Associate Director, Access & Reimbursement (ADAR) CV- West Texas

Scorpion Therapeutics; Lubbock (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance incentive

Equity awards

Health benefits

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks a seasoned access & reimbursement professional to support patient access across complex accounts. You will educate providers, collaborate with executives and administrators, and help solve payer challenges to enable product access.

You will work with field teams and NPC colleagues to share insights, manage local coverage decisions, and keep abreast of evolving reimbursement pathways in specialty pharma.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; business/biological science preferred; advanced degree preferred.
• 5+ years in pharma/biotech (Patient Services, Market Access, Sales, and/or account management), including 2 years in a Patient Services practice support role for specialty products.
• Experience with complex practices/health systems to establish access and acquisition pathways.
• Strategic proactive account management.
• Expertise integrating manufacturer-sponsored patient support programs.
• Experience with specialty pharmacy network acquisition; knowledge of reimbursement pathways (specialty pharmacy, buy-and-bill, retail).
• Reside within territory or within 60 miles of territory border; travel 60–80%; valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Interact with large, complex accounts to support patient access; educate providers and staff to integrate programs into workflows.
• Partner with executives, providers, administrators, billing/coding, claims, and revenue cycle to support product access.
• Analyze access/reimbursement problems; support issues with third-party payers at the provider level.
• Support pull-through on local coverage decisions; communicate policy changes affecting other departments.
• Maintain expertise in regional/local access landscape and serve as reimbursement expert.
• Interface with Patient Support Center and Access & Reimbursement Managers for patient case management.
• Collaborate cross-functionally within NPC to share customer needs and barriers.
• Educate HCPs on acquisition pathways and buy-and-bill end-to-end workflows.

Skills

Account management

Patient services

Strategic planning

Reimbursement knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Biological sciences background

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Interact with large, complex accounts to support patient access; proactively provide face-to-face (or virtual as needed) education to providers and staff to integrate programs into office processes and workflows.
• Partner with therapeutic area office stakeholders (executives, providers, administrators, billing/coding, claims, revenue cycle) to support product access.
• Analyze access/reimbursement problems; support reimbursement issues with third-party payers at the provider level.
• Support pull-through on local coverage decisions; communicate policy changes/issues that may affect other departments.
• Maintain expertise in regional/local access landscape and serve as aligned therapeutic area product reimbursement expert.
• Interface with Patient Support Center and Access & Reimbursement Managers for patient case management (tracking cases, resolution, reimbursement support, staff education).
• Collaborate cross-functionally within NPC to share customer needs and barriers.
• Educate HCPs on acquisition pathways and buy-and-bill end-to-end workflows, including centralized/decentralized acquisition and alternative channels (white/clear/brown bagging; alternate site of care).

Buy and Bill Specific:

• Assess access situation in assigned geography; develop and communicate a Plan of Action (POA).
• Educate stakeholders on ordering, payment, inventory, and product returns/replacement.
• Serve as designated reimbursement expert for offices and field teams.
• Engage non-prescribers (e.g., pharmacy, system leadership, financial counselors, administrators, revenue cycle).

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required; business/biological science preferred; advanced degree preferred.
• 5+ years in pharma/biotech (Patient Services, Market Access, Sales, and/or account management), including 2 years in a Patient Services practice support role for specialty products.
• Experience with complex practices/health systems to establish access and acquisition pathways.
• Strategic proactive account management.
• Expertise integrating manufacturer-sponsored patient support programs.
• Experience with specialty pharmacy network acquisition; knowledge of reimbursement pathways (specialty pharmacy, buy-and-bill, retail).
• Reside within territory or within 60 miles of territory border; travel 60–80%; valid driver’s license.

Benefits (as stated):

• Performance-based cash incentive; eligibility for annual equity awards (role-dependent); comprehensive benefits including health/life/disability, 401(k) with match, and time off.

Application/Training Instructions:

• Complete initial training including home study and defined weekly/hour limits.