Employment Opportunities at NABP
NABP is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that aims to ensure the public’s health and safety through working with its member state boards of pharmacy. The Association is an equal opportunity employer.
We offer rewarding opportunities for professionals from a variety of backgrounds, including pharmacy-focused, information technology, communications, and more. Apply to one of our current employment opportunities below, and learn more about what it’s like to work at NABP by checking out our culture, values, and employee benefits.
Communications Intern Apply
Status: Non-Exempt, Internship
Location: Hybrid work model
Salary: $18/hour
Employment Date: May 26, 2026 – Mid-August 2026
The purpose of the internship is for the student to learn how the Communications department of a non-profit association assists with the organization’s mission by writing, editing, and coordinating projects. You will work with a variety of departments, participate in the editorial process from proofing and drafting copy to a completed project, learn how to use the latest communication tools, and explore the vast range of materials that associations publish from books to magazines.
Job Description
Proofing
- Helps with proofing of PowerPoint Presentations.
- Proofreads email blasts.
- Proofreads electronic newsletters.
- Assists with pre-formatting State Newsletters for the proofreaders.
Writing
- Helps research topics for e-newsletters.
- Writes some articles.
- Writes standard/yearly content for Innovations magazine, with supervision.
- Pulls items together for State News Roundup, National News, or other communications vehicles, which are based off content in our other publications.
- Drafts news posts for the Hub.
Research and Organization
- Helps compile Executive Committee report materials.
- Assists with State Newsletter email newsletter analytics reports.
- Works with our proofreaders on analyzing our current Style Guide formatting and researching more interactive and streamlined updates for more frequent, user-friendly Style Guide updates. Incorporates the proofreaders’ updates and highlights areas for review by subject matter experts.
- Sends follow-up/reminder emails for projects.
- Assists with AMA Style research.
Design
- Puts e-newsletter copy into email template.
- Helps create badges and certificates.
- Helps create State Newsletter email newsletters in email template software program.
Job Requirements
- Communications, English, or Journalism students.
- 1-2 years of office experience preferred.
- Exposure to Adobe Cloud Creative Suite: InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
- Experience with Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Exposure to internet technology for marketing and communications.
- Strong attention to detail, task management, and work ethic.
- 28-hour weekly hybrid schedule
- 2 days at home and 2 days at Headquarters in Mount Prospect, IL each week
Graphic Design Intern Apply
Status: Non-Exempt, Internship
Location: Hybrid work model
Salary: $18/hour
Employment Date: May 26, 2026 – Mid-August 2026
As the Graphic Design Intern, you will play an integral role in conceptualizing, creating, and updating promotional and educational marketing materials for NABP customers and members. You are familiar with graphic design best practices and use that knowledge to assist marketing staff with creating marketing contact under the direction of the Senior Graphic Designer. The ideal candidate is a team player who is creative and detail-oriented and demonstrates strong communication skills.
Job Description
Task Coordination
- Supports social media efforts by creating engaging graphics for visually compelling social media campaigns.
- Creates promotional content for digital marketing materials, including webinars, website, and email graphics.
- Assists the creative team in developing content for Association videos, including concepting, typography, graphic design, and copy.
- Updates and resizes existing marketing materials as directed.
- Maintains the Association’s brand guidelines when developing new content.
- Provides visual recommendations and feedback to the Marketing team.
- Other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
- A professional portfolio with a focus on digital marketing pieces.
- Must be enrolled in college or a recent graduate with a major in Graphic Design or a related field.
- Proficient in the Adobe Creative Suite primarily: InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
- Knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro, Acrobat, and Microsoft Word.
- Experience with simple video editing using Camtasia or Premiere Pro is desired.
- Experience with taking and editing photography is preferred.
- Confident working autonomously and with a team.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Ability to share ideas and receive feedback during the review process.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong organizational and time management skills to work in a fast-paced environment.
- 28-hour weekly hybrid schedule
- 2 days at home and 2 days at Headquarters in Mount Prospect, IL each week
Head of Product, Pulse Apply
Status: Exempt
Location: Remote
Salary: $175,000 – $200,000 Depending on applicable experience
As the Head of Product, Pulse, you will be a senior executive within NABP who will lead the transition from a defined product concept to a scalable, market-ready platform. You will be responsible for product strategy, execution, and adoption from pre-launch through early commercialization and growth.
Working closely with NABP leadership, engineering, and commercial leadership, you will translate vision into roadmaps and product delivery, validate real-world use cases, and build a high-performing product function. The role requires a hands-on operator who thrives in ambiguity and can balance speed, quality, and compliance in a regulated healthcare environment.
