Program Manager-Pharmacy

Location Address:

2800 10th Ave
Receiving Dock
Minneapolis, MN 55407-1311


Date Posted:

September 22, 2026

Department:

16007900 Allina Pharmacy Services

Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Shift Length:

8 hour shift

Hours Per Week:

40

Union Contract:

Non-Union-NCT

Weekend Rotation:

None

Job Summary:

Allina Health is a not-for-profit health system that cares for individuals, families and communities throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. If you value putting patients first, consider a career at Allina Health. Our mission is to provide exceptional care as we prevent illness, restore health and provide comfort to all who entrust us with their care. This includes you and your loved ones. We are committed to providing whole person care, investing in your well-being, and enriching your career.

Key Position Details:

Program Manager, Pharmacy Research

The Program Manager will partner with Allina Health Research, pharmacy leaders, clinical teams, and site-based stakeholders to standardize workflows and investigational drug practices across all participating sites.

Key responsibilities of the role will include:

• Supporting study start-up and implementation by improving pharmacy readiness for new clinical trials and helping streamline coordination between research, pharmacy, and operational teams.
• Standardizing research pharmacy practices across Allina to reduce variation, minimize duplicative work, and create more consistent processes for medication management, accountability, storage, dispensing, and documentation.
• Strengthening compliance and risk reduction through focused oversight of investigational drug processes and support for regulatory expectations related to medication-intensive studies.
• Improving onboarding and training for pharmacy team members who support research, helping accelerate readiness and ensure safer, more reliable study execution.
• Preserving team capacity and improving workflow efficiency by reducing the time pharmacy, research, and clinical teams spend resolving start-up, medication management, and compliance issues.
• Supporting scalable program growth as Allina continues to expand its clinical research portfolio, including therapeutic studies that require greater pharmacy coordination and operational infrastructure

Additional Job Details

• 1.0 FTE (80 hours per two-week pay period)
• 8-hour day shifts
• No weekends
• Will oversee inpatient and outpatient research

Job Description:

Leads, facilitates and coordinates strategic, operational and clinical processes to support the ongoing management and growth of pharmacy services. Supports concept design, strategic planning and business development for new programs and clinical services. Supports general service line development including coordination of initiatives, management of existing programs and services.
Principle Responsibilities

• Develops current and new pharmacy programs and services.
  • Develops and executes strategic planning and business development for programs and services.
  • Provides oversight for the implementation of new and existing programs and services.
  • Coordinates pharmacy activities across the system.
  • Partners with leadership to plan, implement and manage operational and clinical initiatives and tactical plans, tracking operations performance against key performance indicators.
  • Completes dashboards and reporting templates to highlight performance including variances.
  • Develops business plans for new programs, services and markets or to enhance existing programs in order to grow the services.
  • Conducts best practice research, industry trends and market analysis to support business plan development.
  • Summarizes analyses, conclusions and recommendations and supporting presentation documents.
  • Manages relationships with leaders, care teams, and external partners to gain confidence and engagement in strategic and operational initiatives.
  • Participates in decision making activities with executive management, internal and external stakeholders.
• Plans and implements programs and services.
  • Assures local and system-wide implementation of established guidelines, policies and procedures in partnership with local land other departmental leaders.
  • Works with staff and care teams to develop and implement objectives for the provision of safe and effective patient care.
  • Evaluates the effectiveness of policies and procedures and make recommendations for change.
  • Identifies and recommends opportunities to impact performance trends favorably.
  • Facilitates education to the staff, patients, families and public as needed.
• Manages projects and performance improvement initiatives.
  • Provides performance improvement methodology to design solutions.
  • Performs data collection and analysis.
  • Completes process flow analysis with input from key stakeholders.
  • Identifies performance improvement opportunities and assist in design solutions.
  • Develops key performance indicators and measures.
  • Formulates and presents deliverables to executive management and internal and external stakeholders.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy or
• Doctoral/Ph.D. level advanced degree in Pharmacy
• 2 to 5 years of pharmacist experience
• 2 to 5 years of health system pharmacy leadership experience for hospital and retail/outpatient

Licenses/Certifications

• Licensed Pharmacist - MN Board of Pharmacy required upon hire
• Residency and/or Fellowship preferred
• Pharmacotherapy Certification or other specialty area preferred upon hire

Physical Demands

• Light Work:
• Lifting weight up to 20 lbs. occasionally, up to 10 lbs. frequently

Pay Range

Pay Range: $68.73 to $95.09 per hour

The pay described reflects the base hiring pay range. Your starting rate would depend on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, your experience and education. Additional incentives may be available, including discretionary monetary bonuses, goal-based bonuses, and other financial incentives.

Allina Health is committed to adhering with all applicable local, state and federal minimum wage requirements.

Benefit Summary

Allina Health believes the best way to provide safe and compassionate care for our patients is by nurturing the passion of those who care for them. That’s why we devote extraordinary resources to help you grow and thrive — not only as a professional but also as a whole person. When you join our team, you have access to a wealth of valuable employee benefits that support the total well-being — mind, body, spirit and community — of you and your family members.

Allina Health is all in on your well-being. Because well-being means something different to everyone, our award-winning program provides you with the resources you need to help you navigate your personal journey. This includes well-being dollars, dedicated well-being navigators, and many programs, activities, articles, videos, personal coaching and tools to support you on your journey.

We are focused on creating an inclusive workplace so everyone can see themselves as part of our care team. Our care teams are as diverse as the communities we serve and proud to be contributing to the mission of a leading health care organization. Our pioneering approach to well-being helps every member of our care team feel a deep sense of connection and joy in their work.

Benefits include:

• Medical/Dental
• PTO/Time Away
• Retirement Savings Plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term/Long-term Disability
• Voluntary Benefits (vision, legal, critical illness)
• Tuition Reimbursement or Continuing Medical Education as applicable
• Student Loan Support Benefits to navigate the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
• Allina Health is a 501(c)(3) eligible employer

*Benefit eligibility/offerings are determined by FTE and if you are represented by a union.