Executive Director, Market Access

PMV Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 275,000 - 330,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Paid Time Off

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

PMV Pharma is seeking an Executive Director of Market Access to lead the U.S. market access strategy for rezatapopt, enabling launch readiness across pricing, reimbursement, patient support, and distribution.

You will build a fit-for-purpose market access organization, partnering with Commercial, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Finance, and Supply Chain to ensure broad patient access for this biomarker-defined therapy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Public Health, Business, Health Economics, or related field preferred.
• 15+ years of biopharmaceutical industry experience with progressive leadership responsibility in market access, pricing, reimbursement, payer marketing, patient services, or related commercial functions.
• Proven experience leading market access strategy for at least one U.S. oncology product launch.
• Experience supporting or leading market access readiness for a company's first commercial launch.
• Deep expertise in U.S. payer systems, specialty pharmacy, reimbursement, patient access programs, distribution models, contracting, and gross-to-net management.
• Demonstrated success building market access capabilities, infrastructure, teams, and vendor networks in emerging biotechnology organizations.
• Strong cross-functional leadership experience partnering with Commercial, Medical Affairs, Clinical, Regulatory, Finance, and Operations teams.
• Excellent executive communication, strategic planning, and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the U.S. market access strategy aligned with overall commercial objectives, launch plans, brand positioning, and financial goals.
• Lead market access planning and execution for PMV Pharma's first commercial oncology launch, including post-launch optimization.
• Translate payer, provider, and patient access insights into actionable strategies, launch assumptions, and risk mitigation plans.
• Establish key performance indicators and dashboards to monitor coverage, reimbursement, patient affordability, time-to-therapy, and gross-to-net performance.
• Lead development of pricing strategy, contracting approach, payer segmentation, access scenarios, and gross-to-net assumptions in partnership with Finance and Commercial leadership.
• Develop payer value propositions, reimbursement strategies, and engagement plans for national and regional payers, PBMs, IDNs, oncology networks, and pathway organizations.
• Serve as the company's subject matter expert on U.S. payer dynamics, formulary processes, coverage policy development, and reimbursement trends.
• Partner with Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, and HEOR stakeholders to ensure clinical, economic, and real-world evidence plans support payer engagement, reimbursement, guideline inclusion, and long-term value demonstration.
• Lead development of payer value materials, AMCP dossiers, budget impact analyses, and pre-approval information exchange strategies.
• Design and implement patient support services, field reimbursement strategy, hub services, co-pay assistance programs, and specialty pharmacy solutions.
• Lead development of trade and distribution strategy, including specialty pharmacy network design, 3PL coordination, and launch-related operational readiness.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Finance, Legal/Compliance, and Commercial Operations to ensure compliant and efficient access infrastructure.
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing market access organization appropriate for PMV Pharma's stage of growth.
• Select and manage consultants, agencies, and external vendors supporting access strategy, HEOR, reimbursement, patient services, and trade operations.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on market access risks, opportunities, and launch readiness milestones.

Skills

Executive leadership

Market access strategy

Payer dynamics

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree in Life Sciences/Pharmacy/Public Health/Business/Health Economics

Job description

Reports to: Chief Commercial Officer
Location: Remote

About PMV Pharma

PMV Pharma is a precision oncology company pioneering the discovery and development of small molecule therapies targeting p53. TP53 mutations are found in approximately half of all cancers. Building on more than four decades of p53 biology, PMV Pharma is advancing innovative therapies designed to address significant unmet need in oncology.

Position Summary

The Executive Director, Market Access will lead the development and execution of the U.S. market access strategy for rezatapopt as PMV Pharma prepares for its first commercial launch. This ED will be responsible for designing and building a fit-for-purpose market access organization and ensuring successful launch readiness across pricing, reimbursement, payer strategy, contracting, patient support services, distribution, trade, and evidence generation.

As a key member of the Commercial Leadership Team, the ED will work cross-functionally with Commercial, Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Regulatory, Finance, Legal/Compliance, Supply Chain, and external partners to ensure broad, timely, and appropriate patient access for a novel precision oncology therapy in a biomarker-defined patient population.

