Hybrid Payer Engagement Account Director – Market Access

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About the role

  • Payer Engagement Account Director owning payer opportunities for innovative cancer detection technologies. Responsible for driving engagement with payers and resulting in access-enabling outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • Own and actively drive a defined pipeline of payer opportunities, with clear accountability for progress, outcomes, and timelines
  • Initiate, build, and expand relationships with assigned payer accounts, proactively identifying opportunities to advance discussions toward pilots, data evaluations, and access-enabling activities
  • Lead payer meetings from initial outreach through follow-up execution, ensuring momentum is maintained and next steps are clearly defined
  • Translate payer interest into concrete deliverables, including pilots, collaborations, or agreements, in close partnership with the Senior Director, Payer Engagement
  • Navigate complex payer organizations to identify and engage key clinical, economic, and decision-making stakeholders
  • Surface payer needs, objections, and decision criteria early, and work cross-functionally to address them efficiently
  • Partner with Market Access, HEOR, Medical Affairs, Commercial, Government Affairs, and clinical development teams to support payer-driven evidence and access requirements
  • Prepare and deliver compelling, compliant payer-facing materials that clearly articulate clinical and economic value
  • Maintain disciplined pipeline management, including documentation of payer interactions, progress, risks, and next steps
  • Represent the company with credibility, urgency, and professionalism in all payer interactions

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • 10+ years of experience in payer engagement, market access, managed care, or healthcare account leadership
  • Demonstrated track record of successfully closing payer negotiations that resulted in meaningful, expanded insurance coverage
  • This position will cover markets and institutions across the U.S., and candidates must be able to travel a minimum of 40% of the time

Benefits

  • flexible time-off or vacation
  • a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • carefully selected mindfulness programs

Job title

Payer Engagement Account Director – Market Access

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$168,000 - $231,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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