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New York, New York · Hybrid

Forward Deployed Pharmacist

PharmacistIncludes callFull-Time

Listed compensation

$120K - $140K

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Posted 1mo ago · Verified live

Job Description

Asepha builds advanced AI tools that re‑imagine how medications are prescribed, verified, and supported across the pharmacy ecosystem. Backed by venture capital funding and trusted by multiple Fortune 50 healthcare organizations, we’re scaling rapidly, and looking for a Forward Deployed Pharmacist who can run real pharmacy workflows and grow into a customer‑facing or product role. Your work will have a direct impact on improving pharmacy workflows and health outcomes.

Join Our Mission

We’re building a world where medication delays are impossible. From the moment a prescription is written, the path to therapy start is clear, fast, and predictable. Asepha is the data fabric for the therapy-start journey, connecting the fragmented steps that slow down medication access: intake, coordination, utilization management, and clinical services.

Role and Responsibilities

  • You’ll be part of our internal pharmacy team and product voice, a hands-on operator helping shape next‑generation solutions for clinicians, payers, and patients
  • Reviewing AI outputs, handling exceptions and turning gaps into product changes.
  • Safeguarding clinical accuracy, regulatory compliance, and patient safety, embedding guardrails around USP, REMS, payer policies, etc.
  • Partnering closely with engineers and designers, along with external pharmacy & health‑tech organizations, to bring new products to life
  • Troubleshooting issues customers hit in real workflows, resolving what you can directly and routing the rest to engineering with the context they need to fix it
  • Sitting in on and eventually leading client check-ins, translating customer feedback and needs into something the team can act on
  • Bringing a clinical eye to internal playbooks and support docs
  • Closing the loop between support and product, spotting the recurring questions and friction points that signal product growth
  • Become a clinical voice customers trust, the pharmacist on the other end who actually understands their workflow

Qualifications

  • PharmD or Bachelor of Pharmacy
  • 2+ years U.S. pharmacy experience across specialty, retail, or hospital settings
  • Comfortable doing hands‑on operational work, and documenting where workflows break.
  • Detail oriented and highly communicative team player.
  • Startup mentality: bias for action, comfort with ambiguity, willingness to iterate quickly. We work in fast cycles, low bureaucracy, your ideas will ship quickly.
  • Preference for pharmacists located in New York (hybrid 3 office days per week). Open to remote for the right candidate if they have deep industry expertise and are willing to travel often.

Nice-to-haves

  • Deep familiarity with benefits verification, prior authorizations, medical billing, payer formularies, limited‑distribution meds, and medication assistance pathways.
  • Customer-facing experience, support, account management, or clinical liaison work, ideally for a pharmacy, payer, or health-tech product
  • Familiarity with payer requirements, coverage criteria, and reimbursement pathways across commercial and government plans
  • Exposure to eRx and ePA standards (NCPDP SCRIPT, FHIR)
  • Experience building professional communities or educational content.

How We Work

  • We’re hybrid in our Manhattan or Toronto office three days a week. We’re only open to remote candidates if they have very deep industry expertise and are willing to travel.
  • Small, senior team, low politics, high ownership, quick shipping cadence.
  • Culture built on transparency, continuous feedback, and good espresso.
  • We’re a low‑ego, innovative team that moves fast, challenges ideas (not people), and supports one another.

Perks

  • Competitive compensation package, including $120-140k annual salary + stock options
  • Full medical, dental, vision, and extended health benefits
  • Unlimited days off to maintain a healthy work-life balance + 2 weeks of company-wide office closure during the holidays
  • 2 annual off-site trips with the team
  • Complimentary breakfast and lunch provided daily in the office. Dinner also provided if staying past 7pm
  • 100% of our team ships code, including pharmacists who joined us with zero technical background. If you're curious about a career in tech, some of the best engineers in the industry will teach you, and this is one of the most hands-on ways to learn it.

Note: Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Asepha is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances.

Key Responsibilities

The Forward Deployed Pharmacist will act as a clinical voice to bridge the gap between pharmacy workflows and product development. Responsibilities include safeguarding clinical accuracy, troubleshooting customer issues, and translating user feedback into actionable product improvements.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Pharmacy operationsClinical safetyWorkflow optimizationPrior authorizationCustomer supportData analysisTechnical troubleshootingStakeholder management

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 65% have no call, 73% require no weekends — this position is remote.

Pharmacy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$130k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $120k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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  • Hybrid
  • Includes call
  • Remote

Benefits & Perks

Stock options
Medical, dental, vision, and extended health benefits
Unlimited days off
2 weeks company-wide office closure during holidays
2 annual off-site trips
Complimentary breakfast and lunch daily
Dinner provided if staying past 7pm