National Director, Therapy Access

United Therapeutics; Salem (OR); Remote; USD 212,000 - 305,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biopharmaceutical company is seeking a Therapy Access leader to build a team that addresses patient access to critical therapies. This role requires extensive knowledge of reimbursement and managed care, and will involve developing strategies to facilitate patient access. Candidates should have a minimum of 15 years of healthcare experience, with proven leadership and problem-solving skills. The position allows for remote work across the United States and offers a competitive salary package.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits including healthcare coverage

401k and ESPP

Paid time off and parental leave

Qualifications

• 15+ years of overall pharmaceutical or healthcare experience focusing on reimbursement.
• 5+ years managing regional or local teams.
• 3+ years in claims reimbursement and working with healthcare practitioners.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a team of Therapy Access Managers.
• Develop rules for engagement with HCP customers.
• Monitor performance parameters and make course corrections.

Skills

Reimbursement knowledge

Market access expertise

Leadership and mentoring

Problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in relevant discipline

Master's Degree in relevant discipline

Job description

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The job details are as follows:

Overview

United Therapeutics (Nasdaq: UTHR) seeks to travel down the corridors of indifference to develop treatments for rare, deadly diseases. We were founded in 1996 by a family seeking a cure for their daughter’s pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Today, we have six FDA-approved therapies that treat PAH, pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD) and neuroblastoma, a rare pediatric cancer. Our near-term pipeline seeks to develop additional therapies for PAH and pulmonary fibrosis (PF). The cure for end-stage life-threatening diseases like PAH, PH-ILD, PF, and many others is an organ transplant, but only a small percentage of donated organs are available to address the vast need. For this reason, we are working to create manufactured organs to address the shortage of kidneys, hearts, lungs, and livers available for transplant. We believe an unlimited supply of tolerable, transplantable organs will eliminate the transplant waiting list and cure end-stage organ diseases for which transplant is not currently an option.

Who You Are

You are an experienced Therapy Access leader with deep knowledge of reimbursement, managed care, market access, public/private payers and HUB services. You love to coach, inspire and mentor teams and believe in fostering a culture that is positive, informative and collaborative. You have a successful history of problem solving and removing barriers for patients and are ultimately looking to work for a company that is innovative and inspiring where you can truly make a difference.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for building and leading a team of best-in-class Therapy Access Managers to support UT products. Set the vision and strategy that enables successful achievement of objectives that are compliantly aligned with the Patient Relations Team
• Develop a robust set of rules of engagement to interact with HCP customers and UT internal stakeholders in an appropriate and compliant manner
• Represent patients’/ customers’ / stakeholders’ concerns, priorities, and needs with internal stakeholders, and develop plans and innovative solutions to appropriately respond to those needs
• Facilitate a culture of accountability and compliance through ongoing cadence discussions with field leaders and internal partners to identify scalable business practices and to problem solve potential access barriers to UT products
• Work across the Patient Relations Team to assist with resolution of program escalations as required and ensure positive customer experiences
• Anticipate implications to patient access across UT products to allow for compliant-course corrections to meet the market
• Establish measurable performance parameters and monitor performance against those set parameters
• Establish and monitor staffing projections and geographic distribution based on anticipated activity levels
• Develop and execute annual budget with allocation for team members and ensures teams within financial budget
• Perform field ride-alongs to ensure the team is appropriately and compliantly engaging with customers
• Provide frequent, ongoing performance feedback to all direct reports and foster a team oriented, supportive working environment
• Actively facilitate the growth and development of team members based on their needs, motivation and business requirements. Provide continual coaching, mentoring, and opportunities for improvement

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant discipline, preferably sciences, business, pharmacy, or healthcare with 15+ years of overall pharmaceutical, healthcare, and/or broadened industry experience with focus in reimbursement, contract strategy, managed care, sales/marketing or related field
• Master's Degree with 13+ years of overall pharmaceutical, healthcare, and/or broadened industry experience with focus in reimbursement, contract strategy, managed care, sales/marketing or related field
• 5+ years of experience with leading a regional or local team and managing and collaborating across multiple stakeholders
• 3+ years of experience in claims reimbursement including: Coverage, coding, billing and payment; Working with medical policy, managed care coverage processes and practices; Deep knowledge and working experience with both public and private payers; Working with Healthcare Practitioners and ancillary staff in a reimbursement role
• Knowledge of HUB services to include: financial affordability programs, coordination and communication amongst support coordinators and the TAMs, providing field input for process improvement
• Deep market access and health care policy expertise
• Demonstrated success in execution of launch strategies and plans
• Experience in Reimbursement, Specialty Pharmacy, Billing and Coding and Payor dynamics
• Ability to navigate through ambiguous and evolving US healthcare landscape
• Proven track record of building, developing, and motivating teams
• Ability to foster team effectiveness within team by sharing knowledge, experience, and information
• Ability to create an environment of continuous learning where team members feel challenged and engaged
• Ability to work cross-functionally
• Highly effective communication and presentation skills
• Ability to manage greater than 50% travel

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in a relevant discipline, preferably sciences, business, pharmacy, or healthcare
• Expertise in therapeutic space, practice dynamics, and common reimbursement and product program support-related needs

Job Location

United Therapeutics has the flexibility to hire this role remotely within the United States.

The salary for this position ranges from $212,000 to $305,000 per year. In addition, this role is eligible for the Company’s short-term and long-term incentive programs.

The salary range is the range United Therapeutics Corporation in good faith believes is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting depending on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. The Company may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

At United Therapeutics, our mission and vision are one. We use our enthusiasm, creativity, and persistence to innovate for the unmet medical needs of our patients and to benefit our other stakeholders. We are bold and unconventional. We have fun, we do good.

Eligible employees may participate in the Company’s comprehensive benefits suite of programs, including medical / dental / vision / prescription coverage, employee wellness resources, savings plans (401k and ESPP), paid time off & paid parental leave benefits, disability benefits, and more. For additional information on Company benefits, please visit https://www.unither.com/careers/benefits-and-amenities

United Therapeutics Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

We strive to be an organization that engages the minds, hearts, and most spirited efforts of each of our employees. Our sense of purpose transforms what we do from work into mission, occupation into vocation and achievement into success.

We challenge our employees with innovative and revolutionary projects, offer an environment which fosters high-level job performance and provide a highly competitive total rewards package. This is what makes United Therapeutics a stimulating place to work.