Field Access Manager (FAM) - New York City

Responsibilities
• Lead proactive identification and resolution of patient access barriers across payer coverage, prior authorization, step edits, copay assistance, and specialty pharmacy routing.
• Partner with HCP offices to support benefits verification, education regarding payer documentation requirements and available patient support resources.
• Analyze and interpret HUB, specialty pharmacy, and payer data to identify systemic access gaps and implement compliance-approved process improvements or access education.
• Serve as a field access subject matter expert, providing approved access education to internal stakeholders consistent with compliance-approved materials; no patient-specific or account-specific case information may be shared with Sales.
• Collaborate with Market Access, Patient Services, and HUB vendors to improve pull-through efficiency and resolve recurring access friction points.
• Support launch readiness and lifecycle management by identifying access barriers early and executing field-based mitigation strategies.
• Monitor key access performance metrics (e.g., time to fill, PA approval rates, abandonment rates, conversion rates) and translate insights into action plans.
• Manage high-priority case escalations involving complex reimbursement or payer issues requiring cross-functional coordination.
• Conduct payer landscape monitoring at the regional level, identifying policy changes or coverage shifts impacting patient access.
• Deliver structured field insights to cross-functional partners to inform access strategy, HUB optimization, and patient support program enhancements.
• Maintain compliant, accurate documentation of case activity, interventions, and outcomes in CRM systems.
• Act as a bridge between strategy and execution, ensuring that access strategies are not just designed, but actually working in the field.

Qualifications
• Bachelor degree in business, life sciences, healthcare administration, or related field (advanced degree preferred but not required).
• 10+ years of experience in pharmaceutical field reimbursement, patient access services, HUB services, specialty pharmacy, or market access support roles.
• Strong understanding of payer dynamics, reimbursement pathways, prior authorization workflows, and specialty pharmacy distribution models.
• Experience working with HUB systems, case management platforms, and specialty pharmacy data feeds.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve complex access and reimbursement cases in a field-based or customer-facing role.
• Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical access data sources and processes (claims, benefit verification, SP reporting, payer policy tracking).
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to simplify complex reimbursement scenarios into clear, actionable steps.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills with HCP offices, field teams, and internal stakeholders.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced launch or high-growth commercial environment with multiple priorities.
• Proficiency with CRM systems and Microsoft Office Suite; familiarity with BI tools (Tableau, Power BI) is a plus.
• Experience training or supporting field sales teams on access and reimbursement topics is preferred.

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