Senior Director, Payer Accounts
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Remote work flexibility within the United States.Full-TimeDirector
Salary260,000 - 300,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 12+ years of pharmaceutical or biotechnology market access experience
- Required Skills
- Stakeholder management
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of pharmaceutical or biotechnology market access experience.
- At least 5 years of direct payer account management experience or equivalent payer-facing expertise.
- Strong background in cell therapy, gene therapy, oncology, or specialty pharmaceutical products.
- Deep understanding of payer decision-making processes, reimbursement strategy, formulary management, and specialty pharmacy dynamics.
- Proven success supporting pre-launch and launch activities for innovative or high-cost therapies.
- Strong expertise in health economics, outcomes research, and value-based healthcare discussions.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, stakeholder management, and cross-functional leadership skills.
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced, highly strategic, and evolving environments with significant autonomy.
- MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- Willingness to travel up to 50% for meetings, conferences, and stakeholder engagement.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategic engagement and relationship management with national and regional payer organizations across commercial and government markets.
- Develop and execute pre-launch and launch payer account strategies to support favorable reimbursement and patient access outcomes.
- Educate payer stakeholders on disease burden, treatment value, innovative cell therapy processes, and clinical differentiation.
- Analyze treatment landscapes, formulary trends, reimbursement dynamics, and competitive intelligence to anticipate market access challenges and opportunities.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Market Access, HEOR, Pricing, Medical Affairs, Clinical, and Regulatory teams to develop payer-facing materials and evidence strategies.
- Generate payer insights that inform contracting models, pricing strategies, and patient support initiatives.
- Influence positive payer policy development while ensuring all activities remain compliant with legal and regulatory standards.
- Represent the organization at partner meetings, conferences, and strategic industry engagements while supporting launch readiness initiatives.
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