Director, Market Access Strategy – Access Optimization Lead, Oncology

Role Overview

• Serve as the market access strategy lead for assigned oncology brand(s), accountable for the integrated access strategy across payer, provider, patient support, pricing/contracting, trade/distribution, and organized customer segments.
• Act as the primary Market Access representative on the IBCT, shaping brand strategy and ensuring access considerations are embedded in core commercial decisions, launch plans, lifecycle planning, and performance discussions.
• Develop and own the near-, mid-, and long-term market access strategy, including strategic choices required to optimize access, brand growth, financial performance, and customer pull-through.
• Lead the development of the brand’s access perspective within the integrated brand plan, annual operating plan, and long-range strategic planning.
• Translate customer, competitor, policy, reimbursement, and market signals into actionable recommendations that evolve the value proposition, evidence needs, strategic priorities, and tactical plan.
• Partner with pricing and contracting, analytics, HEOR, patient experience, account teams, and trade/channel teams to evaluate choiceful tradeoffs across investments, GTN implications, customer strategies, and launch/lifecycle priorities.
• Shape the oncology access journey for the brand, identifying critical barriers and opportunities across coverage, coding, reimbursement, affordability, site of care, channel strategy, and patient support.
• Lead cross-functional alignment around access strategy and ensure the broader market access matrix is coordinated against the most important business priorities.
• Provide clear and timely access guidance to brand and senior leadership on competitive events, reimbursement changes, payer and provider dynamics, organized customer trends, and emerging risks/opportunities.
• Inform the development of customer-facing resources, evidence communication, segment strategies, and field guidance to ensure the market access strategy is translated into meaningful action.
• Support launch readiness and lifecycle optimization for new brands, new indications, and portfolio priorities within oncology.
• Build strong relationships across the organization and serve as a trusted strategic advisor on oncology market access issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of relevant experience in pharmaceutical / biotech market access, access strategy, payer marketing, reimbursement, pricing/contracting, brand strategy, or related commercial roles
• Experience developing and leading market access strategies for specialty and/or oncology products
• Experience working across key access stakeholders, including payers, providers, health systems, organized customers, and channel partners
• Experience leading cross-functional strategy in a matrixed organization

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible work hours
• Paid time off
• Remote work options