Vice President, U.S. Market Access & Pricing

The role

The Vice President, Market Access will lead the strategy and execution of all market access activities to support the launch of the adult pneumococcal vaccine. This role involves building foundational capabilities and shaping payer, provider, and policy environments.

What you will do

• Lead development and execution of the U.S. market access strategy for the adult pneumococcal vaccine
• Define and drive launch readiness plans aligned to regulatory approval and immunization guideline milestones
• Shape access strategies across commercial payers, Medicare, Medicaid, and public health channels
• Develop and execute engagement strategies for GPOs, IDNs, retail pharmacy, and public health entities
• Establish pricing strategy and gross-to-net assumptions
• Ensure readiness for coding, coverage, reimbursement, and provider economics
• Partner with Medical Affairs to deliver HEOR and value evidence
• Serve as the market access lead across cross-functional teams
• Build and lead a lean market access function
• Prepare for CDC immunization program, state immunization program, and ACIP-adjacent policy stakeholder engagements

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 15+ years of experience in market access, pricing, reimbursement, or related functions within biotech/pharma
• Demonstrated experience supporting or leading product launches
• Strong understanding of adult vaccine access dynamics, including public health recommendations, Medicare Part B and Part D reimbursement, Medicaid, 340B program implications, CDC contract vehicles (Se
• Experience operating in lean or pre-commercial biotech environments
• Proven ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution
• Strong cross-functional leadership and stakeholder influence skills
• Experience managing gross-to-net financial modelling, including rebate strategy across payers
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with HEOR teams to translate cost-effectiveness models, budget impact analyses, and payer value dossiers into P&T committee submissions or ICER reviews
• Prior engagement with CDC immunization programs, state immunization programs, or ACIP-adjacent policy processes

Nice to have

• Advanced degree (MBA, MPH, PharmD, PhD)
• Experience in vaccines, infectious disease, or buy-and-bill products

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits
• Equity component
• Relocation assistance

About the company

Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from bacterial diseases.