Patient Access Liaison - Northwest

Patient Access Liaison (Pal)

Intellia Therapeutics is seeking to build the Patient Access Liaison (PAL) team. The PAL role is a field-based expert responsible for supporting providers, care teams, and patients in navigating reimbursement, access, and site-of-care readiness for lonvo-z. As a key member of the patient access organization, the PAL serves as the primary operational resource for coverage, coding, billing, payer dynamics, and financial support pathways. The PAL works in close partnership with the Team Lead, Strategic Account Leads, Payer Account Team, Hub Services, and case managers to help ensure a seamless experience from prescription to treatment.

This is a career-defining opportunity to be join the first-ever commercialization of an in vivo one-time CRISPR based therapy, requiring the ingenuity to work in uncharted territory in genetic medicine.

This territory will include: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary field-facing expert for reimbursement, access, and logistical support for lonvo-z across assigned accounts.
• Educate provider staff on coverage expectations, coding and billing requirements, prior authorization processes, appeals pathways, and financial assistance resources.
• Conduct detailed site profiling to assess operational readiness, identifying potential bottlenecks in coverage, inventory, scheduling, infusion capacity, or workflow.
• Work closely with the Hub and case managers to troubleshoot patient-specific reimbursement or access challenges.
• Support the execution of access strategies designed by the Team Lead by identifying coverage trends, access barriers, and opportunities for proactive intervention.
• Facilitate communication between sites of care, payers, and internal teams to resolve issues related to denials, payment delays, single case agreements, and other reimbursement complexities.
• Provide real-time insights from the field to inform reimbursement tools, provider resources, and cross-functional planning.

Access and Stakeholder Engagement

• Build strong relationships with key access-related personnel, including practice administrators, billing staff, infusion center managers, financial counselors, and reimbursement specialists.
• Act as a trusted resource to providers by delivering clear guidance on policies, payer trends, and documentation requirements.
• Partner with internal stakeholders (Market Access, Payer Accounts, Policy, Case Management) to ensure alignment on strategy and messaging.
• Support site onboarding and training for new prescribers and infusion centers as they prepare to initiate therapy.
• Gather insights on payer environments, patient affordability trends, and site operational needsand communicate them promptly to the Team Lead.

Compliance and Documentation

• Ensure all access and reimbursement activities comply with company policies, healthcare laws/regulations, and OIG guidance.
• Maintain accurate documentation of field activities, access issues, and case resolution progress in accordance with company systems and SOPs.
• Adhere strictly to non-promotional boundaries while providing education and support.

About You:

• Strong understanding of reimbursement, billing/coding, claims processes, and payer dynamics for infusion-based therapies in the U.S. healthcare system.
• Experience supporting cell and gene therapies, highly specialized therapies, or one-time treatments is highly preferred.
• Ability to navigate complex access scenarios, including denials, appeals, medical exception processes, and single case agreements.
• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills with comfort engaging administrators, clinical staff, and financial/reimbursement personnel.
• Highly organized self-starter with the ability to independently manage priorities, operate in ambiguous environments, and provide thoughtful solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to assess site readiness and identify critical access barriers.
• Demonstrates professionalism, integrity, and a patient-centered mindset in all interactions.
• Willingness to travel up to 60% to engage with sites, teams, and stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in life sciences, business, healthcare administration, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in patient access, field reimbursement, specialty pharmacy/Hub services, or market access within the biopharmaceutical or healthcare industry.
• Experience supporting product launches in the U.S.
• Experience in rare disease and/or HAE (hereditary angioedema) strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with healthcare compliance requirements and payer policies across commercial and government channels.

EEOC Statement: Intellia believes in a diverse environment, and is committed to equal employment opportunity for all its employees and qualified applicants. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Intellia will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and will continue to be accepted until the position is filled at which point the position will be taken down.

The base salary for this position is expected to range between $193,500.00 - $236,500.00 USD per year.

The salary offered is determined based on a range of factors including, but not limited to, relevant education and training, overall related experience, specialized, rare or in-demand skill sets, internal comparators and other business needs. Upon joining Intellia, your salary will be reviewed periodically and additional factors such as time in role and performance will be considered. Intellia may change the published salary range based on company and market factors.

Additional compensation includes a performance-based annual cash bonus, a new hire equity grant, and eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards the value of which are determined annually at the Company's discretion.