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Praxis Precision Medicines

Payer Engagement Lead - National Accounts

RemoteUnited States only
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Role
Sales
Experience
Lead
Employment
Full-time
$225k–$245k/yr
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Senior market access/national payer leader with 15+ years in pharma or biotech, owning enterprise-level payer strategy. Must know U.S. market access, Medicare Part D, PBMs, GPOs, reimbursement, formulary strategy, and product launches. U.S. remote role with approximately 50–70% travel.

What you'll do

  • Own and set the enterprise payer engagement strategy for national health plans, PBMs, GPOs, and other enterprise payer organizations.
  • Build trusted relationships with senior payer executives responsible for formulary strategy, reimbursement, utilization management, and coverage policy.
  • Communicate the clinical, economic, and value proposition of Praxis therapies to support favorable coverage and reimbursement decisions.
  • Lead Medicare Part D engagement strategies, leveraging established relationships with plan sponsors and PBM leaders to support payer readiness, formulary review, and successful product launches.
  • Serve as the principal decision-maker on the payer strategy inputs to commercial strategy, pricing, evidence generation, contracting, forecasting, and lifecycle planning.
  • Partner closely with Medical Affairs, Commercial, Market Access, Finance, Legal, and Executive Leadership to ensure payer strategies are aligned with broader business objectives.
  • Anticipate shifts in the payer environment, identifying emerging risks and opportunities that could impact patient access and commercial success.
  • Represent Praxis externally as a recognized thought leader and spokesperson within the national payer community.

What they require

  • Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in business, healthcare, life sciences, or a related discipline preferred, or equivalent experience.
  • Extensive experience (typically 15 or more years) leading national payer engagement, market access, national accounts, or related commercial functions within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry, with a track record of setting strategy at the enterprise level rather than executing it.
  • Demonstrated success influencing access and reimbursement decisions with national health plans, PBMs, GPOs, and other enterprise payer organizations.
  • Recognized authority on U.S. market access, including commercial plans, Medicare Part D, specialty pharmacy, reimbursement, and evolving payer dynamics.
  • Experience developing and executing Medicare Part D account strategies and engaging senior decision-makers responsible for formulary placement, utilization management, and reimbursement policy.
  • Experience owning payer strategy through product launches, including payer strategy, account planning, value communication, and cross-functional commercialization.
  • Preferred: Experience in CNS, specialty pharmaceuticals, rare disease, or other complex therapeutic areas strongly preferred.
  • Strong business acumen with the ability to connect market dynamics to commercial performance and patient access.
  • A high degree of ownership, intellectual curiosity, sound judgment, accountability, and the latitude to set objectives independently.
  • Ability to travel approximately 50–70% based on business needs.
  • The physical and mental requirements of our roles include but are not limited to regular use of a computer, devices or other office equipment, clear communication, and occasional movement.
  • You'll need comfort with screen work, basic hand coordination, and focus.

Benefits

  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

Praxis Precision Medicines is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company translating genetic insights into the development of therapies for central nervous system disorders characterized by neuronal imbalance.

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$225k–$245k/yr