Associate Director, Market Access Analytics
Ardelyx, Inc.
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $187,000 - $229,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
SQLTableau
About the role
- Lead the design and execution of analytics frameworks evaluating quality of access, formulary performance, and payer utilization across all segments
- Analyze payer coverage policies, step edits, prior authorization requirements, and reimbursement trends to identify access opportunities and barriers
- Monitor pull-through effectiveness, quantifying access-driven utilization across national and regional accounts
- Develop and maintain dashboards, scorecards, and executive-level reporting to track payer performance, formulary wins/losses, and core access KPIs
- Lead analytic preparation for Monthly and Quarterly Business Reviews (MBRs/QBRs), including performance summaries, coverage updates, and strategic recommendations
- Partner with Market Access leadership to model and forecast the impact of access changes, formulary updates, contracting strategies, and share shifts
- Provide insights to Payer Account, Trade, Patient Services, and Field Access teams that support access optimization and patient affordability initiatives
- Serve as a subject matter expert on payer, formulary, coverage, and claims utilization data, including developing sound business rule logic, ensuring consistent data definitions, and conducting QC testing to validate accuracy and reliability
- Conduct ad hoc analyses to diagnose access challenges, support contracting decisions, and respond to field inquiries
- Manage relationships with data and consulting vendors, including scope alignment, deliverable oversight, and budget management
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, advanced degree preferred, in Business or related field required
- 8 - 10 years of progressive experience in Market Access, Payer Analytics, or Commercial Analytics or equivalent experience
- Proven ability to analyze payer, formulary, and claims data to identify trends, measure performance, and drive access strategy
- Working knowledge of IQVIA LAAD, MMIT, Payer Spine, Copay data and Access pull-thru application
- Expertise with data visualization and analytics tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Snowflake, SQL, Excel)
- In-depth understanding of payer contracting, coverage determination, medical and pharmacy policies
- Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical compliance standards, including HIPAA and manufacturer data privacy regulations
- Demonstrated success translating complex analytics into actionable business insights for senior stakeholders
- Excellent collaboration, communication, and presentation skills; ability to influence and align across cross-functional teams
- Strong project management and organizational skills; ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Willingness to travel up to 20% domestically
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with generous employer match
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- Up to 12 weeks of living organ and bone marrow leave
- Equity incentive plans
- Health plans (medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision)
- Life insurance and disability
- Flexible time off
- Annual Winter Holiday shut down
- At least 11 paid holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
data analysispayer analyticsformulary performanceclaims data analysisdata visualizationanalytics frameworksbusiness rule logicQC testingaccess strategycontracting strategies
Soft skills
collaborationcommunicationpresentation skillsinfluenceorganizational skillsproject managementability to manage multiple prioritiesstrategic recommendationsrelationship managementinsight translation