This is a foundational leadership role that will shape Pulse by NABP’s product culture, operating model, and long-term competitive advantage.
Job Description
Product Strategy and Vision
- Refines and operationalizes Pulse’s product vision, positioning, and value proposition across customer segments.
- Owns and maintains the multi-phase roadmap from Minimum Value Product (MVP) through enterprise scale.
- Aligns product priorities with industry, commercial, and partnership requirements.
- Defines success metrics for pre-launch validation, pilot adoption, and early revenue.
Pre-Launch and MVP Execution
- Leads the transition from defined product concept to production-ready platform.
- Validates assumptions through customer discovery, pilots, and early adopters.
- Translates business and compliance requirements into actionable product specs.
- Ensures readiness for launch across usability, reliability, and security.
Cross-Functional Delivery
- Partners closely across teams, such as Engineering, Data, Legal, QA, and Operations.
- Establishes agile delivery practices and release management.
- Coordinates product readiness with Sales, Customer Success, and Marketing.
- Supports enterprise onboarding, integrations, and early implementations.
Customer and Market Development
- Builds feedback loops with customers, partners, and regulators.
- Leads product involvement in key customer engagements and demos.
- Translates market insights into product/feature improvements.
- Monitors competitive and regulatory trends to guide roadmap evolution.
Team Building and Leadership
- Builds and mentors the initial product management and UX function.
- Establishes product governance, prioritization, and documentation standards.
- Creates scalable processes for discovery, delivery, and lifecycle management.
- Develops future leadership and succession within the product organization.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required. MBA or technical degree preferred.
- 10+ years in product management, including product leadership roles with direct reports.
- Previous experience launching and scaling B2B SaaS products from MVP to growth is required.
- Prior work in healthcare, life sciences, compliance, or regulated SaaS environments is desired.
- Demonstrated success in early-stage or high-growth companies.
- Strong understanding of enterprise workflows, integrations, and data platforms.
- Experience working with distributed technical and operational teams.
Health Care Benefits
- Medical insurance (BCBS IL PPO)
- Dental insurance (MetLife)
- Vision insurance (MetLife)
- Health Reimbursement Account for medical insurance (Flexible Benefits)
- Short-term and long-term disability (MetLife)
Added Compensation Benefits
- 401(k) match and discretionary contribution (Principal Financial)
- Life insurance and supplemental life insurance (MetLife)
- Annual opportunity in NABP’s incentive compensation policy for qualifying employees
Flexible Work
- 35-hour weekly hybrid schedule
- 3 days at home and 2 days at Headquarters in Mount Prospect, IL each week
Paid Time Off
Paid time off provided for vacation, personal, and sick days
Employees are eligible for benefits on the first of the following month after their start date. 401k enrollment occurs quarterly. Our benefits are subject to change annually during open enrollment.
Senior Data Engineer Apply
Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid work model
Salary: $150,000 – $165,000
As the Senior Data Engineer, you will play a key role in building and scaling reliable data pipelines and data models that turn raw data into trusted, actionable insights. You will partner closely with engineering and business stakeholders to identify gaps, design scalable solutions, and ensure data quality, security, and compliance through strong governance practices. Alongside hands-on coding, you will lead team members in designing and delivering data solutions.
Job Description
General Responsibilities
- Architects, develops, and deploys cloud-based products.
- Ensures data integrity and availability, providing expert consultation on data-related inquiries.
- Analyzes data, processes, and systems to identify gaps, clarify requirements, and propose scalable solutions.
- Strong understanding of modern data platforms such as data warehousing, acquisition/ingestion, modeling, transformation, and consumption.
- Experience with databases and data movement technologies such as Databricks, AWS Redshift, Data Build Tools (DBT), and Data Vault (or equivalent).
- Proven ability to collaborate with both senior and junior technical staff, translate findings into designs, and drive implementation.
- Builds and maintains robust data transformation pipelines using Python and SQL.
- Designs and implements efficient data models and schemas to support analytics and reporting use cases.
- Partners with data engineers, architects, and analysts to gather requirements and deliver high-quality solutions.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to work with stakeholders at all levels.
- Develops and optimizes DBT models to transform raw data into trusted, actionable datasets.
- Demonstrates excellent problem solving using data and technology to drive statistical and root-cause analysis to support business insights and decision-making.
- Builds, tests, and maintains end-to-end database and pipeline architectures (reliability, monitoring, and performance).
- Ensures compliance with data governance, privacy, and security policies.
- Defines data quality strategies and incorporates robust testing into day-to-day work.
Job Requirements
- Bachelors or master’s degree and/or equivalent professional experience in information systems, computer science. 5–8 or more years of experience in data engineering.
