Associate Director/Director, Payer Marketing

Responsibilities

• Support the payer marketing team in the development of access and pricing strategies, with a particular focus on interpreting and quantifying the impact of proposed and implemented legislation, political actions, and PBM/payer initiatives.
• Monitor and interpret federal and state healthcare policy developments (e.g., CMS guidance, Medicare Part D rules, Medicaid coverage standards, commercial market regulations) to assess implications for payer access and affordability strategy
• Translate complex policy and regulatory changes into clear strategic guidance for payer marketing, brand teams, and senior leadership, working closely with Executive Director
• Partner with market access, legal, compliance, and government affairs teams to ensure payer strategies and materials align with current and emerging policy requirements
• Evaluate how policy changes (e.g., utilization management rules, inflation rebates, IRA provisions, coverage mandates) affect formulary positioning, access barriers, and payer decision-making
• Work across payer marketing team to integrate policy-driven insights into payer value propositions, and account-specific strategies across Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial segments
• Support scenario planning and forecasting by assessing downstream impacts of policy shifts on access timelines, contracting leverage, and payer behavior
• Develop internal education and training resources to improve cross-functional understanding of policy-driven access dynamics
• Engage in strategic planning for launches, LOE planning, and lifecycle management by incorporating policy uncertainty and payer response models
• Partner with the HEOR team to deliver value messaging to payers that is substantiated by real world evidence generation / synthesis

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in science, Business, Accounting, Finance, Mathematics, or related field required, MBA preferred
• 8-12 years of Pharmaceutical Industry related experience
• 6-10 years of Payer Marketing, Government Affairs, or PBM/Health plan experience or other Market Access related activities
• Ability to work onsite Monday, Tuesday & Thursday. We are unable to consider candidates who are looking for fully remote roles
• Deep understanding of the U.S. healthcare market: reimbursement, payment models including legal and compliance requirements is critical to the role
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and demonstrated critical thinking
• Strong understanding of the payer landscape and how payer decision making impacts providers and their patients
• Possess a strong intellectual curiosity and the desire to learn how clinical trial data and RWE factors into payer decision making
• Proven project management experience
• Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders

Benefits

• Axsome offers a competitive employment package that includes an annual bonus, significant equity and a generous benefits package.