Market Access Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Analyze market access strategies for both commercial and development-stage pharmaceutical products.

• Evaluate payer behavior across various therapeutic areas and drug classes.

• Examine coverage, access limitations, formulary placement, and reimbursement assumptions.

• Utilize practical expertise in US managed-markets for commercial analyses.

• Develop and rigorously test gross-to-net assumptions.

• Assess relationships among rebates, discounts, concessions, list price, access, and net revenue.

• Evaluate formulary tiering, product positioning, prior authorization, step therapy, and utilization-management assumptions.

• Analyze competitive dynamics and payer incentives that impact formulary access.

• Design and critique structured evaluation frameworks for pharmaceutical market access analysis.

• Define criteria that reflect experienced payer and market access judgment.

• Provide clear written justification for evaluation decisions.

• Contribute specialized payer insights to advanced AI evaluation work.

• Collaborate across multiple drugs, therapeutic areas, and payer scenarios.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in market access, pricing and reimbursement, managed markets, or a closely related pharmaceutical field.

• Practical experience with gross-to-net modeling and analysis.

• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical rebates and contracting dynamics.

• Experience in evaluating formulary placement and tiering by drug class.

• In-depth knowledge of US payer behavior and reimbursement frameworks.

• Familiarity with biotech and pharmaceutical development programs.

• Strong commercial judgment and analytical reasoning skills.

• Exceptional written communication abilities and attention to detail.

• Current professional experience based in the US.

• Equivalent professional experience in pharmaceutical market access or pricing and reimbursement may be accepted.

• Practical expertise in payer and managed-markets.

• Experience collaborating directly with health plans, PBMs, or payer organizations.

• Background in pharmaceutical pricing strategy.

• Experience with contracting and rebate negotiations.

• Familiarity with Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial payer dynamics.

• Experience in evaluating launch access strategies.

• Knowledge of utilization management and formulary decision-making processes.

• Experience advising biotechnology or pharmaceutical leadership teams.

• Previous experience with structured expert review, rubric development, or AI evaluation.

• Independent contractor status is required.

• Availability for approximately 10–20 total hours over an initial period of 1–2 weeks.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid pilot with the possibility of recurring work.

• Competitive hourly rates ranging from $170 to $195 based on expertise and project scope.

• Weekly payments through Stripe or Wise.

• Projects may be extended, shortened, or adjusted based on scope and performance.

• Fully remote work within the United States.