Vice President, Market Access

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

📋 Description

• Spearhead the U.S. Market Access strategy and organizational development for the launch of vidofludimus calcium, encompassing pricing, contracting, reimbursement, and distribution.

• Formulate comprehensive access strategies that encompass Commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, VA, DoD, and other governmental channels.

• Take ownership of the national payer strategy and engage in negotiations with health plans, PBMs, IDNs, health systems, and specialty pharmacies.

• Create payer value propositions leveraging clinical, economic, and real-world evidence to facilitate favorable formulary coverage.

• Establish pricing strategies, gross-to-net assumptions, and frameworks for specialty pharmacy/trade/distribution.

• Collaborate with Medical Affairs/HEOR on payer evidence strategy, AMCP dossiers, and value communication; assist in post-launch evidence generation.

• Participate in the Commercial Leadership Team and liaise with Marketing, Sales, Medical, Regulatory, Finance, Legal, and Supply Chain to ensure launch readiness.

• Design and develop the Market Access organizational structure, capabilities, and metrics across Payer Strategy, Marketing, Pricing/Contracting, Trade, Analytics, and Excellence functions.

• Recruit and lead a field Market Access team that includes National, Federal, and Regional Account Managers, along with Field Reimbursement Managers.

• Establish field deployment strategies, including territory management, hiring, training, and incentive programs; collaborate with Sales and Medical Affairs to enhance adoption.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree is required.

• An MBA, PharmD, MPH, or another advanced degree is preferred.

• Over 15 years of progressive leadership experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology sector.

• Proven track record in leading U.S. Market Access organizations for specialty pharmaceutical products.

• Direct experience in steering U.S. Market Access strategy for one or more multiple sclerosis product launches is highly preferred.

• A significant leadership role in the successful commercialization of MS therapies is strongly favored.

• Comprehensive knowledge of multiple sclerosis competitive dynamics, payer landscape, specialty pharmacy networks, treatment centers, and reimbursement environments.

• Experience in negotiations with commercial payers, PBMs, Medicare Part D plans, federal healthcare systems, specialty pharmacies, and integrated health systems.

• A successful history of building and leading field-based Market Access organizations.

• Experience in creating commercial infrastructure within an emerging biotechnology company or first-launch organization is strongly preferred.

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity

• Bonus