Senior Director, Payer & Channel Strategy

Scorpion Therapeutics; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Pfirzer is seeking an experienced Senior Director to lead market access initiatives for an obesity portfolio. You will shape payer strategies across national and regional accounts, including Medicare and Medicaid programs, and collaborate with enterprise teams.

In this role, you will influence contracting approaches, craft the value story, and lead a team of direct reports with a proactive, player-coach leadership style to deliver access objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 12+ years of experience in market access, payer strategy, or related commercial roles in pharma/biotech.
• Direct experience negotiating or shaping payer, employer, or health system value propositions.
• Experience partnering with enterprise contracting, legal, and regulatory functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial strategy for national and regional payers and employers, including customer leadership in retail pharmacy, specialty pharmacy, and wholesale accounts.
• Create the value story, in partnership with enterprise Market Access teams on contracting execution.
• Identify and address key product barriers to access and performance using advanced contracting and pricing strategies, payer analytics, and payer market trends.
• Lead Medicare and Medicaid strategy and government program engagement.
• Use a player-coach leadership style to achieve key access objectives while overseeing a team of direct reports.

Skills

Market access leadership

Payer strategy

Contracting & pricing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Pfirzer is seeking an experienced Senior Director to lead market access initiatives for an obesity portfolio. You will shape payer strategies across national and regional accounts, including Medicare and Medicaid programs, and collaborate with enterprise teams.

In this role, you will influence contracting approaches, craft the value story, and lead a team of direct reports with a proactive, player-coach leadership style to deliver access objectives.