Director, Payer Marketing

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$230K/yr – $260K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own payer access enablement by shaping payer-facing messaging, collateral, and training, while coordinating cross-functional teams to land COMP360 in payer channels.

  • Payer marketing ownership: develop payer segment strategies and collateral for US payers across commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, and VA/DoD/Tricare segments.
  • Cross-functional collaboration: lead stakeholder alignment to ensure compliant, payer-ready materials and seamless launch readiness.
  • Enablement & feedback: train Payer Account Directors and refine value props based on payer feedback and market needs.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop payer segment strategies and promotional collateral/tools for US payers, including health plans, PBMs (and PBM-affiliated GPOs) across the Commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, VA/DOD/Tricare market segments
  • Create a Payer Value Proposition deck for COMP360 that will be used as the primary tool for Payer Account Directors to educate payers on COMP360
  • Lead the coordination, engagement, and collaboration efforts with all stakeholder teams (internal and external) to ensure that all payer marketing materials successfully address the needs of our payer customers, while both supporting organizational goals and ensuring compliance Especially important will be working directly with the Payer Accounts Team on the design and purpose of these materials
  • Assist in creation of models, dashboards and analysis supporting early product access
  • Work with 3 rd party agency to design and produce effective payer marketing collateral/tools
  • Where applicable, develop Payer Account Director training on the tools and collateral created
  • Monitor feedback from payer customers and stakeholder teams to improve messaging, value prop, and tools consistently over time
  • Serve as a critical member of the cross-functional teams preparing for a successful launch of COMP360 to achieve optimal payer access and coverage

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Minimum of eight (8) years combined experience in Pharmaceutical Marketing, Account Management, Managed Markets/Payer Marketing
  • Demonstrated experience with Marketing, Managed Markets, Account Management
  • Demonstrated understanding of the mechanics and economics of the healthcare ecosystem, including influences across various payer segments
  • Demonstrated understanding of healthcare trends and policy issues and their potential impact on business opportunities
  • Deep US Market Access experience across all government and commercial segments
  • Analytic and modeling experience
  • Proven leadership skills with ability to lead across diverse departments, collaborating across stakeholders, and effectively engaging with senior management
  • Demonstrated strategic and critical thinking, problem solving, analytical mindset, planning and communication skills (written/verbal)
  • Participation in and development of early access strategies and related tools:
  • Value messaging
  • Contracting options across segments, inclusive of value-based approaches and alternative payment models
  • Site of care strategy
  • Payer policy inclusion
  • Provider access and reimbursement
  • Medical vs. pharmacy benefit coverage, combined with buy & bill strategy
  • Patient access and OOP
  • Pathway inclusion
  • Legislative policy impact

    Benefits

    • Reasonable accommodation during interview process to be at your best
    • We are committed to building a workplace where everyone’s wellbeing matters
    • We do not discriminate based upon race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military service, genetic information, familial or marital status, or any other status, category, or characteristic protected by applicable law.
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    We are Compass Pathways, a biotechnology company dedicated to accelerating patient access to evidence-based innovation in mental health. Our first clinical development programme is researching investigational COMP360 psilocybin treatment for patients with treatment-resistant depression. We want to transform the patient experience in mental health care.

    Founded in 2016
    London, England, GBR
    227 employees (6 in marketing)
    92% recommend to a friend
    100% CEO approval

    Traffic Signals

    Monthly Visitors
    28.4K
    Traffic Source Mix
    Search
    48.7%
    Direct
    38.3%
    Referral
    9.2%
    Social
    2.6%
    Paid
    1.1%

    Headcount Trend

    Current headcount: ~230

    Marketing Team

    Marketing Team Size
    4 (2% of company)
    Median Career Experience
    3 years
    Median Tenure
    0.8 years

    Funding

    Total Funding
    $771.2M
    Last Raise
    $200M
    Post IPO Equity, 18 days ago

    Funding History

    • Feb 2026
      Post IPO Equity • $200M
    • Feb 2026
      Post IPO Equity • $150M
    • Jan 2025
      Post IPO Equity • $150M

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