Strategic Director – Managed Care Contracts

Vertex US Distribution; United States; Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 228,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Equity awards

Flexible work options

Job summary

Vertex is seeking a senior leader to oversee Managed Care Contracting across its Market Access teams. The Associate Director will drive end-to-end payer contract development, analytics, and governance, partnering with Account Management, Finance, Legal and GTN to identify opportunities and optimize contracting strategy.

Ideal candidates will have a strong finance/contracting background, advanced Excel/PowerPoint skills, and the ability to influence across functions while operating under tight

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a business discipline required.
• Typically requires 8 years minimum experience in payer contracting, contract administration and/or analytics in the Pharmaceutical, Life Science or related Industries or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end Payer contract development process, including negotiations and governance.
• Develop, maintain and improve internal processes across Finance, Legal and Market Access teams.
• Maintain calendar and matrix of bids/offers and coordinate communication of contract status.
• Facilitate transition of executed contracts to the appropriate operational team for implementation and/or adjudication.
• Provide insights to inform GTN forecasting, contracting, and pricing decisions and strategies.
• Support Account Managers with ad-hoc analysis, business planning and contract performance review.
• Use financial models to perform and verify calculations for business scenarios.

Skills

Payer contracting

Contract analytics

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial modeling

Excel

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in business

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Vertex is seeking a senior leader to oversee Managed Care Contracting across its Market Access teams. The Associate Director will drive end-to-end payer contract development, analytics, and governance, partnering with Account Management, Finance, Legal and GTN to identify opportunities and optimize contracting strategy.

Ideal candidates will have a strong finance/contracting background, advanced Excel/PowerPoint skills, and the ability to influence across functions while operating under tight