Compass Pathways

biotechnology

Director,StrategicPayerAccounts

$220–270k United States Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Director, Strategic Payer Accounts at Compass Pathways. Skills: Strategic Payer Account Strategy and Execution, Payer contracting, Value proposition development, Account planning, Stakeholder management. Driving and securing formulary access and coverage for COMP360 across Medicaid payers, as well as key Regional (Commercial and Medicare) payers ahead of and through launch. Establishing and maintaining strategic and productive customer relationships”

What You'll Achieve.

Drive optimal formulary positioning for COMP360 at launch and beyond; Sustainable coverage wins

Industry & Context.

biotechnology
Problems you'll solve

Comfortable working in ambiguous situations and building tools and capabilities from scratch

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Experience developing strategic account plans, Experience translating the COMP360 value proposition into sustainable coverage wins, Experience partnering internally with Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), Medical Affairs, Government Affairs, and Commercial Operations, Experience executing payer strategies with precision, Experience developing and executing account strategies across Medicaid and key Regional (Commercial and Medicare) payers, Experience staying current with dynamic market forces, customer organizational changes, and policy changes at the state and federal level, Experience incorporating market variables into proposed account strategies and tactics, Experience owning strategic and tactical planning and prioritization for assigned payer accounts, Experience profiling key decision-makers including Pharmacy Directors, Medical Directors, Clinical Pharmacy and Finance leads, Experience with US payer landscape, Experience with formulary decision-making processes, Experience with utilization management, Experience with prior authorization design, Ability to translate HEOR and health economic data into compelling value narratives for payer audiences, Hands-on launch experience at a growth-stage, Comfortable working in ambiguous situations, Comfortable building tools and capabilities from scratch, Exceptional stakeholder management, Credibility with external payer accounts, Credibility with internal cross-functional partners, Mission and values-aligned team player, Cross-functional leader, Passionate about expanding access to mental health, Demonstrates Compass' values: Compassion, Boldness, Inclusion, Rigour, Employment rights in the country to which you are applying

Nice to Have

P CNS/psychiatry or novel treatment modality experience, Payer contracting experience, Including Innovative contracting (e.g. value-based, outcome-based, volume-based, cap models), Advanced degree in Business, Public Health, Health Economics, or Pharmacy

What You'll Do.

Driving and securing formulary access and coverage for COMP360 across Medicaid payers

as well as key Regional (Commercial and Medicare) payers ahead of and through launch

Establishing and maintaining strategic and productive customer relationships

Developing strategic account plans that support efforts in translating the COMP360 value proposition into sustainable coverage wins

Partnering internally with Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR)

and Commercial Operations to ensure payer strategies are fully executed with precision

Develop and execute account strategies across Medicaid and key Regional (Commercial and Medicare) payers to drive optimal formulary positioning for COMP360 at launch and beyond

Stay current with dynamic market forces

customer organizational changes

and policy changes at the state and federal level

that impact Compass and/or payer customers

and incorporate those variables into proposed account strategies and tactics as necessary and appropriate

Own strategic and tactical planning and prioritization for assigned payer accounts

profiling key decision-makers including Pharmacy Directors

Clinical Pharmacy and Finance leads

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partnering internally with Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), Medical Affairs, Government Affairs, and Commercial Operations to ensure payer strategies are fully executed with precision; Exceptional stakeholder management equally credible with external payer accounts and internal cross-functional partners; Mission and values-aligned team player and cross-functional leader

Communication Scope

Translating HEOR and health economic data into compelling value narratives for payer audiences

Process & Methodology

Strategic and tactical planning and prioritization for assigned payer accounts

Full Job Description

Company introduction: Compass Pathways plc (Nasdaq: CMPS) is a biotechnology company dedicated to accelerating patient access to evidence-based innovation in mental health. The Company is headquartered in London, UK, with offices in New York City in the US. We focus on developing novel treatments that have the potential to improve the lives of those who are suffering with mental health conditions and who are not helped by current treatments.   We are pioneering a new paradigm for treating mental health conditions focused on rapid and durable responses through the development of our investigational COMP360 synthetic psilocybin treatment, potentially a first in class treatment. COMP360 has Breakthrough Therapy designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and has received Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway (ILAP) designation in the UK for treatment-resistant depression (TRD) due to the pressing unmet need in this area. We are currently in phase 3 for TRD, have completed phase 2 studies for both post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anorexia nervosa and are planning a further late-stage study in PTSD. We envision a world where mental health means not just the absence of illness but the ability to thrive. - Compass Pathways. Job overview: Our Director, Strategic Payer Accounts is responsible for driving and securing formulary access and coverage for COMP360 across Medicaid payers, as well as key Regional (Commercial and Medicare) payers ahead of and through launch. Reporting to the Senior Director, Strategic Payer Accounts, this individual is responsible for establishing and maintaining strategic and productive customer relationships, developing strategic account plans that support their efforts in translating the COMP360 value proposition into sustainable coverage wins, while partnering internally with Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), Medical Affairs, Government Affairs, and Commercial Operations to ensure payer strategies are fully

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