Director, Market Access and Reimbursement

Veranex; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Veranex invites a Director, Market Access and Reimbursement to join our team. You will lead client engagements, develop strategic plans, and oversee project delivery across health policy, payer trends, CMS actions, and market access for medical devices in the US.

Remote US or Boston/hybrid, you will mentor associates, manage timelines, and deliver high-quality client solutions while expanding Veranex’s presence in the market access space.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in Health Policy, Life Sciences, Economics or Business.
• Minimum of 6 years relevant consulting experience in healthcare or med-tech analytics.
• Strong presentation skills for high-impact client deliverables.
• Excellent report writing to distill complex information.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and project management for client engagements in US market access and reimbursement.
• Mentor Associates, Senior Associates and Managers with constructive feedback.
• Develop project plans, timelines and roles/responsibilities for project teams.
• Deliverables development, review and client-facing presentations.
• Perform primary and secondary research on health policy, payer trends and reimbursement policies.
• Provide strategic recommendations to clients and support market access strategy for devices and therapies.

Skills

BA/BS in Health Policy

6+ years consulting

Presentation skills

Excellent writing

Education

MS, MBA, MPH, PhD, PharmD, or MD preferred

Job description

Veranex’s mission as an Innovation CRO is to improve patient outcomes by accelerating our clients’ innovations to market. As the world’s only end-to-end professional services firm focused on MedTech, we take clients’ Vision to Velocity through our comprehensive service portfolio, with expertise in human centered design and product development, preclinical and clinical research, regulatory affairs, and market access and reimbursement consulting.

About This Role:

Veranex has an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Director, Market Access and Reimbursement. You will be part of a team working to improve lives globally through medical technology innovation. The Director, Market Access and Reimbursement will be responsible for leading the successful execution of client engagements through strategic planning, comprehensive project management, external vendor oversight, and the development and delivery of high-quality client solutions.

Location:

Remote US, or Boston/hybrid

What You Will Do:

• Track and evaluate how health policy, commercial payer trends, CMS & the AMA actions are driving change in the execution of and payment for healthcare services in the United States
• Integrated within the Veranex strategic infrastructure and business development to track key trends and determine the implications for clients and the medical device industry as a whole
• Establishing recognition as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for outgoing marketing of Veranex services
• Responsible for project management, mentoring project team members, and client communication
• Development of project plan and timelines including roles and responsibilities among team members
• Deliverable development, review, and delivery to clients
• Thought leadership and problem solving to deliver strategic recommendations to clients
• Check quality of client deliverables
• Experience across a wide range of project types and client objectives, such as:
• Guiding/leading team in conducting secondary research on current medical practices, competitive technologies, reimbursement policies, clinical guidelines, insurer coverage policies, analysis of impact of public policy changes on market access and reimbursement and other adoption factors
• Identify and readily use databases that support research and analysis needs
• Primary research (including experience with developing qualitative and quantitative primary research materials, supervising / conducting interviews; survey development, data analysis and visualization)
• Secondary research
• Pricing strategies for various technologies (e.g., specialty and orphan drugs, innovative devices, IVD)
• Development and delivery of client proposals
• Mentor direct reports: coach and develop Associates, Senior Associates, and Managers with constructive feedback based on project work performed
• Contribution to management operations
• Lead training activities

Qualifications:

Required skills:

• BA/BS in Health Policy, Life Sciences, Economic or Business-Related field.
• Minimum of 6 years relevant consulting experience, or a combination of experience and post graduate education in healthcare consulting, biopharmaceutical, or med tech market analytics experience
• Strong presentation skills from development of high impact deliverables to communication with senior level management
• Excellent writing skills including the ability to distill large amounts of information into usable reports

Preferred:

• MS, MBA, MPH, PhD, PharmD, or MD preferred.
• Experience with medical devices

Veranex is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination of any kind. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard for race, color, religion or belief, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity or gender expression), sexual orientation, parental or marital status, disability, age, status as a protected veteran, national, social, or ethnic origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The company is not able to sponsor visas or provide employment-based immigration sponsorship for this role now or in the future.