Market Access Partnership Lead

Cynet Systems•Tucson, AZ

About The Position

The Market Access Partnership Lead is a member of the U.S. Market Access team and reports to the Access & Reimbursement Strategy Leader. Funded by Personalized Healthcare Solutions (PHCS), the role serves as the U.S. market access lead for potential pharmaceutical/diagnostics partnerships across the Diagnostics portfolio. The lead works closely with PHCS, product teams, Business Development, Alliance Management, and other U.S. and global stakeholders to develop strategies, proposals, and presentations for partnership opportunities. The role assesses product-specific reimbursement, payer, evidence, stakeholder, and market-development needs, and defines the scope, deliverables, timelines, dependencies, resources, risks, and budget inputs for proposals and statements of work. After an agreement is signed, the lead turns commitments into an executable plan and is accountable for the agreed milestones, deliverables, governance, and partner communication. The lead may deliver access work directly or collaborate with the applicable product Access Strategy Lead. Current partnership activity is concentrated in Core Lab and Pathology Lab, with future opportunities expected across additional portfolio areas. The role also develops reusable frameworks, proposal content, work packages, tools, and processes to improve the speed, consistency, and quality of future opportunities. Indianapolis, Indiana is preferred; U.S.-based remote locations will be considered. Travel within the U.S. or globally may be required up to 30%.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in health economics, public health, business, life sciences, a clinical discipline, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
At least 5 years of relevant experience in market access, reimbursement, payer strategy, health economics and outcomes research, diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, consulting, or a related healthcare field.
Experience in diagnostics and/or pharmaceutical market access.
Strong cross-functional leadership, sound judgment in ambiguous situations, and ability to translate market and customer insights into practical access strategies.
Ability to influence a broad U.S. and global stakeholder network without direct authority.
Strong project or program management skills and ability to manage multiple opportunities and workstreams.
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, including experience communicating with external partners and senior leaders.

Nice To Haves

Experience working across both the diagnostics and pharmaceutical industries.
Strong knowledge of the U.S. payer, reimbursement, and evidence environment for diagnostic technologies.
Experience with biomarker or companion diagnostic programs.
Proven ability to develop and implement market access strategies that support measurable business, customer, and patient outcomes.
Experience developing proposals, statements of work, budgets, timelines, and partner-facing deliverables.
Experience supporting external partnerships, alliances, or client engagements.

Responsibilities

Serve as the U.S. Market Access lead for potential pharmaceutical/diagnostics partnerships, collaborating with global PHCS, product teams, Business Development, Alliance Management, and other stakeholders.
Develop and evolve a broad U.S. market access strategy for pharma partnerships across the Diagnostics portfolio.
Assess product-specific reimbursement, payer, evidence, stakeholder, and market-development needs.
Define market access scope, deliverables, timelines, dependencies, resource requirements, risks, and budget inputs for proposals and statements of work.
Develop and present partner-ready strategies, recommendations, proposals, and executive presentations.
Translate signed partnership commitments into executable plans and lead delivery of milestones, deliverables, workstream governance, and partner communication.
Lead market access work directly or collaborate with the applicable product Access Strategy Lead, engaging relevant U.S. and global experts and establishing roles and accountability.
Coordinate cross-functional workstreams and track progress, risks, decisions, budgets, and timelines.
Manage scope changes and escalate issues that may affect partnership health or delivery.
Develop reusable market access frameworks, proposal content, work packages, tools, and processes.