Senior Director, Market Access

Why join Freenome?

Freenome is a high-growth biotech company developing tests to detect cancer using a standard blood draw. To do this, Freenome uses a multiomics platform that combines tumor and non-tumor signals with machine learning to find cancer in its earliest, most-treatable stages. 

Cancer is relentless. This is why Freenome is building the clinical, economic, and operational evidence to drive cancer screening and save lives. Our first screening test is for colorectal cancer (CRC) and advanced adenomas, and it’s just the beginning. 

Founded in 2014, Freenome has ~400 employees and continues to grow to match the scope of our ambitions to provide access to better screening and earlier cancer detection.  

At Freenome, we aim to impact patients by empowering everyone to prevent, detect, and treat their disease. This, together with our high-performing culture of respect and cross-collaboration, is what motivates us to make every day count.

Become a Freenomer

Do you have what it takes to be a Freenomer? A “Freenomer” is a determined, mission-driven, results-oriented employee fueled by the opportunity to change the landscape of cancer and make a positive impact on patients’ lives. Freenomers bring their diverse experience, expertise, and personal perspective to solve problems and push to achieve what’s possible, one breakthrough at a time.

About this opportunity:

Freenome is looking for a Senior Director, Market Access to bolster our Commercial team. We're looking for a candidate with hands-on Market Access & Reimbursement experience for an in vitro diagnostic (IVD) during the critical launch and early commercialization stages. In this role, you will be instrumental in crafting and executing market access strategies that will be key to the successful commercialization of our products. Your commitment to patient care and access will significantly contribute to our growth and our mission to outpace cancer with early detection.

Reporting directly to the Chief Commercial Officer, this role will serve as a vital part of the Commercial leadership team.  There is a preference for this to be Hybrid, based in our Brisbane, California headquarters; however we will consider remote for an exceptional candidate.  

What you’ll do:

Market Access & Pricing

• Spearhead the development and execution of market access strategies to enhance patient access, secure reimbursement, and encourage product adoption
• Lead coding, coverage, and pricing initiatives to ensure reimbursement for our CRC screening test upon FDA approval and future product pipeline
• Craft access, reimbursement, and contracting strategies for various payer segments and geographies, aligning with our go-to-market roadmap
• Perform pricing analysis and modeling to establish optimal pricing and contracting that maximizes patient access and revenue
• Identify and build out the appropriate team to support our market access goals
• Collaborate with commercial, finance, and medical teams to develop value propositions, payer messaging, pricing strategies and evidence generation plans that support our market access goals
• Offer strategic leadership on policy issues, access-related market dynamics, and reimbursement 

External Engagement

• Monitor and report on healthcare policies, regulations, and trends that affect market access
• Engage with payers, government entities, and stakeholders to inform market access strategies
• Influence healthcare policies and reimbursement practices through engagement with policymakers and advocacy groups
• Conduct market research to understand the payer landscape and policy trends

Cross-Functional Launch Execution

• Lead market access launch readiness, including building out the necessary team to support our go-to-market plan
• Make recommendations for - and potentially drive - our reimbursement and billing operations infrastructure, including both systems and personnel
• Work with internal stakeholders to ensure market access strategies are in sync with business goals
• Develop KPIs to monitor the effectiveness of market access strategies
• Collaborate with Marketing, Legal, and Regulatory Affairs to drive coordinated payer engagement
  

Other

• Up to 30% travel

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