Field Access Lead: Reimbursement & Payer Strategy

Cytokinetics; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401k retirement benefits

Health insurance

Job summary

Cytokinetics is seeking a Field Access Manager to optimize patient access in the New Jersey territory. The role focuses on payer coverage, prior authorizations, copay programs, and specialty pharmacy routing, partnering with HCP offices and HUB vendors.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in pharmaceutical access roles, deep knowledge of payer dynamics, and strong cross-functional collaboration skills to ensure timely therapy initiation and continuity of access for patients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in business, life sciences, healthcare administration, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in pharmaceutical field reimbursement, patient access services, HUB services, specialty pharmacy, or market access support.
• Strong understanding of payer dynamics, reimbursement pathways, prior authorization workflows, and specialty pharmacy distribution models.
• Experience with HUB systems, case management platforms, and data feeds.

Responsibilities

• Lead proactive identification and resolution of patient access barriers across payer coverage, prior authorization, step edits, copay assistance, and specialty pharmacy routing.
• Partner with HCP offices to support benefits verification and payer documentation requirements.
• Analyze HUB, specialty pharmacy, and payer data to identify access gaps and implement improvements.
• Serve as field access subject matter expert, providing approved education to internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Market Access, Patient Services, and HUB vendors to improve pull-through and resolve friction points.
• Monitor access metrics and translate insights into action plans.

Skills

Payer dynamics

Prior authorization

Specialty pharmacy data

HUB knowledge

Communication

Education

Bachelor degree in business, life sciences, healthcare administration, or related field

Tools

CRM systems

Microsoft Office Suite

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Cytokinetics is seeking a Field Access Manager to optimize patient access in the New Jersey territory. The role focuses on payer coverage, prior authorizations, copay programs, and specialty pharmacy routing, partnering with HCP offices and HUB vendors.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in pharmaceutical access roles, deep knowledge of payer dynamics, and strong cross-functional collaboration skills to ensure timely therapy initiation and continuity of access for patients.