Director, Patient Support Services Strategy Operations

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Director, Patient Support Services Strategy Operations

In Bayer’s Pharmaceuticals division, we focus on researching, developing, and marketing specialty-focused innovative medicines that provide significant clinical benefit and value, primarily in the therapeutic areas of cardiology, oncology, gynecology, hematology, and ophthalmology. With our innovative products, we seek to achieve therapeutic benefit for patients, while at the same time satisfying the growing requirements of physicians and health insurers. As one of the leading research-based pharmaceutical companies worldwide, we have nearly 50 ongoing development projects in clinical trials.

Your Tasks And Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities of this role, Director, Patient Support Services Strategy Operations are to:

• Collaborate with Patient Support team and Market Access Strategy teams to develop and implement reimbursement and access strategies to remove access and affordability hurdles for patients on Bayer retail products;
• Conduct annual review of essential program services and continuously evaluate opportunities to change, modify or discontinue programs.
• Review, model, and communicate the effect of legislative and regulatory mandates and proposals on reimbursement and patient affordability;
• Act as subject matter expert and partner with Learning and Development team to create and deliver patient access services training for Bayer field and home office teams.
• Consult with brand teams to change, modify or discontinue programs based on changing market dynamics among payers, distributors, patients and physicians, product life cycle or legal and government policies;
• Ally with brand management and functional leaders to interpret branded strategic plans that drive program recommendations of design, vendor selection, and implement reimbursement and affordability programs to ensure patient access to Bayer retail products;
• Partner with Data Analytics team to develop and disseminate regular reports from hub partners and copay providers to the business units demonstrating insight into program function and evaluate for improvements;
• Engage with Data Management team to ensure data is received as contracted and incorporated into Bayer’s data aggregator and systems;

Who You Are

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our LIFE (Leadership, integrity, Flexibility, Efficiency) values. More specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Comprehensive understanding of each customer's business model to effectively reduce or remove any barriers and to positively impact product uptake;
• Ability to simultaneously represent interests of multiple products across portfolio;
• Bachelor's degree;
• Experience in emerging threats and technologies, such as copay accumulators and eBenefit Verifications.
• Strong and oral/written presentation skills, including experience in developing recommendation decks to Senior leadership;
• Excellent communication skills, including interpersonal skills to foster collaboration and trust;
• Proficiency developing retail reimbursement services strategy, copay/financial assistance program strategies and execution, inventory management, and developing patient support services among multiple disease states;
• Experience in developing access and financial support programs in a retail environment;
• Project management skills with the ability to work in a matrix environment;

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in hub planning, vendor selection, program development and implementation, and operations monitoring;
• Minimum 8 years of professional experience within the US Healthcare Industry;
• Experience in providing education to the Sales Force on patient access services;
• Extensive knowledge of planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating copay assistance programs;
• Knowledge of pharmacy programs, free trial programs, eVouchers and inventory management Strong understanding of CMS, Medicare Parts A, B, and D, commercial payers, and legislative/policy issues and how they affect reimbursement of Company and competitors products.
• Understanding of compliance regulations and guidance governing patient support reimbursement and access services Excellent understanding of market access needs across key segments;

Employees can expect to be paid a salary of approximately $$193,618 (or between $$154,900 to $232,300). Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant). Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc.. This salary (or salary range) is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant’s location, market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.

YOUR APPLICATION

Bayer offers a wide variety of competitive compensation and benefits programs. If you meet the requirements of this unique opportunity, and want to impact our mission Science for a better life, we encourage you to apply now. Be part of something bigger. Be you. Be Bayer.

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Bayer is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans

Bayer is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations in its application process for individuals with disabilities and encourages applicants with disabilities to request any needed accommodation(s) using the contact information below.

Bayer is an E-Verify Employer.

Location: United States : Residence Based : Residence Based

Division: Pharmaceuticals

Reference Code: 793534

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