Head, Market Access and Patient Services

Summary

Join Amylyx as the Head of US Market Access and Patient Services to build and lead a team that develops and executes market access strategy in the US, supporting the company's next stage of growth.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree required
• MBA and/or relevant post graduate qualifications preferred
• 15+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience and minimum of 10 years in market access leadership positions, including building and leading payer account teams
• Established network of Payer and PBM relationships
• Prior people management experience – especially managing payer account teams
• Track record successfully negotiating access for prescription products in competitive therapeutic areas in the US
• Possess strong ‘executive presence’ and excellent communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence in rapidly changing environment

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary market access point of contact for the US region; ensure launch and pipeline assets are supported
• Build the access strategy, payer account, field reimbursement, patient services and specialty pharmacy distribution teams that will be needed to ensure a successful launch of Avexitide®, for Post Bariatric Hypoglycemia
• Champion pricing and reimbursement requirements throughout organization and ensure alignment between all stakeholders internally; this includes identifying payer unmet needs, assessing pricing potential, identifying access challenges and ways to overcome, overseeing tactical execution plans, supporting payer negotiations as needed, etc
• Be accountable for the development of US market access deliverables, negotiation strategies, and national/regional market access tactics to secure price and reimbursement
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders (Marketing, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Legal and Finance), to ensure that plans are fit-for-purpose
• Design a tailored patient support program to enable broad and timely patient access
• Provide Market Access perspectives in support of business development initiatives
• Develop pre- and post-approval engagement strategies
• Initiate, maintain, and tactfully influence relationships with various medical and non-medical stakeholders
• Mentor individuals on the US Market Access and Reimbursement team • Actively contribute to the annual brand planning, forecasting, and budgeting process

Benefits

This is a remote friendly role, but you must reside and work within the United States, and in a state where Amylyx currently does business, to be considered