage you to apply.

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