Associate Director, Access & Reimbursement — Travel‑Heavy

Scorpion Therapeutics; Erie (Erie County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based cash incentive

Annual equity awards (role-dependent)

Health/life/disability benefits

401(k) with match

Time off package

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics is seeking a senior Patient Access/Market Access professional to propel patient access strategies for aligned therapies across complex accounts. You will educate providers, coordinate with executives and revenue-cycle staff, and drive reimbursement solutions in collaboration with Sales and Market Access teams.

The role requires deep knowledge of payer pathways, local coverage, and buy-and-bill workflows with travel 60–80% within territory.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required (business and/or biological science preferred); advanced degree preferred.
• 5+ years pharma/biotech experience in Patient Services/Market Access/Sales/account management.
• 2+ years in a Patient Services practice support role for specialty products.
• Experience with highly complex practices/health systems; strategic/proactive account management.
• Knowledge of reimbursement pathways (specialty pharmacy, buy-and-bill, retail).
• Reside within territory or within 60 miles daily commute; travel 60–80% within territory.
• Valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Interact with large, complex accounts to support patient access to aligned therapeutic area products; provide face-to-face (or virtual as needed) education to providers and staff.
• Work with therapeutic area office stakeholders (executives, providers, administrators, billing/coding, claims, revenue cycle managers) to support patient access.
• Analyze problems and provide solutions for patient reimbursement; support provider-level reimbursement with third-party payers.
• Support pull-through of local coverage decisions; proactively communicate policy changes/issues.
• Maintain expertise in regional/local access landscape and act as the aligned therapeutic area reimbursement expert.
• Interface with Patient Support Center and Access & Reimbursement Managers on case management (tracking, issue resolution, reimbursement support, office staff education).
• Collaborate cross-functionally (e.g., Customer Engagement/Sales, Market Access) to share insights on access/reimbursement needs and barriers.
• Educate HCPs on acquisition pathways, including buy-and-bill end-to-end workflows and facility pull-through (centralized/decentralized acquisition; white/clear/brown bagging; alternate site of care).

Skills

Account management

Market access

Patient services

Sales

Reimbursement knowledge

Healthcare industry

Education

Bachelor’s degree (business or biological sciences)

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Scorpion Therapeutics is seeking a senior Patient Access/Market Access professional to propel patient access strategies for aligned therapies across complex accounts. You will educate providers, coordinate with executives and revenue-cycle staff, and drive reimbursement solutions in collaboration with Sales and Market Access teams.

The role requires deep knowledge of payer pathways, local coverage, and buy-and-bill workflows with travel 60–80% within territory.