Payer Access Director – Cell Therapy

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

📋 Description

• Execute the comprehensive Market Access strategy, ensuring that patients receive prompt access to Autolus therapies.

• Achieve strong coverage and reimbursement for Autolus products through regional, national, and governmental payers.

• Collaborate with center engagement and account management teams to onboard treatment centers and facilitate timely patient access.

• Build and maintain strategic relationships with commercial and government payers within the designated area.

• Execute the sanctioned pre-launch payer education strategy.

• Deliver approved product information and health economic insights to key stakeholders.

• Analyze payer and policy environments, including legislation, payer class management, and advocacy efforts.

• Secure product coverage within designated accounts and identify potential access challenges to address.

• Collaborate with Medical Affairs and Global Market Access on clinical and outcomes-related issues.

• Provide education to authorized treatment centers regarding coverage, billing, coding, and reimbursement processes.

• Coordinate with Autolus Patient Support on payer coverage policies and inquiries.

• Implement the strategic and tactical market access plan within the specified geography.

• Collaborate with field account management post-launch to educate on payers and resolve any questions or concerns.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven track record of success with National and Regional payers in Commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare sectors.

• Consistent history of achieving access and reimbursement goals in cell therapy, gene therapy, or hematology/oncology.

• Exceptional strategic and business acumen with a demonstrated ability to effectively partner with payers.

• Preferred knowledge of medical benefits and the economics of inpatient and outpatient services.

• Extensive experience working with private and public payers across all care settings.

• In-depth understanding of the hematology/oncology clinical landscape and the cell therapy market.

• Strong capability to work collaboratively and across various functions.

• Willingness and capability to engage hands-on with a sense of urgency in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment.

• Highly preferred experience in onboarding cell therapies with treatment centers.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher qualification.

• Over 10 years of experience in hematology/oncology focusing on payer relations and market access.

• Profound knowledge of CART/Cell Therapy access, reimbursement, and policy dynamics.

• Comprehensive therapeutic and clinical knowledge in hematologic malignancies.

• Established leadership experience and capabilities.

• Strong problem-solving skills, adaptability, and strategic thinking abilities.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.

• Resilient under high-pressure situations.

• Willingness to travel approximately 50% of the time.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Performance-related bonus.

• Private medical insurance.

• Life assurance.

• Pension plan.

• Access to an employee share scheme.

• Flexible working arrangements.

• Reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process.