
Associate Director, Access Strategy
Sobi - Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ)
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Massachusetts • United States
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Salary
💰 $150,000 - $195,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead the development of comprehensive market access strategies to support a successful launch
- Assess payer landscape, coverage dynamics, and reimbursement pathways to inform strategy
- Develop value propositions tailored to national and regional payers
- Work closely with internal communications, pricing, policy, legal, health economics outcomes research, and Payer Accounts Teams and Reimbursement teams to ensure the successful implementation of key initiatives.
- Build and execute pre-launch access plans, including pricing, contracting, and evidence strategy considerations
- Partner with HEOR, medical, and commercial teams to align on evidence generation priorities
- Anticipate access barriers and proactively develop mitigation strategies
- Generate and synthesize payer insights to inform brand strategy and decision-making
- Monitor policy changes, competitive dynamics, and evolving reimbursement trends in the gout space
- Translate insights into actionable recommendations for senior leadership
- Serve as the access lead across cross-functional teams including marketing, legal, medical affairs, HEOR, and field teams
- Drive key access milestones to ensure readiness for launch
- Support development of pricing and contracting strategies
- Partner with account teams to prepare for payer engagement
Requirements
- Minimum of (5) years combined experience in Pharmaceutical Marketing, Market Access Marketing, Market Access Strategy, Consulting, Managed Care, or Sales
- Understanding of the US market access landscape and role of key access stakeholders (e.g., payers, distributors, group purchasing organizations (GPOs), integrated delivery networks (IDNs), etc)
- Understanding of the legal/regulatory environment for pharmaceuticals/biopharmaceuticals
- Thorough understanding of pharmaceutical customer and industry marketing practices and trends
- Demonstrated strategic thinking, problem-solving, analytical, critical thinking, and planning skills
- Comfort and confidence in working with diverse teams and backgrounds; routinely demonstrate inclusive behaviors; actively seeks out diverse perspectives and experiences
- Demonstrated understanding of healthcare trends and policy issues around pharmacy and medical benefits and their potential impact on the company's business opportunities.
- Able to accommodate up to 20% Travel
Benefits
- Competitive compensation for your work
- Generous time off policy
- Summer Fridays
- Opportunity to broaden your horizons by attending popular conferences
- Emphasis on work/life balance
- Collaborative and team-oriented environment
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
market access strategiespayer landscape assessmentvalue proposition developmentpricing strategycontracting strategyevidence generationaccess barrier mitigationpolicy monitoringcompetitive dynamics analysispharmaceutical marketing
Soft Skills
strategic thinkingproblem-solvinganalytical skillscritical thinkingplanning skillsinclusive behaviorsteam collaborationcommunication skillsleadershipdecision-making