Associate Director/Director, Payer Marketing

The role

The Associate Director/Director, Payer Marketing will drive payer marketing efforts to ensure products are represented to payer decision makers. This person will develop payer marketing strategy by collaborating cross functionally with Market Access, Brand Marketing, and other teams.

What you will do

• Support the payer marketing team in the development of access and pricing strategies
• Monitor and interpret federal and state healthcare policy developments
• Translate complex policy and regulatory changes into strategic guidance
• Partner with market access, legal, compliance, and government affairs teams
• Evaluate how policy changes affect formulary positioning and access barriers
• Integrate policy-driven insights into payer value propositions
• Support scenario planning and forecasting regarding policy shifts
• Develop internal education and training resources
• Engage in strategic planning for launches, LOE planning, and lifecycle management
• Partner with the HEOR team to deliver value messaging

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science, Business, Accounting, Finance, Mathematics, or related field
• 8-12 years of Pharmaceutical Industry related experience
• 6-10 years of Payer Marketing, Government Affairs, or PBM/Health plan experience or other Market Access related activities
• Ability to work onsite Monday, Tuesday & Thursday
• Deep understanding of the U.S. healthcare market: reimbursement, payment models including legal and compliance requirements
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and demonstrated critical thinking
• Strong understanding of the payer landscape and how payer decision making impacts providers and their patients
• Possess a strong intellectual curiosity and the desire to learn how clinical trial data and RWE factors into payer decision making
• Proven project management experience
• Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent oral, written and presentation skills
• Familiarity with current legal and regulatory landscape pertinent to the industry

Nice to have

• MBA
• Previous product launch experience, preferably in the CNS space

Benefits

• Annual bonus
• Significant equity
• Generous benefits package

About the company

Axsome Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company leading a new era in the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) conditions. Their neuroscience portfolio includes FDA-approved treatments for major depressive disorder, agitation associated with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease, excessive daytime sleepiness associated with narcolepsy and obstructive sleep apnea, and migraine.