
Manager, Network Strategy – Partner Operations
Blink Health
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Own critical external partnerships while operating at the intersection of strategy, operations, and cross-functional execution
- Identify structural opportunities, solve ambiguous operational challenges, and help build the systems that power a next-generation healthcare platform
- Develop and refine the operating model for BlinkRx’s national pharmacy network
- Define performance frameworks across cost, service levels, scalability, and risk
- Identify structural improvement opportunities through data-driven analysis
- Lead executive-level business reviews focused on strategic optimization and long-term partnership evolution
- Translate insights into clear action plans with measurable impact
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Revenue, Finance, Legal, and Patient Services to drive complex initiatives
- Convert ambiguous business problems into structured workstreams
- Ensure network considerations are embedded in product design and growth planning
- Drive initiatives end-to-end — from hypothesis through implementation
- Serve as a senior point of contact for key pharmacy partners
- Elevate relationships from transactional to strategic and performance-oriented
- Navigate negotiations, incentive alignment, and contractual discussions
- Balance partner collaboration with performance accountability
- Build scalable mechanisms for SLA governance, risk mitigation, and escalation management
- Design playbooks and SOPs that enable growth without operational fragility
- Support new partner onboarding and network expansion strategy
- Continuously improve the feedback loops between network performance and internal execution
Requirements
- 5–8+ years in management consulting, strategy, business operations, or a high-growth environment
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional initiatives with measurable business impact
- Strong structured problem-solving skills and comfort operating in ambiguity
- Ability to synthesize complex information into clear executive-level communication
- Experience influencing senior stakeholders internally and externally
- High ownership mindset — you don’t wait for clarity; you create it
- Interest in healthcare, life sciences, or other complex regulated industries (direct industry experience not required)
Benefits
- Professional development opportunities
- Flexible work arrangements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data-driven analysisperformance frameworksoperating model developmentSLA governancerisk mitigationescalation managementplaybook designSOP developmentstrategic optimizationcross-functional execution
Soft Skills
structured problem-solvingexecutive-level communicationinfluencing stakeholdersownership mindsetnavigating negotiationspartner collaborationrelationship buildingstrategic thinkingambiguity managementaction plan development