Field Access Leader – SoCal Cardio Payer Strategy

Cytokinetics, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 175,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

401k retirement benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Cytokinetics, Inc. is seeking a Field Access Manager to drive patient access across the Southern California region and adjacent areas. You will collaborate with sales, HUB vendors, and payers to resolve reimbursement barriers and ensure timely therapy initiation.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in pharmaceutical access roles, strong payer knowledge, and the ability to travel within a 100-mile radius of a major airport. This role emphasizes compliance and cross-functional partnership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in business, life sciences, healthcare administration, or related field.
• 10+ years of pharmaceutical field reimbursement, patient access services, HUB services, or market access support roles.
• Strong understanding of payer dynamics, reimbursement pathways, prior authorization workflows, and specialty pharmacy distribution models.
• Experience with HUB systems, case management platforms, and specialty pharmacy 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, education regarding payer documentation requirements and available patient support resources.
• Analyze HUB, specialty pharmacy, and payer data to identify systemic access gaps and implement compliant process improvements or access education.
• Serve as a field access subject matter expert, providing approved access education to internal stakeholders; no patient-specific case information may be shared with Sales.
• Collaborate with Market Access, Patient Services, and HUB vendors to improve pull-through efficiency and resolve recurring access friction points.
• Support launch readiness and lifecycle management by identifying access barriers early and executing field-based mitigation strategies.
• Monitor key access metrics (time to fill, PA approval rates, abandonment rates, conversion rates) and translate insights into action plans.
• Manage high-priority case escalations involving complex reimbursement or payer issues requiring cross-functional coordination.
• Conduct payer landscape monitoring at the regional level, identifying policy changes or coverage shifts impacting patient access.
• Deliver structured field insights to cross-functional partners to inform access strategy, HUB optimization, and patient support program enhancements.
• Maintain compliant, accurate documentation of case activity, interventions, and outcomes in CRM systems.

Skills

Field reimbursement

Payer dynamics

CRM systems

Stakeholder management

Travel readiness

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor degree in business, life sciences, healthcare administration

Tools

CRM systems

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Cytokinetics, Inc. is seeking a Field Access Manager to drive patient access across the Southern California region and adjacent areas. You will collaborate with sales, HUB vendors, and payers to resolve reimbursement barriers and ensure timely therapy initiation.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in pharmaceutical access roles, strong payer knowledge, and the ability to travel within a 100-mile radius of a major airport. This role emphasizes compliance and cross-functional partnership.