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Summary:

The Government Market Access Account Director is a pivotal role within our Market Access team. Reporting directly to the Executive Director of Market Access, the Account Executive is the primary liaison to our government access customers, promoting a positive corporate image and driving strategic initiatives. Your role is crucial in engaging targeted accounts and gaining meaningful access to all levels of formulary decision-makers to advance a financially responsible access position of company-promoted medications. The role will proactively identify coverage opportunities and work appropriately at the forefront of cross-collaboration with Policy, Advocacy, Field Medical, HEOR, Reimbursement Specialists, Marketing, and Sales functions to act on those opportunities. The priority will be to secure a formulary position for our lead investigational product, KarXT, and future assets. Your timely customer-centric insights, analytics, and market perspectives will unlock access potential while being a financial steward for the organization. Your influence and cross-functional engagement will drive the pull-through of insights to action, developing and delivering our medicine to patients faster.

This role is responsible for the West region (California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Hawaii and Alaska)

Responsibilities :

• Attain desired formulary position within targeted access accounts in a timely and fiscally responsible manner.

• Develop and execute strategically aligned account plans.

• Engage and network with key internal and external customers to identify and address specific needs and opportunities.

• Collaborate across functional, geographic, and company boundaries to meet mutual business goals and objectives.

• Manage and coordinate cross-functional and cross-disciplinary activity that addresses customer needs or supports achieving coverage goals within prioritized accounts.

• Develop and maintain customer relationships to attain near-term and ensure long-term success.

• Demonstrate a broad and deep understanding of the market and account-level information relevant to formulary decision-making, including, but not limited to, policies, formulary processes, competitive formulary activity and status, decision timeframes, key decision makers, decision influencers, and state priorities.

• Anticipate market dynamics and analyze market data to proactively identify and address channel and customer-level opportunities and threats related to drug access.

• Track, problem-solve, and analyze contracted product performance and communicate account performance broadly with key stakeholders.

• Strong knowledge of the Medicaid PBA/pooling groups and effectively managing those groups with or without a contract solution.

• Ensure critical customer and business insights are communicated/presented to support enhanced strategic and tactical plan evolution and implementation.

• Lead pull-through efforts with cross-functional business partners.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree

• Minimum of 7 years in customer-facing Market Access field-based account roles

• Proven success and execution in the following states: California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Hawaii and Alaska.

• Ability to demonstrate deep understanding and effective engagement with Medicaid Fee for Service (FFS) customers a must

• Previous account responsibility for a pharmaceutical product launch

• Demonstrated ability to establish strong customer/partner relationships

• Proven track record for engaging targeted payor clients at all levels of the organization, leading to successful attainment of desired formulary position

• Deep understanding of customer-specific review, approval, and reimbursement processes

• Strong analytic acumen, displaying the ability to assess and identify business opportunities and challenges

• Strategic mindset, prioritizing and aligning daily activity to overarching objectives

• Awareness and understanding of business implications stemming from relevant national, state, and departmental policies

• Experience across medical and pharmacy benefits a plus

• Experience in serious mental illness preferred; experience in schizophrenia a plus

• Strong negotiation skills are a must, as is maintaining a business approach that is equally focused on supporting the organization and the patients we are dedicated to helping

• Excellent verbal and written skills, allowing for an open and effective dialogue throughout the company

• Ideal candidate will be results-oriented, highly motivated, possess a high level of personal responsibility, and maintain an executive presence

• Highly accountable for the results and outcomes of their responsibilities

• Uses teamwork to work cooperatively toward the most effective solutions, championing the best ideas of team members, and assisting where help is needed yet is capable of highly independent work when efficiency is required

• Forward-thinking mindset with the ability to manage multiple projects and identify and resolve issues

The starting compensation for this job is a range from $220,000 - $270,000, plus incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility).

The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills and where the job is performed.

Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.

Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit our Working With Us (bms.com) (https://careers.bms.com/working-with-us)

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect and may include the following: Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care. Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP). Financial well-being resources and a 401(K). Financial protection benefits such as short- and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection and survivor support. Work-life programs include paid national holidays and optional holidays, Global Shutdown Days between Christmas and New Year’s holiday, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two (2) paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility. Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave. Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, fertility/infertility benefits, support for traveling mothers, and child, elder and pet care resources. Other perks like tuition reimbursement and a recognition program.

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Company: Bristol-Myers Squibb

Req Number: R1581086

Updated: 2024-05-17 01:01:52.379 UTC

Location: Lawrence Township-NJ

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