Key Responsibilities

Market Access Strategy & Launch Readiness

• Develop and execute the U.S. market access strategy aligned with overall commercial objectives, launch plans, brand positioning, and financial goals.
• Lead market access planning and execution for PMV Pharma's first commercial oncology launch, including post-launch optimization.
• Translate payer, provider, and patient access insights into actionable strategies, launch assumptions, and risk mitigation plans.
• Establish key performance indicators and dashboards to monitor coverage, reimbursement, patient affordability, time-to-therapy, and gross-to-net performance.

Pricing, Contracting & Payer Strategy

• Lead development of pricing strategy, contracting approach, payer segmentation, access scenarios, and gross-to-net assumptions in partnership with Finance and Commercial leadership.
• Develop payer value propositions, reimbursement strategies, and engagement plans for national and regional payers, PBMs, IDNs, oncology networks, and pathway organizations.
• Serve as the company's subject matter expert on U.S. payer dynamics, formulary processes, coverage policy development, and reimbursement trends.

Evidence Generation & Value Communication

• Partner with Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, and HEOR stakeholders to ensure clinical, economic, and real-world evidence plans support payer engagement, reimbursement, guideline inclusion, and long-term value demonstration.
• Lead development of payer value materials, AMCP dossiers, budget impact analyses, and pre-approval information exchange strategies.

Patient Access, Distribution & Operations

• Design and implement patient support services, field reimbursement strategy, hub services, co-pay assistance programs, and specialty pharmacy solutions.
• Lead development of trade and distribution strategy, including specialty pharmacy network design, 3PL coordination, and launch-related operational readiness.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Finance, Legal/Compliance, and Commercial Operations to ensure compliant and efficient access infrastructure.

Organizational Leadership

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing market access organization appropriate for PMV Pharma's stage of growth.
• Select and manage consultants, agencies, and external vendors supporting access strategy, HEOR, reimbursement, patient services, and trade operations.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on market access risks, opportunities, and launch readiness milestones.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Public Health, Business, Health Economics, or related field preferred.
• 15+ years of biopharmaceutical industry experience with progressive leadership responsibility in market access, pricing, reimbursement, payer marketing, patient services, or related commercial functions.
• Proven experience leading market access strategy for at least one U.S. oncology product launch.
• Experience supporting or leading market access readiness for a company's first commercial launch.
• Deep expertise in U.S. payer systems, specialty pharmacy, reimbursement, patient access programs, distribution models, contracting, and gross-to-net management.
• Demonstrated success building market access capabilities, infrastructure, teams, and vendor networks in emerging biotechnology organizations.
• Strong cross-functional leadership experience partnering with Commercial, Medical Affairs, Clinical, Regulatory, Finance, and Operations teams.
• Excellent executive communication, strategic planning, and influencing skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience launching precision oncology, biomarker-driven, companion diagnostic-enabled, or rare oncology therapies.
• Direct responsibility for building and scaling a market access function.
• HEOR, value evidence generation, and payer communication experience.
• Familiarity with specialty distribution, state licensing, 3PL implementation, and specialty pharmacy network design.
• Global market access exposure.

Salary Range & Benefits

The expected salary range for this position is $275K to $330K, representing the potential low and high ends. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors such as experience, skillset, and performance. The salary range listed is just one component of our total compensation package. PMV Pharma also provides a competitive suite of benefits, including health care benefits (medical, prescription drugs, dental, and vision insurance), paid parental leave benefits and adoption assistance, a generous Paid Time Off program, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, rewards and recognition program, and much, much more.

Living the PMV Values

Success at PMV is measured not only by what we achieve, but also by how we achieve it. Employees are expected to:

• Put patients and science at the center of decisions.
• Demonstrate integrity, transparency, and accountability.
• Collaborate across functions with respect and professionalism.
• Embrace diverse perspectives and continuous learning.
• Take ownership, execute with excellence, and deliver results.

These behaviors are considered in hiring, development, performance evaluation, promotion, and leadership decisions.

PMV Pharmaceuticals is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.