Manager, Market Access

Blue Matter is a rapidly growing management consultancy focused primarily in the biopharmaceutical industry. We partner with our clients to help them achieve commercial success across the lifecycle of their products, portfolios and organizations. Our project types include new product planning, launch strategy, portfolio planning, disease area strategy and organizational strategy. The majority of our work is in specialty therapeutics, including areas such as oncology, immunology, and rare disease. Our commercial planning also spans diverse care settings with distinct market access dynamics.

As a Manager with Blue Matter, you will join a startup firm with a dynamic and growing team of seasoned consultants, and have the opportunity to help grow and build the company. You will work collaboratively with senior internal and client team members to address critical business issues in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, and deliver value through providing innovative and actionable solutions to our clients.

Primary Responsibilities

• Manage project teams in the delivery of cross-functional projects across multiple areas of expertise, including product commercialization and launch, portfolio and product strategy, and organizational strategy and excellence
• Support project leadership in the development of project objectives; develop and manage project plans
• Identify required project tasks, assist project leads in assigning tasks to team members, and demonstrate accountability for ensuring task completion
• Design, execute, analyze and synthesize primary and secondary research efforts
• Identify key insights, recommendations, opportunities, and threats to inform corporate and commercial strategies
• Regularly engage senior-level clients
• Recruit, develop and manage top talent
• Identify business opportunities and support new business acquisition

Desired Experience and Skills

• Demonstrated expertise and experience in new product commercialization, product launch, product strategy, and organizational strategy and excellence
• Demonstrated expertise in supporting the development of effective U.S. market access strategies:
  • Demonstrated subject matter expertise in the areas of U.S. Coverage, Coding, Payment, and Pricing
  • Experience in / understanding of key market access decision makers, including organized customers and pathway decision makers.
  • Experience in / understanding of evidence needs to support market access and pricing
  • Experience in / understanding of evolving healthcare policy and the impact on access
  • Demonstrated subject matter expertise in both the medical and pharmacy benefit across all major US payer segments (e.g., Commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, and Federal Markets)
  • Demonstrated knowledge of reimbursement methodologies across core sites of care, including physician offices / clinics, hospital outpatient departments, hospital inpatient, and long-term care settings
• Prior experience in both medical benefit and pharmacy benefit specialty therapeutic areas
• Prior experience fielding primary market research initiatives in support of commercial strategy campaigns
• Demonstrated ability to lead multiple workstreams across matrixed teams
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree(s) (PhD, MD, MBA, MPH, JD, or MS)
• 4+ years of life sciences consulting experience or comparable biopharma industry experience

Compensation: Base salary range: $160,000 - $185,000 depending on experience. Generous incentive compensation structure.

Benefits Package:

• 401k - generous employer match with immediate vesting and financial planning resources
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage options effective day 1 of employment
• Flexible spending account (FSA) or Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Company paid insurances including Short- and Long-Term Disability and Life insurance as well as additional voluntary options
• Paid parental leave for all new parents
• Health & Wellness Benefit (e.g., gym memberships; $1000 reimbursement annually)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Generous paid time off including vacation, sick days, floating and company holidays

Blue Matter is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, age (40 and over), sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), national origin, disability, marital status, parental status, genetic information, political affiliation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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