Patient Access Manager

AstraZeneca GmbH; Gaithersburg (MD); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Health benefits

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

AstraZeneca is seeking a Patient Access Manager to lead US Patient Support Operations, overseeing Access 360 and AZ ME programs and supervising Intake Specialists, Patient Access Specialists, Team Leads, and Navigators. You will recruit, train, coach, and manage a dynamic team to ensure high satisfaction and effective access services.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Brand Engagement, Workforce, and Quality teams, plus managing external EMRs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years healthcare reimbursement experience.
• HIPAA policy knowledge and patient access data analytics.
• Experience with reimbursement policies, programs and government payer rules.
• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding targets.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, train, manage, coach and contribute to retention efforts.
• Organize and direct daily activities to ensure 100% case fulfillment and customer satisfaction.
• Monitor performance, timeliness and quality of support.
• Collaborate with Workforce for scheduling against workflow demands.
• Develop training plans and conduct employee evaluations.

Skills

Hire and train staff supervision

Coaching and performance management

Analytics and KPI reporting

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Master’s Degree

Tools

Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Job description

The Patient Access Manager (PAM) will be an essential member of the US Patient Support Operations.This positionis responsible forsupervising the day-to-day activities of the Access 360 and AZ&ME programs which may include Intake Specialist, Patient Access Specialist, Patient Access TeamLeadsand Patient Access Navigators. US Patient Support team members will include AstraZenecafull timeand/or External Managed Resources (EMRs). The EMRs or Contingent Worker positions will include both seasonal hires and longer-term roles. The PAM responsibilities will include recruiting, on boarding, training, productivity/quality monitoring,coachingand performance reviews. The PAM will provide their subject matterexpertiseto address complex coverage and reimbursement escalations. The PAM will support the implementation of new capabilities, programenhancementsand collateral for the US Patient SupportPrograms (Access 360 and AZ&ME). This position will also attend various meetings,trainingsand conferences torepresentUS Patient Support. The PAM will collaborate with the following departmental team members to successfully execute all program requirements: Brand Engagement Team, Work Force Management team, Business Solutions team, Quality and Training team, and Vendors and Capabilities Team.

Responsibilities:

• Recruit, train, manage,coachand contribute to retention efforts of employees

• Plans, organizes, and directs day to day activities for US Patient Support teams to ensure 100% case fulfillment with 100% customer satisfaction

• Manage assignments and troubleshooting

• Collaborates with Workforce team to schedule team members appropriately to match the demands of the daily/weekly/monthly workflow

• Actively coaching team members to maximize performance

• Maintains morale and work standards to ensure compliance with federal, state, local and company policies

• Directlymonitorthe timeliness and quality of support provided by agents

• Assertively seeks solutions at the root level of problems

• Monitor and report program performance and results against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and global standards

• Communicate all production and non-production standards,guidelinesand information to the supervised staff

• Ensure on-time delivery of performance reports and responses to inquiries from other functional areas

• Support the development of plans to meet future resource needs

• Work with US Patient Support Quality and Training team toestablishtraining plans for the supervised staff

• Conduct employee evaluations and coach employees on their individual development plans

• Provide weekly feedback to External Resource Management Organization (ERMO) point of contact on the performance of all EMR Contingent Worker team members

• Provide sound analytics and solutions around general reimbursement trends and access barriers

• Prepare and present presentations to Senior Leadership summarizing serviceutilization, gaps,improvementsand opportunities

• Support development and implementation of collateral and processes for the US Patient Support program, including but not limited to standard operating procedures, work instructions, reference documents, business rules, call scripts, templates, training presentations, and certification requirements

• Support implementation of new US Patient Support programs capabilities including participation in design/brainstorming meetings, requirements gathering, review and project implementation meetings, user acceptance testing, verificationof production.

• Participate upon request in various meetings or communications with cross functional teams (Field Reimbursement Manager (FRM) Regional calls, Strategic Field Communications, Patient Safety, Commercial Learning, Marketing, Compliance,etc) torepresentUS Patient Support.

• Support the Brand Engagement Team in assessing and meeting the Therapeutic Area (TA) resource needs

• Provide support asrequiredto the Operations Director(s) toassistin the fulfillment of his/her responsibilities

Requirements Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

• Minimum5 yearsofhealthcare/healthcarereimbursement experience;high levelofproficiencyin reimbursement and access

• Benefitinvestigations, specialty pharmacy distribution,

• Commercial and Government payer reimbursement policies and procedures, regulatory and administrative rules

• Patient Assistance Programs/Free Drug Programs

• Expert knowledge of specialty medicines

• Proventrack recordfor consistently meeting or exceeding qualitative, as well as any relevant quantitative, targets and goals

• Experience with HIPAA policy, patient accessdataand analytics

• Business travel, by air or car, may berequiredfor internal and external business meetings up to 20%

• Training experience

• Hybrid work location with 25% designated on-site team collaboration days

*Must be able to support all hours of operations (Hours of operations are 8am-6pm ET)

Preferred:

• Master’s Degree

• Billing/ Coding background in buy and bill and Specialty Pharmacy markets

• Project Management experience

Expected Competencies:

• Ability to hire, train, manage,coachandretainstaff

• Ability to drive projects and cases to completion, be self-directed, have excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Analytical thinking, problemsolvingand decision making

• Effective organizational management

• Provide organization systems for designing and measuring work processes

• Dedication to continuous improvement through empowerment and management by data and market research

• Creates a climate in which people want to do their best

• Can motivate many kinds of direct reports and team or project members

• Expertisein using Word,Exceland PowerPoint

• Can design practices, processes, and procedures which allow managing from a distance

• Dedicated to providing organization or enterprise-wide common systems for designing and measuring work processes

• Ability to multitask and manage multiple parallel projects

• Business acumen; knowledgeable in current andpossible futurepolicies, practices, trends,technologyand information affecting Access Services programs

• Managing through ambiguity

• Managing without authority

• Presentation skills

The annual base salary (or hourly rate of compensation) for this position ranges from $118,000-$177,000. However, 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) or to receive a retirement contribution (hourly roles). Benefits offered included 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, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Date Posted: 19-Aug-2026

Closing Date: 25-Aug-2026

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