Remote National Payer Engagement Leader

Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 225,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Praxis Precision Medicines is seeking a senior leader to own the national payer engagement strategy, partnering with health plans, PBMs and GPOs to enable access for CNS therapies. You will drive pricing, contracting, and coverage decisions in a fast-changing market.

You’ll influence across Medical Affairs, Commercial, Market Access, and Finance to ensure payer readiness and successful launches, while traveling up to 70% as needed.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience (typically 15+ years) leading national payer engagement and market access.
• Proven success influencing access and reimbursement with national health plans, PBMs, and GPOs.
• Experience developing and executing Medicare Part D account strategies with senior decision-makers.
• Experience owning payer strategy through product launches, including payer strategy and cross-functional commercialization.
• Experience in CNS, specialty pharmaceuticals, rare disease, or other complex therapeutic areas.

Responsibilities

• Own and set the national payer engagement strategy for health plans, PBMs, GPOs, and other payers.
• Build trusted relationships with senior payer executives on formulary strategy, reimbursement, and coverage policy.
• Communicate the clinical and economic value of Praxis therapies to support favorable decisions.
• Lead Medicare Part D engagement strategies to support payer readiness and launches.
• Be the principal decision-maker on payer inputs to commercial strategy, pricing, and lifecycle planning.
• Partner with Medical Affairs, Commercial, Market Access, Finance, Legal, and executives to align payer plans with business objectives.
• Anticipate payer environment shifts and identify risks and opportunities for patient access.
• Represent Praxis as a thought leader in the national payer community.

Skills

Leading national payer engagement

Influencing access and reimbursement

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive presence

Strategic market access

Education

Bachelor’s degree required

Advanced degree in business, healthcare, life sciences, or related discipline preferred

Job description

Praxis Precision Medicines is seeking a senior leader to own the national payer engagement strategy, partnering with health plans, PBMs and GPOs to enable access for CNS therapies. You will drive pricing, contracting, and coverage decisions in a fast-changing market.

You’ll influence across Medical Affairs, Commercial, Market Access, and Finance to ensure payer readiness and successful launches, while traveling up to 70% as needed.