Field Reimbursement Manager - Respiratory - Washington DC

AstraZeneca • Gaithersburg, MD

1d • $161,856 - $242,785

About The Position

The Field Reimbursement Manager (FRM) supports patient and provider access to AstraZeneca products in the Respiratory Biologics therapeutic area by minimizing reimbursement barriers. This field-based individual-contributor role owns a territory and works with physicians, accounts, and institutional customers to provide specialized support, address complex reimbursement, access, and affordability challenges, and develop ethical, customer-centered reimbursement strategies. The FRM communicates payer criteria, terms, and practices as they relate to assigned products and brings strategic thinking and complex problem-solving to account challenges.

The role partners across Market Access, Managed Markets, Access Services, Key Accounts, Trade and Channel, Patient Support, Sales, and Marketing. The FRM contributes to business planning, identifies trends and emerging issues, coordinates resources and communicates resolutions, and maintains expertise in managed care, reimbursement, regulatory influences, market practices, therapeutic-area developments, utilization management, and treatment and reimbursement guidelines. The position requires substantial travel, including overnight travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 5 years of total business experience in the healthcare or pharmaceutical/biotech industry.
• At least 2 years of sales, managed care, or reimbursement experience in the healthcare or pharmaceutical/biotech industry.
• Ability to travel at least 50–75%, including overnight travel.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or another related graduate-level degree.
• 8 or more years of biotech or pharmaceutical sales experience.
• 4 years of experience in the Respiratory Biologics therapeutic area.
• 2 years of Access Services, Reimbursement, and/or Managed Markets experience.
• Significant documented experience with business planning and market analysis.
• At least 2 years of experience with buy-and-bill physician-administered specialty products.

Responsibilities

• Partner with managers, peers, Marketing, Sales, Managed Markets, and Trade groups to review and contribute to franchise and managed care business plans, tactics, goals, and priorities.
• Identify trends and emerging issues, align resources to address them, and communicate resolutions to customers and field teams in a timely manner.
• Maintain knowledge of managed care and related Managed Markets benefit structures, reimbursement mechanisms, legal and regulatory influences, and health management programs.
• Access and influence key business decision makers.
• Maintain industry awareness and therapeutic-area knowledge, including utilization management techniques and treatment and reimbursement guidelines.
• Maintain performance metric analytics.
• Prepare and present provider-level communications.
• Maintain a comprehensive and detailed territory plan.
• Develop and execute ethical, customer-oriented reimbursement strategies.
• Work cross-functionally to support accounts facing challenging reimbursement, access, and affordability cases.
• Comply with laws, regulations, and company policies governing AstraZeneca activities.

Benefits

• Qualified retirement program (401(k) plan).
• Paid vacation and holidays.
• Paid leaves.
• Medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage.
• Short-term incentive bonus opportunity.
• Eligibility to participate in an equity-based long-term incentive program for salaried roles.
• Retirement contribution for hourly roles.
• Commission payment eligibility for sales roles.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level