- Extensive experience with cloud computing.
- Proficiency in SQL and Python for data processing, query optimization, and reporting.
- Strong hands-on experience with DBT, including core features (models, tests, macros, snapshots/incremental patterns, deployments), data orchestration tools like Airflow, and Data warehouses like Snowflake, Redshift, or equivalent.
- 1+ year of production DBT experience preferred.
- Strong experience with designing and enhancing data models, warehouses, and/or data lakes.
- Expertise in ETL/ELT concepts, orchestration, and end-to-end pipeline maintenance.
- Strong communicator and collaborator with a clear ownership mindset; able to work independently.
- Proven ability to mentor engineers, providing technical guidance and code reviews and supporting career growth.
- Champion agile practices that provide a foundation for iterative product development.
Health Care Benefits
- Medical insurance (BCBS IL PPO)
- Dental insurance (MetLife)
- Vision insurance (MetLife)
- Health Reimbursement Account for medical insurance (Flexible Benefits)
- Short-term and long-term disability (MetLife)
Added Compensation Benefits
- 401(k) match and discretionary contribution (Principal Financial)
- Life insurance and supplemental life insurance (MetLife)
- Annual opportunity in NABP’s incentive compensation policy for qualifying employees
Flexible Work
- 35-hour weekly hybrid schedule
- 3 days at home and 2 days at Headquarters in Mount Prospect, IL each week
Paid Time Off
Paid time off provided for vacation, personal, and sick days
Employees are eligible for benefits on the first of the following month after their start date. 401k enrollment occurs quarterly. Our benefits are subject to change annually during open enrollment.
Security Architect Apply
Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid work model
Salary: $165,000 – $180,000
As the Security Architect, you will be responsible for implementing the Information Security infrastructure for the Association by determining security requirements; planning, implementing, and testing security systems; and preparing security standards, policies, and procedures.
Job Description
General Responsibilities
- Plans, researches, designs, and implements security architecture for IT systems with a focus on AWS cloud environments.
- Anticipates possible security threats and identifies areas of weakness.
- Reviews current system security measures and recommends, designs, and implements enhancements.
- Plans and executes company-wide security policy and culture change towards attaining security compliances like NIST-800 and/or SOC2.
- Documents, implements, and monitors the execution of security policies, processes, and procedures as part of an Information Security Management System (ISMS).
- Conducts regular system tests and ensures continuous monitoring of environments.
- Develops project timelines for ongoing system upgrades and security initiatives.
- Establishes, tests, and evolves disaster recovery procedures.
- Promptly responds to all security incidents and potential breaches and provides thorough post-event analyses.
- Cultivates a culture of security awareness, and arranges continuing reviews of security related topics, processes, and procedures to ensure all personnel are aware of and always adhere to security policies.
- Determines security protocol by evaluating business strategies and requirements.
- Updates job knowledge by tracking and understanding emerging security practices and standards.
Job Requirements
- Master’s degree (or its foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering (any field), or a related quantitative discipline.
- Security certifications like CISA are preferred.
- 7 or more years in the IT architecture or information security field with progressing levels of enterprise level accountability.
- Extensive experience in information security and/or IT risk management with a focus on security, performance, and reliability.
- Experience designing and implementing security solutions and security best practices for AWS environments.
- Understanding of security protocols, cryptography, authentication, authorization, and cybersecurity.
- At least 5 years of experience with these specific skills:
- Data Protection
- Container Security
- Micro-services
- Infrastructure/endpoint security
- Data Services
- Cloud Computing
- Security Architecture
- SDLC
- Application Security
- API Security
- Vulnerability Management
- Edge Device Security Any suitable combination of education, training and/or experience is acceptable.
- Good working knowledge of current IT risks.
- Ability to interact with a broad cross-section of personnel to explain and enforce security measures.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as business acumen and a commercial outlook.
Health Care Benefits
- Medical insurance (BCBS IL PPO)
- Dental insurance (MetLife)
- Vision insurance (MetLife)
- Health Reimbursement Account for medical insurance (Flexible Benefits)
- Short-term and long-term disability (MetLife)
Added Compensation Benefits
- 401(k) match and discretionary contribution (Principal Financial)
- Life insurance and supplemental life insurance (MetLife)
- Annual opportunity in NABP’s incentive compensation policy for qualifying employees
Flexible Work
- 35-hour weekly hybrid schedule
- 3 days at home and 2 days at Headquarters in Mount Prospect, IL each week
Paid Time Off
Paid time off provided for vacation, personal, and sick days
Employees are eligible for benefits on the first of the following month after their start date. 401k enrollment occurs quarterly. Our benefits are subject to change annually during open enrollment.