Senior Director, Medical Value Access Liaison - West

Geron Corporation

12h•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Director, Medical Value Access Liaison (MVAL) is a US medical expert responsible for building and sustaining strategic relationships with population health decision-makers (PHDMs). The Senior Director supports the Company’s market access strategy by communicating the clinical and economic value of imetelstat and future therapies to stakeholders such as payers, GPOs, clinical pathways organizations, and P&T committees. The Senior Director compliantly partners with the commercial market access field team to facilitate access to therapies through proactive engagement with organized customers, ensuring the delivery of accurate, non-promotional medical information. This position is remote with a corporate headquarters in Foster City, CA and Parsippany, NJ. The Senior Director will report to the Executive Director, Health Economics & Outcomes Research.

Requirements

Advanced degree required (e.g., PharmD, PhD, MD, DO, NP, PA)
12 years of experience in a relevant role, such as within managed care, the pharmaceutical industry, or consulting

Nice To Haves

Preferred experience in account management or completion of relevant residency/fellowship programs

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain relationships with national healthcare decision-makers, including payers, clinical pathway organizations, GPOs, and integrated delivery networks
Responsible for coordinating with HEOR lead and executing US HEOR strategy, including pathways, cost effectiveness models, and key RWE studies while integrating market access strategies
Engage with PHDMs in academic and community settings to present scientific and value-based evidence supporting the Company’s therapies
Deliver presentations and engage in discussions on economic modeling, value dossiers, real-world evidence pathways integration, and budget impact analyses with payers and formulary decision-makers
Provide accurate, evidence-based responses to medical inquiries, adhering to Company policies and guidelines
Collaborate with internal and external teams to ensure the inclusion of imetelstat in clinical pathways, payer pathways, and treatment order sets while optimizing budget impact assessments
Appropriately partner with health systems field personnel to provide clinical and value-based support at strategic corporate accounts
Act as a conduit for customer insights to inform the Company’s medical strategies and real world evidence collaborative studies
Identify and escalate opportunities for health outcomes research related projects and investigator-initiated research proposals which are aligned with medical plans
Provide medical expertise to internal stakeholders in training and interpretation of key scientific data to support decisions of corporate providers/decision makers
Collaborate with internal stakeholders in the development of PHDM-targeted resources
Represent the Company at relevant corporate provider associations and meetings as appropriate
This role also is responsible for generating real world evidence both as part of the evidence plan and in collaboration with customers.
Perform Regional Medical Scientific Director responsibilities for scientific engagement with key KOLs in the region(s) assigned
Travel domestically approximately up to 75% of the time