Sr Director, National Accounts

Definium Therapeutics

3d • $220,000 - $280,000 • Remote

About The Position

Definium Therapeutics is a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on developing accessible treatments for psychiatric and neurological disorders using psychedelics. Our lead product candidate targets generalized anxiety, major depressive disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder, with another candidate in early development for autism spectrum disorder. We aim to address the underlying causes of these disorders and transform mental health care. Headquartered in New York and trading on Nasdaq (DFTX), we are committed to moving psychiatry forward.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of market access, payer, reimbursement, account management, or related biopharmaceutical experience.
• Demonstrated experience with national commercial health plans, PBMs, and/or large regional payer accounts.
• Track record implementing market access strategies and achieving account-specific access objectives.
• Understanding of payer policy, reimbursement, benefit design, formulary management, and coverage decision-making.
• Working knowledge of formulary review, medical policy development, prior authorization, step therapy, and medical versus pharmacy benefit considerations.
• Experience translating clinical, HEOR, outcomes, and value evidence into customer-relevant discussions.
• Experience engaging payer decision-makers, including P&T committees or similar clinical, pharmacy, medical policy, and value assessment forums.
• Strong executive relationship management skills with payer and PBM stakeholders.
• Cross-functional collaboration with Medical Affairs, HEOR, Commercial Operations, Patient Services, and Legal/Compliance.
• Ability to generate actionable customer insights and market intelligence.
• Knowledge of relevant compliance requirements and payer communication standards.
• Payer communications, including appropriate pre-approval information exchange and healthcare economic information, will be conducted in alignment with approved company materials, Medical/Legal/Regulatory review processes, applicable FDA guidance, PIE guidelines, and company compliance policies.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in CNS, psychiatry, mental health, behavioral health, or other specialty product launches preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implement approved market access strategies and develop customer-specific access and reimbursement recommendations.
• Own executive relationships with assigned PBMs, national commercial health plans, and other key market access stakeholders.
• Lead account planning, customer engagement, and business reviews for assigned accounts.
• Engage payer pharmacy, medical, clinical, policy, and reimbursement stakeholders.
• Partner cross-functionally to support payer access planning, reimbursement strategy, and customer-specific implementation needs.
• Translate approved clinical, outcomes, and economic evidence into payer-relevant discussions.
• Generate customer insights and market intelligence to support account planning, launch readiness, and leadership decision-making.
• Monitor payer trends, benefit design, formulary and medical policy processes, utilization management, behavioral health management, reimbursement dynamics, and competitive activity.
• Ensure payer planning discussions are accurate, consistent, and appropriately aligned with approved access, value, and launch readiness objectives.

Benefits

• 100% paid health benefits including Medical, Dental and Vision for you and your dependents
• 401(k) program with company match and vesting after the turn of the first month after your start date
• Flexible time off
• Generous parental leave
• Some fun fringe perks!

What This Job Offers

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