Description
Reimagine Pharmacy Leadership. Elevate SystemWide Care.
We’re on a mission to strengthen the future of pharmacy leadership across our integrated health system—and we’re seeking a visionary who can lead at scale.
As the Chief Pharmacy Officer, you won’t just oversee pharmacy operations—you’ll shape a comprehensive, enterprisewide medication management strategy that ensures safety, quality, compliance, and equity for every patient we serve. This is your opportunity to build a systemwide pharmacy program that sets new standards for excellence across inpatient, outpatient, specialty, and innovative care environments.
Requirements
Your Mission
Provide executive leadership that unifies pharmacy strategy across the County of Santa Clara Health System. In this role, you’ll guide enterprise governance, medication safety, digital strategy, regulatory readiness, fiscal stewardship, and workforce development—advancing clinical quality and operational excellence across a large and complex integrated delivery system.
What Makes This Role Unique
- SystemWide Leadership: You will oversee pharmacy services that span hospitals, outpatient clinics, specialty pharmacy, compounding services, and investigational drug programs—impacting care delivery at every level of the health system.
- HighStakes Impact: Your decisions influence medication safety, patient outcomes, and operational reliability across a diverse, highacuity population.
- Technology & Innovation: You’ll lead the adoption of current medicationuse technology, automation, and EHR workflows, building a digital strategy that improves safety, efficiency, and clinical decision support.
- Enterprise Governance: As chair or cochair of the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, you will establish formulary strategy, medication utilization policies, and stewardship programs.
- Equity & Safety at the Core: You’ll champion medicationuse practices that promote safety, transparency, and equitable outcomes throughout the County’s health system.
What You Bring
- Valid California Pharmacist license
- At least five years of management experience overseeing multisite pharmacy operations in a large, complex health system
- Extensive experience with regulatory compliance, accreditation readiness, complex budgeting, 340B program management, and largescale pharmacy technology/EHR implementations
- Master’s degree in Business Administration, Health Administration, Public Health, or related field preferred
- Experience leading highperforming teams, driving innovation, and advancing organizational change
- Ability to communicate clearly and influence decisions at the executive and Board levels
- Skill in building partnerships across multidisciplinary teams, medical staff, and external agencies
Application Process and Key Dates
Filing Deadline: continuous until filled; the first review of applications: Monday, November 9, 2026
For the full job description, go to: https://direc.to/pyST
Join our info session on Wednesday, November 4, 2026 to learn more about the role! Click here to RSVP
To learn more about the County’s generous executive leadership benefits, go to: https://bit.ly/ExecBenefitsSCC
Questions regarding this Executive recruitment may be directed to:
Quynh Truong, Executive Services at quynh.truong@esa.sccgov.org
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