TN Visa Operations Manager Jobs
Operations Manager roles qualify for TN visa sponsorship under the USMCA's Management Consultant category, though the classification requires careful documentation linking your duties to specialized consulting rather than general management. Canadian citizens can apply at the border with same-day approval; Mexican citizens need consular processing. Your employer will provide a support letter demonstrating your role's eligibility and their experience with work visa sponsorship.
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SUMMARY
Reports to Director, Brown University Health Retail Pharmacy Services or Director, Specialty Pharmacy Services as applicable. Responsible for managing all operational, professional, and clinical activities for pharmacy operations at assigned Brown University Health Pharmacy (LP) site. Serves as the designated Pharmacist-in-Charge and Registrant for assigned Brown University Health Pharmacy site and is personally accountable to the Rhode Island (RI) Department of Health (DoH) and federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for the entire scope of activities intrinsic to these designations. Ensures compliance with state, federal, organizational, and accrediting organization requirements. Ensures appropriate clinical pharmacist, pharmacy technician, and student intern scheduling. Ensures budgetary adherence for labor, payroll, sales, script count, inventory levels, and expenses. Completes annual performance appraisal for clinical pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and student interns and serves as coach and mentor to develop staff. Oversees and closely reviews the work of clinical pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and student interns. Collaborates with multidisciplinary care providers to monitor, assess, and intervene as needed to ensure safe, appropriate, and cost-effective medication use.
Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence, as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers, and one another. In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:
- Instill Trust and Value Differences
- Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate
In addition, our leaders will demonstrate an aptitude for:
- Ensure Accountability and Build Effective Teams
- Drive Vision and Purpose and Optimize Work Processes
By applying core and leadership competencies, leaders help Brown University Health achieve its strategic goals.
Responsibilities
Pursuant to Pharmacist-in-Charge and Registrant designations at the assigned Brown University Health Pharmacy licensed site is responsible to:
- Ensure the assigned LP licensed site meets the requirements set forth by federal and state law, RI Board of Pharmacy rules and regulations, and other applicable state regulations, including those pertaining to:
- All pharmacy licensed employee activities, including those beyond direct and indirect reports.
- All medication use and storage areas under the pharmacy license.
- All dispensing, compounding, order review, collaborative practice, and pharmacy clinical services being performed at the licensed location, even where no direct oversight.
- All pharmacy related policies, procedures, laws, rules and regulations and the activities performed under them.
- Any controlled substance loss or diversion at the assigned LP licensed location, regardless of role of individual diverting.
- All reports of significant controlled substance loss or diversion to State Board of Pharmacy and local Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
- Completion of biennial controlled substance inventory and maintenance of required records pertaining to receiving, dispensing, transferring, and reverse distribution of all control substances on site.
- Environmental conditions of all medication areas and assurance of pharmacy staff safety.
- Maintains knowledge of and compliance with regulations related to compounding including those promulgated by the Rhode Island Department of Health, Rhode Island Board of Pharmacy Rules and Regulations, United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) Chapters 795 and 800, and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
- Ensures the highest standards of customer service are consistently executed, and that clinical pharmacist and pharmacy technician scheduling is adequate to meet patient/customer needs.
- Ensures clinical pharmacists consistently execute all established standards of service.
- Ensures budgetary adherence for labor, payroll, sales, script count, inventory levels, and expenses.
- Ensures new budgeted programs, initiatives, and technology are successfully implemented.
- Oversees compliance with the 340B drug purchasing program for pharmacies that serve as a contract pharmacy for one or more 340B covered entities.
- Ensures quality assurance standards are met, continually seeks out measures for improvement.
- Ensures staff participation in quality assessment and improvement activities and total quality management initiatives, including the adverse drug reaction, pharmacist clinical intervention, and medication incident reporting programs.
- Ensures staff is appropriately trained, follow policies and procedures, and complete required continuing education and corporate compliance learning modules.
- Precepts pharmacy interns and residents. Serves as a coach and mentor for all staff by assigning projects and establishing goals while providing continuous feedback.
- Completes annual performance appraisals for clinical pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and student interns. Initiates and conducts corrective action plans, when appropriate.
- Interviews and hires new staff, ensures new employee on-boarding is completed.
- Adjusts workflow to achieve maximal productivity and efficiency.
- Maintains appropriate documentation and records regarding drug purchasing, storage, preparation, and distribution as required by organizational procedures and/or applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
- Ensures that refrigerated and frozen medications are stored at optimal temperatures and that optimal temperatures are maintained until medications are delivered to the patient.
- Monitors and drives sales and script count goals; interprets financial and performance metrics on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis as applicable to the site. Understands key business metrics and executes best practices to improve these metrics (i.e., customer satisfaction scores).
- Participates in education and training of healthcare practitioners, including pharmacy students and technicians, physicians and other practitioners, nurses, other care providers, and patients/customers on matters relevant to medication use.
