Vice President, Managed Markets

The Company is seeking a Vice President of Managed Markets to develop and lead payer strategy, contracting, account management, and access pull-through across Commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid plans. The role oversees national and regional payer relationships, leads the annual bid and contracting cycle, and is accountable for formulary access, rebate spending, and gross-to-net performance. Responsibilities include negotiating agreements, guiding a national account team, overseeing contract implementation and operations, and monitoring coverage and payer policy changes. The VP also partners across commercial, medical, finance, legal, compliance, and patient access functions, while ensuring contracting activities meet regulatory requirements. Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree and at least 12 years of experience in managed markets, market access, or payer account management within a pharmaceutical or biotechnology manufacturer. Required experience includes at least five years negotiating rebate agreements with national PBMs, GPOs, and health plans, five years leading account teams, and experience launching or growing a specialty product through payer contracting. Applicants should understand pharmacy-benefit access across Commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid, gross-to-net and government pricing, and healthcare compliance requirements. Strong negotiation, financial modeling, executive communication, team leadership, and organizational skills are essential; rare disease experience, payer analytics familiarity, and experience scaling a managed markets function are preferred.