Payer Strategy Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $200/hr Part-time

mercor; United States; Remote; USD 241,000 - 276,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Payer & Market Access Expert for a remote, short-term pilot project. You will analyze drugs and drug-development programs, set gross-to-net and formulary-tier assumptions, and assess payer behavior across a defined set of drugs and classes.

The role requires hands-on experience with rebates, formulary tiering, and pricing strategies in a market-access context. The position is an hourly contractor engagement lasting 1–2 weeks, with an estimated 10–20 hours, inviting

Qualifications

• US-based payer / market access professional.
• Familiarity with biotech/pharma development programs.
• Hands-on with gross-to-net, rebates, and formulary tiering by drug class.
• 5+ years in market access, pricing & reimbursement, or managed markets.

Responsibilities

• Create and critique rubrics that analyze commercial drugs and drug-development programs.
• Set and pressure-test gross-to-net and formulary-tier assumptions by drug class.
• Judge whether coverage, rebating, and tiering assumptions reflect how payers actually behave.
• Apply this across the pilot's set of drugs and drug classes.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Skills

Payer / market access

Biotech/pharma knowledge

Gross-to-net expertise

Formulary tiering

Pricing & reimbursement

Job description

About the job Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Payer & Market Access Expert — Gross-to-Net & Formulary Strategy Type: Contract Compensation: $175–$200/hour Location: Remote Duration: 1–2 week pilot Commitment: 10–20 hours

Role Responsibilities

• Create and critique rubrics that analyze commercial drugs and drug-development programs.
• Set and pressure-test gross-to-net and formulary-tier assumptions by drug class.
• Judge whether coverage, rebating, and tiering assumptions reflect how payers actually behave.
• Apply this across the pilot's set of drugs and drug classes.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Qualifications Must-Have

• US-based payer / market access professional.
• Familiarity with biotech/pharma development programs.
• Hands‑on with gross-to-net , rebates, and formulary tiering by drug class.
• 5+ years in market access, pricing & reimbursement, or managed markets.

Compensation & Legal

• Hourly contractor