Director, Market Access Strategy, Access Optimization Lead (Oncology)
Quick Summary
Job Description Location: Philly or Durham. Must be onsite 2-3 days per week. Reporting to the Senior Director, Market Access Strategy, Oncology Portfolio Lead, the Director,
Responsibilities
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Serve as the market access strategy lead for assigned oncology brand(s), accountable for the integrated access strategy across payer, provider, patient support, pricing/contracting, trade/distribution, and organized customer segments.
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Act as the primary Market Access representative on the IBCT, shaping brand strategy and ensuring access considerations are embedded in core commercial decisions, launch plans, lifecycle planning, and performance discussions.
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Develop and own the near-, mid-, and long-term market access strategy, including strategic choices required to optimize access, brand growth, financial performance, and customer pull-through.
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Lead the development of the brand’s access perspective within the integrated brand plan, annual operating plan, and long-range strategic planning.
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Translate customer, competitor, policy, reimbursement, and market signals into actionable recommendations that evolve the value proposition, evidence needs, strategic priorities, and tactical plan.
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Partner with pricing and contracting, analytics, HEOR, patient experience, account teams, and trade/channel teams to evaluate choiceful tradeoffs across investments, GTN implications, customer strategies, and launch/lifecycle priorities.
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Shape the oncology access journey for the brand, identifying critical barriers and opportunities across coverage, coding, reimbursement, affordability, site of care, channel strategy, and patient support.
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Lead cross-functional alignment around access strategy and ensure the broader market access matrix is coordinated against the most important business priorities.
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Provide clear and timely access guidance to brand and senior leadership on competitive events, reimbursement changes, payer and provider dynamics, organized customer trends, and emerging risks/opportunities.
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Inform the development of customer-facing resources, evidence communication, segment strategies, and field guidance to ensure the market access strategy is translated into meaningful action.
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Support launch readiness and lifecycle optimization for new brands, new indications, and portfolio priorities within oncology.
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Build strong relationships across the organization and serve as a trusted strategic advisor on oncology market access issues.
Requirements
~1 min readBachelor’s degree
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Advanced degree (e.g., MBA, MPH, MS, PharmD)
Experience in oncology market access
Experience supporting oncology launches, relaunches, and/or new indication launches
Strong understanding of oncology reimbursement and access dynamics, including buy-and-bill, specialty pharmacy, specialty distribution, provider economics, and patient support models
Strong strategic thinking, communication, and influencing skills, including the ability to influence without authority
Experience with Commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, hospital / IDN / health system, and organized customer strategy
Experience navigating CMS policy, coding, reimbursement, medical benefit dynamics, and oncology-specific access barriers
Experience with 340B, site-of-care dynamics, and provider channel strategy
Demonstrated ability to synthesize quantitative analysis and qualitative insight into strategic recommendations
Experience making tradeoff decisions across competing initiatives, finite budgets, and GTN / access investment considerations
Strong executive communication and presentation skills
Experience managing agencies, third-party vendors, and strategic projects
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Experience leading cross-functional strategy in a matrixed organization
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- Posted
- September 22, 2026
- First seen
- September 29, 2026
- Last seen
- September 29, 2026
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- September 30, 2026
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