Field Reimbursement Manager - Respiratory - St. Louis, MO

AstraZeneca; United States; On-site; USD 162,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca plc is seeking a Field Reimbursement Manager for Respiratory Biologics to cover St. Louis and surrounding states.

This territory focuses on payer strategies, access programs, and collaboration with Market Access, Trade, Patient Support, Sales and Marketing. You will diagnose account challenges, develop ethical reimbursement plans, and influence key decision makers while delivering compliant, customer-centered solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum of 5+ years of total business experience in healthcare/pharma/biotech.
• Minimum of 2+ years of sales, managed care or reimbursement experience.
• Ability to travel 50-75% (overnight).

Responsibilities

• Partner with Marketing, Sales and Managed Markets groups to review franchise plans, tactics and priorities.
• Identify trends, address issues, and communicate resolutions to field.
• Maintain knowledge of Managed Care structures, reimbursement mechanisms, and guidelines.
• Access and influence key business decision makers.
• Maintain industry awareness and therapeutic area knowledge and utilization management techniques.
• Ensure strong performance metric analytics.
• Prepare and present provider-level communications.
• Maintain a comprehensive Territory Plan.

Skills

Healthcare industry

Sales experience

Access/Managed Markets

Travel 50-75%

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Field Reimbursement Manager - Respiratory Biologics - StLouis,MO

THIS POST CLOSES ON NOVEMBER 13, 2026.

The territory is centered on St. Louis and encompasses eastern Missouri, southern Illinois, southwestern Indiana, and western Kentucky.

This field-based individual-contributor role offers significant territory ownership and cross-functional visibility. You will partner with Market Access, Trade, Patient Support, Sales and Marketing while independently diagnosing account challenges and recommending compliant, customer-centered solutions.

At AstraZeneca, it's our patients that come first, every decision we make and action we take is centered around how we can better serve them. It's why we are shaping patient care for the future, working along the whole experience to give hope to billions of lives across the world.

The general purpose of the Field Reimbursement Manager (FRM ) role is to minimize reimbursement barriers for patients and providers and, therefore, support access to AstraZeneca products in the Respiratory Biologics therapeutic area. This purpose will be achieved by delivering high quality interactions with key physicians, accounts and institutional customers through specialized services. The FRM must have a strategic mindset and complex problem-solving skills, to be successful in their role.

FRMs will work directly with and across several different internal departments and cross-functional partners including Managed Markets, Access Services, Key Accounts, Trade & Channel as well as Sales & Marketing, supporting accounts experiencing challenging reimbursement, access and affordability cases in AZ's ATTR therapeutic area. FRM's are expected to develop and execute ethical and customer-oriented reimbursement strategies. They are expected to demonstrate market expertise in communicating payer criteria/terms and practices, as these relate to assigned AZ products.

As all other employees, FRMs are fully accountable for compliance with all laws, regulations, and policies that govern the conduct of Astra Zeneca activities.

What you'll do:

• Partners with manager, peers and internal partners in Marketing, Sales and various Managed Markets and Trade groups to review and contribute to relevant franchise and managed care business plans, tactics, goals and priorities
• With appropriate information, identify trends and emerging issues, align resources to address the issue, and communicate resolution to the customer/field in a timely fashion.
• Maintain a high level of Managed Care and related Managed Markets benefit structures, reimbursement mechanisms, legal and regulatory influences, and health management programs
• Access and influence key business decision makers
• Maintain an outstanding level of industry awareness and Therapeutic Area knowledge, utilization management techniques, and treatment and reimbursement guidelines
• Maintain an outstanding level of performance metric analytics
• Prepare and present provider level communications
• Maintain a comprehensive and detailed Territory Plan

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum of 5 plus years of total business experience in the healthcare or pharmaceutical/biotech industry.
• Minimum of 2 plus years of sales, managed care or reimbursement experience in the healthcare or pharmaceutical/biotech industry
• Ability to travel a minimum of 50-75% (overnight)

Preferred Experience :

• MBA or other related graduate-level degree is preferred.
• 8+ years of Biotech or Pharmaceutical Sales experience.
• 4 years of experience in the Respiratory Biologics therapeutic area.
• 2 years of Access Services, Reimbursement and/or Managed Markets experience.
• Significant and documented experience with business planning and market analysis.
• Minimum 2 years' experience with buy & bill physician administered specialty products.

Pay Transparency

The annual base pay for this position could range from $161,856 - $242,785. USD Annual. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours. Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition, our positions offer a short-term incentive bonus opportunity; eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles), to receive a retirement contribution (hourly roles), and commission payment eligibility (sales roles). Benefits offered include a qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; and health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employees will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discret