Payer Access Director — Biotech Growth (Equity Eligible)

Lever, Inc.; Kentucky; On-site; USD 250,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pre-IPO equity

Annual bonus

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

PTO and 401(k)

Parental leave

Job summary

Orca Bio is seeking a Payer Field Account Director to lead access strategy across the Southeast US, driving coverage with regional and national payers. You will collaborate with Field Sales, Medical Affairs, Legal, and Marketing to onboard treatment centers and optimize patient access.

The role requires deep payer experience, strong presentation skills, and the ability to manage complex reimbursement programs while traveling up to 40% for site onboarding and meetings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 12+ years payer/hospital reimbursement experience.
• Proven relationships with Commercial Payer Medical Directors, Medicare Part A, State Medicaid, and Managed Medicaid stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in payer case rates, policy development, and data tracking.
• Excellent presentation skills, both written and verbal.
• Proactive, collaborative, results-driven, with leadership in complex reimbursement environments.
• Knowledge of regulations protecting patient information (HIPAA/OIG/CMS).
• Willing to travel ~40% for onboarding and meetings.

Responsibilities

• Serve as single point of contact for Authorized Treatment Centers on payer-access engagements.
• Develop and execute regional and national payer strategies to secure access for Orca products.
• Present analyses of data, clinical goals, and economic outcomes to support value proposition.
• Leverage MSLs and clinicians to deliver disease-state presentations to decision makers.
• Maintain favorable payer policy and reimbursement across regional and national accounts.
• Partner with Academic Hospitals/Health Systems to ensure patient access for Orca products.
• Collaborate with Field Sales, Medical Affairs, Legal, Quality, and Marketing on access initiatives.
• Track KPIs and ensure dashboards reflect account market-access results.

Skills

Payer relationships

Analytical skills

Presentation skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel readiness

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Orca Bio is seeking a Payer Field Account Director to lead access strategy across the Southeast US, driving coverage with regional and national payers. You will collaborate with Field Sales, Medical Affairs, Legal, and Marketing to onboard treatment centers and optimize patient access.

The role requires deep payer experience, strong presentation skills, and the ability to manage complex reimbursement programs while traveling up to 40% for site onboarding and meetings.