Senior Manager Market Access & Reimbursements

About Acadia Pharmaceuticals

Acadia is advancing breakthroughs in neuroscience to elevate life. Since our founding, we have been working at the forefront of healthcare to bring vital solutions to people who need them most. We developed and commercialized the first and only FDA-approved drug to treat hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson’s disease psychosis and the first and only approved drug in the United States and Canada for the treatment of Rett syndrome. Our clinical-stage development efforts are focused on Prader-Willi syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease psychosis, and multiple other programs targeting neuro-psychiatric and neuro-rare diseases. For more information, visit us at Acadia.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

 

Position Summary:

As a Senior Manager in Market Access and Reimbursement, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing payer contracting strategies with key managed market partners. You will have the opportunity to directly impact the business by validating quarterly government price calculations, leveraging data insights, and driving strategic decision-making that enhances market access and reimbursement outcomes.

Primary Responsibilities:

Government Pricing

• Interface directly with GP vendor and manage all calculations
• Manage all rebate processing operations (Tricare, Medicaid, Medicare, etc.)
• Ongoing contracting operations (renewals, amendments, Public Law, etc.)
• Develop detailed models for future contracting needs to allow real-time analysis for how price points will move

Analytics and Cross Functional Support/Operations

• Develop model for price increase analysis to be better able to interface with Finance team on future price actions and recommendations
• Support Finance team through GTN analytics
• Better support Trade & Distribution team with customer dashboards or special projects and analysis (IDN identification, distributor scorecards, etc.)
• Support NAM team through payer mapping (primarily with Daybue)
• Work with NAM team on contract modeling and bid submissions
• MHA rebate program management and GPO analysis with LTC team
• Serve as a liaison with CIAO team on forecasting and ad hoc analysis/planning
• Develop and support analog research with internal and external parties across all markets (including pipeline products)
• Implement Market Access Competitive intelligence function through data gathering,  analysis and insights
• Prepare and develop tools for internal Europe price and access modeling
• Support New Product Planning team on pipeline and other asset forecasting and planning
• Leverage US price compendia to implement all operational components of price increases and new product loading
• Organizes, defines, researches and works through complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of functional area and related organizational objectives with guidance

Other Access Related

• Assist with other internal Access related projects on an as needed basis.

Education/Experience/Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, health care, business administration or related; Master's degree a plus. 
• Requires a minimum of 8 years of progressively responsible experience within contracts & pricing function and/or managed markets, access marketing, related functions in industry and/or consulting. 
• Also requires 3 or more years’ directly and progressively responsible experience related to managed care contracting including commercial, Medicare Part D, Medicaid etc.

 

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, see, talk or hear in a standard office environment and independently from remote locations. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.  Ability to travel independently overnight and work after hours if required by travel schedule or business needs up to 20% of the time.

 

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In addition to a competitive base salary, this position is also eligible for discretionary bonus and equity awards based on factors such as individual and organizational performance. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance, and location.