Head of Payer Policy

Description

Are you motivated to participate in a dynamic, multi-tasking environment? Do you want to join a company that invests in its employees? Are you seeking a position where you can use your skills while continuing to be challenged and learn? Then we encourage you to dive deeper into this opportunity.

We believe in career development and empowering our employees. Not only do we provide career coaches internally, but we offer many training opportunities to expand your knowledge base! We have highly competitive benefits with a variety of HMO and PPO options. We have company 401k match along with an Employee Stock Purchase Program. We have tuition reimbursement, leadership development, and even start employees off with 16 days of paid time off plus holidays. We offer wellness courses and have highly engaged employee resource groups. Come join the Neo team and be part of our amazing World Class Culture!

NeoGenomics is looking for a Head of Payer Policy who wants to continue to learn in order to allow our company to grow.

Now that you know what we're looking for in talent, let us tell you why you'd want to work at NeoGenomics: As an employer, we promise to provide you with a purpose-driven mission in which you have the opportunity to save lives by improving patient care through the exceptional work you perform. Together, we will become the world's leading cancer reference laboratory.

Position Summary:

The Head of Payor Policy leads enterprise payor strategy at a pivotal stage of growth, enabling
market access for next-generation precision oncology diagnostics. This role owns end-to-end
payor policy, drives alignment across the organization, and ensures payor readiness for upcoming
product launches. The Head of Payor Policy is critical to translating innovation into patient
access and sustainable growth shapes coverage strategy and accelerates adoption of high-value
diagnostics.

Core Responsibilities:

• Owns and leads enterprise-wide payor policy strategy, ensuring alignment across R&D,
  Medical Affairs, Commercial, Operations, and Revenue Cycle
• Serves as a strategic partner to executive leadership (COO, CFO, CCO, CIO, CMO),
  embedding payor considerations into core business decisions and long-term planning
• Shapes product strategy and commercialization by integrating payor requirements into
  development, launch readiness, and lifecycle planning
• Acts as a key decision-maker in go/no-go discussions, with authority to challenge
  advancement when payor readiness is insufficient
• Drives alignment across policy, contracting, and pricing to optimize coverage, reimbursement, and market access outcomes
• Builds, scales, and leads a high-performing payor policy function, defining structure,
  capabilities, and long-term vision
• Partners cross-functionally with Medical Affairs, R&D, Commercial, Legal, Compliance, and other stakeholders to ensure cohesive execution of access strategies
• Ensures payor strategy is embedded across the full product lifecycle, from early
  development through post-launch optimization
• Serves as the external face of payor policy, engaging national and regional payors, Lab Benefit Management organizations, and key industry stakeholders
• Represents the organization in policy forums, industry groups, and reimbursement discussions, contributing to broader precision oncology policy development
• Establishes thought leadership in precision oncology reimbursement, influencing how
  emerging diagnostics are evaluated and covered
• Delivers measurable impact within the first 6-12 months, including improved coverage
  outcomes, stronger launch readiness, and enhanced enterprise alignment
• Operates as a trusted advisor to executive leadership and regularly presents to senior and board-level stakeholders

Experience, Education and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience required
• 12 or more years of experience in payor relations, market access, reimbursement, or managed care leadership with 7 or more years of management experience required
• Deep expertise in payer policy, coding, coverage frameworks, and reimbursement economics
• Experience influencing coverage decisions and working with Lab Benefit Management
  organizations
• Strong understanding of oncology diagnostics, precision medicine, and regulatory pathways
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives in complex, matrixed environments
• Ability to sit and/or stand for long periods of time
• Ability to lift up to 15 pounds

Travel: As needed for conferences

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.

Pay Range (will vary based on location & experience) $214,000 - $360,000


In all instances, the salary paid will satisfy minimum salary laws.