- Maintains professional competence through participation in pharmacy development and skills enhancement programs, ongoing independent study, education-related professional activities, and affiliations. May perform the duties of a clinical pharmacist as needed.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
- Effective utilization of resources
- Management of continuous quality improvement
- High quality, high value patient-focused services
- Resource productivity
- Fiscal responsibility
- Development and implementation of effective, quality programs
- Customer satisfaction
- Performance improvements year-to-year
- Positive feedback from colleagues and staff
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
QUALIFICATIONS – EDUCATION
- Bachelor of Science in pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited college of pharmacy.
- Prior to start date, possesses current unrestricted licensure as a licensed pharmacist, or as a licensed 90-day temporary pharmacist, in the State of Rhode Island. Obtains full licensure prior to expiration of 90-day temporary pharmacist license, then possesses and maintains current unrestricted licensure as a licensed pharmacist in the State of Rhode Island.
QUALIFICATIONS - EXPERIENCE
- Three years progressively more responsible related experience, preferably gained in a similarly diverse and operationally complex health care environment is desired.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, to interact appropriately with patients, families, colleagues, and others.
- Effective organizational and presentation skills.
- Knowledge of area/specialty specific technology, including, but not limited to, pharmacy information systems, automated dispensing technology, software, equipment, and automation. Experience with MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and web browsers.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY
- Direct supervision of up to 60 FTEs.
Pay Range
$134,035.20-$221,187.20
Location
795 Middle Street - 795 Middle Street Fall River, Massachusetts 02721
Work Type
M-F 7:00am-7:00pm
Work Shift
Day
Daily Hours
8 hours
Driving Required
No
Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding TN Visa Sponsorship as an Operations Manager
Document your advisory duties before applying
TN visa classification for Operations Managers depends on framing your role as management consulting, not general administration. Build a duties letter that maps your specific responsibilities to strategic analysis and recommendations, not day-to-day oversight tasks.
Target employers experienced with visa sponsorship
Prioritize companies with recent visa filings and sponsorship experience. Their HR and legal teams already understand work visa processes and won't delay your start date asking basic questions about TN classification, support letter requirements, and port-of-entry procedures.
Request a detailed offer letter before your border appointment
Canadian professionals crossing at a port of entry need a letter specifying your title, duties, salary, and employer's business purpose. A vague offer letter is the most common reason CBP officers ask for secondary review.
Search for sponsoring employers using Migrate Mate
Migrate Mate filters Operations Manager roles by employer visa sponsorship experience, so you're only seeing employers already prepared to handle USMCA documentation and the support letter process rather than educating recruiters from scratch.
Prepare your credential equivalency documentation early
Mexican nationals attending consular interviews at a U.S. embassy need degree equivalency confirmed upfront. If your business or engineering degree is from a Mexican institution, get a credential evaluation completed before you accept any offer.
Here's the rewritten title: Confirm your role qualifies under TN professional standards
Your employer will prepare a support letter documenting your qualifications and job offer details for TN visa processing. For Canadians, you'll present this letter at the U.S. border or port of entry; for Mexicans, your employer submits it to the U.S. consulate as part of your visa application. Your compensation is negotiated directly between you and your employer with no government wage requirements. Ensure your job description clearly reflects typical Operations Manager responsibilities to support your TN eligibility.
Operations Manager TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Operations Manager role actually qualify for a TN visa?
It depends on how the role is structured and documented. Operations Manager duties must align with the USMCA's Management Consultant category, meaning your work needs to emphasize strategic analysis and advisory functions rather than direct supervision of employees. Generic management roles without a consulting component are frequently challenged at the border or during consular review, so the offer letter framing matters as much as the job title itself.
How does the TN visa compare to H-1B for Operations Manager positions?
TN has no lottery, no annual cap for Canadians, and no petition waiting period. H-1B visa requires employer sponsorship through a randomized lottery, and most applicants wait over a year before starting work. For Canadian Operations Managers with a qualifying offer, TN processing can happen at the port of entry the same day. Mexican nationals still need a consular appointment, but TN approval timelines are far more predictable than H-1B selection outcomes.
What documents should I bring to a TN visa border crossing as an Operations Manager?
You'll need a valid Canadian passport, a detailed employer support letter describing your title, duties, and the consulting nature of the role, proof of your qualifying degree, and evidence of the employment relationship such as an offer letter or employment contract. CBP officers have discretion on TN approvals, so every document should clearly support the Management Consultant classification rather than leaving officers to infer the connection themselves.
How can I find Operations Manager jobs that already offer TN visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for this search. It surfaces Operations Manager roles at employers with recent visa filings, so you're connecting with companies experienced in work visa sponsorship and USMCA documentation. Searching without that filter means spending time on roles where the recruiter has never navigated visa sponsorship before and your candidacy stalls before an offer is made.
Can I switch employers mid-year while on a TN visa as an Operations Manager?
Yes, but your TN status is tied to the specific employer listed on your approval. You'll need a new TN authorization before starting with the new employer, either through a new border crossing or a change of status filing with USCIS. Canadian professionals often handle this with a new border appointment. Your old employer's TN does not transfer, and starting work before the new TN is approved creates an unauthorized employment violation.