Director, Medical Managed Care — Payer Strategy Lead

Sarepta Therapeutics; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Sarepta Therapeutics is seeking a Director of Medical Managed Care to lead payer communications for Duchenne therapies and educate decision makers on clinical and health economics data. This field-based role requires extensive travel, strategic relationship-building with payers and thought leaders, and collaboration with National Accounts.

Ideal candidates hold an MD/PhD/PharmD or equivalent, with 10+ years in pharma/managed care and a strong understanding of the US healthcare system.

Qualifications

• BA/BS required. MD, PhD, or PharmD strongly preferred; MBA or additional degree in health economics, health outcomes, public health or health policy is a plus
• 10+ years of related experience with 3-5 years of pharmaceutical industry, managed care experience, or similar organizational experience required
• Strong Scientific and Pharmaceutical and Health Outcomes knowledge; preferably industry derived
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, exceptional listening skills, strong presentation skills, and good negotiating and influencing skills
• Willingness to travel >50%

Responsibilities

• Identify, develop and maintain relationships with key clinical decision makers within the payer and managed care community
• Develop and maintain credible and independent relationships with key medical, pharmacy, quality & health economics/outcomes/analytics opinion leaders within assigned accounts
• Work closely with Director National Accounts to help educate payer and market access customers on disease and treatment
• Interface with key customers/opinion leaders and assist internal stakeholders in interpretation of key scientific data to support policy decision-makers
• Prepare and deliver fair-balanced and comprehensive responses to clinical and scientific concerns of payer/managed care customers
• Communicate scientific information clearly in a variety of settings, including internal meetings, advisory boards, and 1:1 or group discussions with clinical decision makers
• Provide assistance in the development of payer tools/dossiers to demonstrate value from a payer perspective to support the safe and appropriate use of Sarepta products
• Participate in internal training and planning of national and regional opinion leader meetings
• Attend select scientific meetings and professional conferences for the purpose of providing Medical Affairs support and engaging in scientific exchange with key decision makers
• Provide GMA leadership with customer insights and correlating business recommendations
• Other related duties as required

Skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Negotiating and influencing

Team collaboration

Scientific/HEOR knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MD/PhD/PharmD preferred

MBA or health economics/HEOR degree a plus

Job description

Sarepta Therapeutics is seeking a Director of Medical Managed Care to lead payer communications for Duchenne therapies and educate decision makers on clinical and health economics data. This field-based role requires extensive travel, strategic relationship-building with payers and thought leaders, and collaboration with National Accounts.

Ideal candidates hold an MD/PhD/PharmD or equivalent, with 10+ years in pharma/managed care and a strong understanding of the US healthcare system.