Empower Pharmacy

Empower Pharmacy

Sr. Director / Director, API Distribution & Commercial Development

Houston, TX (Hybrid) · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 7 days ago
ComplianceStakeholder ManagementBusiness DevelopmentNegotiationForecastingSupply ChainLogisticsERPInventory ManagementHRISFDA RegulatoryLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingAdaptabilityDemand PlanningRegulatory Affairs

About the role

  • Leveraging AI-enabled market intelligence, forecasting, pricing analytics, and automation, the role improves decision-making, commercial execution, and business performance.
  • Success requires strategic thinking, execution rigor, learning agility, and entrepreneurial leadership within a hyper-growth, highly regulated environment.

Responsibilities

  • Business Leadership: Leads Empower's API distribution strategy, aligning commercial, operational, and regulatory priorities.
  • Utilizes AI-enabled analytics and forecasting tools to identify growth opportunities, improve decision-making, and support profitable expansion.
  • Growth Planning: Develops commercialization strategies, financial forecasts, and growth roadmaps supporting revenue expansion. Leverages AI-powered market intelligence and pricing analytics to improve planning accuracy and strengthen competitive positioning.
  • P&L Ownership: Owns business unit financial performance, including revenue, margins, expenses, and capital allocation. Applies AI-enabled financial analytics and operational dashboards to improve visibility, accountability, and profitability.
  • Customer Acquisition: Develops go-to-market strategies and leads customer acquisition for 503A and 503B pharmacies. Utilizes AI-powered analytics and market intelligence to improve targeting, strengthen relationships, and drive revenue growth.
  • Account Development: Builds relationships with pharmacy owners and key stakeholders to strengthen retention and revenue growth. Applies AI-assisted customer insights and engagement analytics to improve account planning and customer advocacy.
  • Operational Design: Partners in the design and optimization of distribution infrastructure, including warehousing, logistics, inventory management, and operational workflows.
  • Collaborates across functions to leverage AI-powered analytics and automation tools that enhance efficiency, visibility, compliance, and scalability.
  • Supplier Management: Works collaboratively with suppliers and internal stakeholders to support sourcing strategies, supply continuity initiatives, and product availability objectives.
  • Technology Integration: Collaborates with business and technology teams to support ERP, WMS, customer ordering, and DSCSA compliance technologies that enable distribution operations.

Requirements

  • While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear.
  • Employees are regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus.
  • The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
  • Minimum 10 years of progressive pharmaceutical distribution, API distribution, wholesale drug distribution, supply chain, or commercial leadership experience, including significant P&L accountability.
  • Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry, Supply Chain, Business Administration, or related discipline required; MBA, PharmD, or advanced degree preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience launching or scaling new business lines, distribution operations, or entrepreneurial growth initiatives within regulated pharmaceutical, healthcare, or life sciences organizations strongly preferred.
  • Proven ability to build high-performing teams, drive customer acquisition, influence executive stakeholders, and deliver measurable revenue, profitability, and operational growth outcomes within hyper-growth environments.

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry, Supply Chain, Business Administration, or related discipline required
  • MBA, PharmD, or advanced degree preferred.
  • Experience with DEA distributor registration, wholesale distributor licensing, DSCSA compliance, supplier qualification programs, ERP/WMS platforms, and pharmaceutical quality systems strongly preferred.

Skills

  • Leverages AI-assisted automation and reporting tools to improve traceability, inventory visibility, and operational effectiveness
  • Regulatory And Quality Governance
  • Leadership And Organizational Development
  • Leverages AI-enabled collaboration and reporting tools to improve communication and decision-making.
  • Provides business updates, performance insights, and growth recommendations to executive leadership.
  • Applies AI-powered dashboards and analytics tools to improve reporting quality, strategic visibility, and enterprise alignment.

Benefits

  • We offer comprehensive benefits to support your health, well-being, and future, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, 401(k) matching, wellness perks, IV therapy, and compounded medications.

Company info

  • Empower Pharmacy is a visionary healthcare company dedicated to making quality, affordable medication accessible to millions of patients nationwide.
  • As the nation's most advanced 503A compounding pharmacy and FDA-registered 503B outsourcing facility, we're redefining what's possible in personalized medicine and pharmaceutical manufacturing.
  • We're proud to be recognized as one of Houston's fastest-growing private companies and ranked #116 in Healthcare & Medical on the Inc.
  • 5000 List for 2025.
  • Empowering people defines who we are.

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