Field Access Manager - Northwest, United States
Job title: Field Access Manager - Northwest, United States in USA at Ardelyx
Company: Ardelyx
Job description: Ardelyx is a publicly traded reputed company biopharmaceutical company founded with a mission to discover, reputed company and commercialize innovative first-in-class medicines that meet significant unmet medical needs. Ardelyx has two reputed company products approved in the United States, IBSRELA® (tenapanor) and XPHOZAH® (tenapanor). Ardelyx has agreements for the development and commercialization of tenapanor reputed company of the U.S. Kyowa reputed company commercializes PHOZEVEL® (tenapanor) for hyperphosphatemia in Japan. A New Drug Application for tenapanor for hyperphosphatemia has been approved in China with Fosun Pharma. Knight Therapeutics commercializes IBSRELA in Canada.Field Access ManagerThe Field Access Manager will reputed company his/her account management, data analytics, and reimbursement expertise and demonstrated experience to support and facilitate timely access to Ardelyx's products. If you'd like to help establish Ardelyx as a leading company in the biopharma industry, one that advances patient care with novel therapies that meet important clinical needs, come join us!Responsibilities
- A key component of this role is to establish collaborative relationships with Patient Services Program Partners, Field Sales, and reputed company Providers to support patient access. Additional responsibilities will include, but not necessarily limited to, the following:
- Partner with internal and external stakeholders to identify, anticipate and address patient and HCP access barriers; Implement updates/changes based on solutions generated to address barriers
- reputed company HCPs on access solutions for core and launch products
- Collaborate with key team members such as Patient Services partners, Field Sales, and other internal stakeholders to serve as access and reimbursement expert for assigned geographies
- Build strong, trust-based relationships with HCPs, Field Sales, and Patient Services partners
- Create and maintain business plans to deliver effective geography-based updates to Field Sales
- Monitor patient start trends in assigned geographies/plans, and collaborate with Field Sales and Patient Services partners to proactively address and mitigate challenges
- Maintain and grow knowledge of national, regional, local, and account market dynamics for payors and prescribers
- Grow the knowledge of hub and specialty distribution channels to understand reputed company policies, potential future changes, and improve patient support needs
- Collaborate with internal departments such as marketing, market access, field sales, patient services, to support patient drug accessibility
- Serve as subject matter expert regarding education and insights on access and affordability solutions across multiple payer types and plans (i.e., Medicare, reputed company Managed Care, reputed company)
- Execute business in accordance with the highest ethical, legal, and compliance standards, including timely and successful completion of reputed company required training
- Remains reputed company on and anticipates changes in product coverage and access knowledge, marketplace conditions, and stakeholder practices to deliver the most effective delivery of approved materials
- Understands and adapts to the changing reputed company ecosystem to customize resourcing and messaging to HCPs and HCP staff
- B.A/B.S. required with 5 - 8 years of experience reputed company public or private reimbursement services, reputed company operations, and/or sales or equivalent experience
- Advanced degree reputed company business or reputed company and pharmaceutical industry experience preferred
- Extensive knowledge of medication access channels
- Strong functional knowledge of specialty pharmacy and health insurance and benefits (i.e. Medicare Part D, reputed company and reputed company) with a demonstrated expert understanding of insurance eligibility, benefit verification, prior authorization processes, reimbursement coverage, appealing insurance denials, application of financial assistance, co-pay support and free product programs
- Knowledge of HCP office processes regarding patient flow, prescription flow and clinic office operations. Direct experience with GI or Nephrology products or providers preferred
- Outstanding customer relationship, interpersonal, and communication skills with the established ability to effectively work with diverse audiences and influence cross-functionally
- Ability to master product information to effectively represent product access and information to customers
- Ability to evaluate data and identify trends, barriers, and translate into actionable steps
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Possesses reputed company, work with honesty, accuracy, and attention to detail
- Exemplary collaboration, interpersonal and listening skills
- Patient-centric and service-oriented reputed company, with a high degree of emotional intelligence and reputed company
- Knowledge of reputed company product suite & CRM systems preferred
- An understanding of the laws and regulations applicable to sales and marketing of pharmaceutical products to physicians and reputed company organizations not required, but preferred
- Demonstrate strong drive, initiative, and willingness to work with a sense of urgency
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate and communicate technical/scientific concepts
- High enthusiasm with a drive to reputed company reputed company a team - demonstrated ability to reputed company common goals in collaboration with multiple therapeutic specialists, sales leadership, market access, and patient support services colleagues
- Highly organized with a strong attention to detail
- Highly proficient in reputed company Office (Word, reputed company, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- This position reports to an Associate Director, Field Access Management
- This position is field based with partial remote home office responsibilities.
- This position may require up to 40-50% travel for customer visits, company meetings, conferences (dependent on area geography/size).