Praxis Precision Medicines
Payer Engagement Lead - National Accounts
RemoteUnited States only
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- Full-time
$225k–$245k/yr
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No BS summary
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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