Remote Field Access Strategist

Lobby Co; United States; Remote; USD 175,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Cytokinetics is seeking a Field Access Manager to support the Southern California territory, including Hawaii, Alaska, and parts of Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. The role requires traveling within the territory to engage with healthcare providers, HUB vendors, and payer stakeholders, ensuring efficient access from prescription to therapy initiation.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in pharmaceutical access roles, strong payer knowledge, and proficiency with CRM and BI tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in relevant field; advanced degree preferred but not required.
• 10+ years in pharmaceutical field reimbursement or market access roles.
• Strong understanding of payer dynamics and prior authorization workflows.
• Experience with HUB systems and specialty pharmacy data feeds.
• Ability to resolve complex access cases in field or customer-facing roles.
• Proficiency with claims, benefit verification, and payer policy tracking.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building with HCPs and internal teams.
• Ability to operate in fast-paced launch environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead proactive identification and resolution of patient access barriers across payer coverage and copay.
• Partner with HCP offices to support benefits verification and payer documentation.
• Analyze HUB, specialty pharmacy, and payer data to identify access gaps and implement improvements.
• Serve as field access SME, providing approved education to internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Market Access, Patient Services, and HUB vendors to improve pull-through efficiency.
• Support launch readiness and lifecycle management by identifying access barriers early.
• Monitor key access metrics and translate insights into action plans.
• Manage high-priority case escalations involving complex reimbursement.
• Conduct payer landscape monitoring at the regional level.
• Deliver structured field insights to inform access strategy and HUB optimization.
• Maintain compliant documentation in CRM systems.
• Bridge strategy and execution to ensure access plans work in the field.

Skills

Payer dynamics understanding

Prior authorization workflows

CRM systems experience

Communication and relationship‑making

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor degree in business, life sciences, healthcare administration, or related field

Tools

CRM systems

Microsoft Office

BI tools (Tableau, Power BI)

Job description

Cytokinetics is seeking a Field Access Manager to support the Southern California territory, including Hawaii, Alaska, and parts of Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. The role requires traveling within the territory to engage with healthcare providers, HUB vendors, and payer stakeholders, ensuring efficient access from prescription to therapy initiation.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in pharmaceutical access roles, strong payer knowledge, and proficiency with CRM and BI tools.