National Account Director

UroGen Pharma, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k Match

Paid Time Off

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

UroGen Pharma, Inc. seeks a National Account Director to lead market access strategies for national payer and healthcare org accounts. You will shape coverage policies, optimize patient access, and build executive relationships with payers and governments.

In partnership with field teams, you will monitor payer trends, advise on reimbursement, coding, and prior authorization, and drive opportunities in a fast-paced biotech environment with extensive travel.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of pharma/biotech experience.
• 10+ years in Market Access or Managed Markets.
• Knowledge of Medicare Part B, CMS regulations, Part B reimbursement.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytics, and business acumen.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute enterprise account strategies across national and government accounts.
• Identify value-based opportunities with payer and healthcare orgs.
• Provide expertise in reimbursement policy and payment models.
• Monitor Medicare and commercial coverage policies and trends.
• Establish executive relationships with payers and health plans.
• Lead cross-functional market access projects and initiatives.
• Educate regional teams on payer coverage and trends.
• Offer strategic guidance on coverage, prior auth, and coding.
• Communicate distribution and product access insights to field teams.
• Provide updates at regional and national meetings.
• Collaborate with distributors, contractors, and brand teams on market access.
• Travel approx. 75% to support accounts.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Verbal and written communication

Education

BA/BS required

MBA or advanced degree preferred

Job description

About the Company

UroGen is a biotech company dedicated to developing and commercializing innovative solutions that treat urothelial and specialty cancers. We are fundamentally changing the way patients are treated for urologic cancers. Watch our New Horizons in Bladder Cancer event and discover why it’s an exciting time to join UroGen® Pharma. Join us and be part of the team that will redefine the future of urological cancer treatment. Behind every UroGen innovation is the inspiration to empower uro-oncology patients with life-changing treatments. At UroGen, our people are our greatest asset. We cultivate a culture built on collaboration, creativity, and continuous growth. UroGen is a dynamic, rapidly expanding organization with an unwavering focus on improving the lives of patients because they deserve better.

Job Summary

The National Account Director (NAD) serves as the strategic market access leader for assigned enterprise payer and healthcare organization accounts, responsible for developing and executing access strategies that optimize coverage, medical policy, and patient access for UroGen therapies. The NAD establishes and maintains executive relationships with national, regional, government, and integrated healthcare organizations while proactively influencing coverage and reimbursement policies. In partnership with Field Reimbursement Managers (FRMs), Key Account Directors (KADs), and Regional Business Directors (RBDs), the NAD serves as the market access subject matter expert, providing strategic support on complex coverage, prior authorization, coding, reimbursement, and payment issues. The role also monitors payer trends and communicates actionable insights that help regional teams identify opportunities and address evolving market access challenges.

Job requirements

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Indirectly supervises employees through a matrix structure and influences cross-functional teams.

Experience

• Minimum 15 years of Pharmaceutical/Biotech experience, including 10+ years in Market Access and Managed Markets.
• Proven relationships with government and commercial payers, integrated delivery systems, professional organizations, and state societies.
• Current in-depth knowledge of Medicare Part B, Medicare Advantage, CMS regulations, specialty distribution, managed care trends, and Part B reimbursement.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical, problem-solving, and business acumen.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced entrepreneurial biotechnology environment.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.

Education

• BA/BS required; MBA or other advanced degree preferred.

Job responsibilities

• Develop and execute enterprise account strategies that optimize coverage, medical policy, and patient access across assigned national, government, regional, and integrated healthcare organization accounts.
• Identify, develop, and execute business opportunities by focusing on appropriate value-based relationships within key targeted payer and healthcare organization accounts.
• Demonstrate expertise in payment reform, reimbursement policy, and evolving payment models.
• Monitor and interpret Medicare, commercial, and integrated delivery system coverage policies, identifying trends and communicating strategic insights to Commercial and Market Access leadership.
• Establish executive relationships with government and commercial health plans, plan medical directors, pharmacy directors, and key decision makers influencing coverage or medical policies.
• Execute enterprise market access strategies within assigned accounts while partnering with regional field teams to ensure consistent execution and customer support.
• Lead or participate in strategic Market Access projects and cross-functional initiatives that support organizational priorities, contributing beyond assigned account responsibilities in a collaborative, entrepreneurial environment
• Educate and support Regional Business Directors, Key Account Directors, and Field Reimbursement Managers on payer coverage policies, reimbursement trends, and market access opportunities impacting regional performance.
• Serve as the market access subject matter expert for Regional Business Directors and their teams by providing strategic guidance on complex coverage, prior authorization, coding, reimbursement, and payment issues.
• Identify and communicate distribution and product access issues or trends to impacted field teams and cross-functional partners.
• Provide coverage and market access updates at regional and national meetings.
• Provide payer perspective and strategic input to distributors, contractors, managed markets, medical, marketing, and brand teams as needed.
• Understand the implications of payer and government regulatory decisions and proactively develop strategies and solutions.
• Approximately 75% travel required.

We offer a competitive salary, employee benefits, and an excellent work environment.

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k Match
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Assistance Program