Field Access Specialist - Socal

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a Field Access Specialist to join us in our Market Access & Pricing Team based in Southern California

About the role
The Field Access Specialist (FAS) is a key field-based member of the U.S. Market Access & Pricing Team. The FAS will act as the main point of contact at designated accounts providing account management support to Biologic Coordinators and Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) on behalf of Patients prescribed a UCB Dermatology Biologic for approved indications.

Who you’ll work with
The Field Access Specialist will provide on-going education to accounts around the UCB Immunology Patient Services programs, payer landscape and pharmacy channel access. The FAS will help coordinate pull-through efforts for patients who have been prescribed a UCB Dermatology Biologic, irrespective of channel (HUB, specialty pharmacy, etc.), provided proper HIPAA consent has been secured from the patient. The FAS will be expected to be the primary face of the Patient Services platforms within designated Accounts. The FAS is also responsible for partnering with internal and external stakeholders to optimize access to UCB products for patients and health care providers (HCP).

What you’ll do

• Build and execute a strategic business plan to meet the needs of top accounts and ensure successful implementation of market access initiatives.
• Coordinate utilization of UCB’s patient service platform to seamlessly support the customer and patient when office chooses the HUB or SP as their ideal path to approved therapy.
• Expand long term stakeholder partnerships and build advocacy within HCP offices and equip them, through education, to navigate the access and payer approval process, identify access barriers that the HCP must act on to overcome, and highlight HCP actions that support patient access to therapy.
• Coordinate annual pharmacy reauthorizations at designated accounts to ensure timely reauthorization and continuation of therapy is maintained.
• Offer educational resources to support the entire patient journey by optimizing processes for prior authorizations/appeals/specialty pharmacy and addressing access issues.
• Continuously strive to understand the alignment of Payer/PBM/SP and how national/regional pharmacy drug formularies impact market access in their designated geography.
• Obtain and maintain knowledge and understanding of payer landscape, including Specialty Pharmacy and utilization management criteria, on a national, regional and local level
• Assist in providing appropriate field insights to ensure support of all access and patient/payer support programs and resources offered by UCB’s Patient Support Programs.
• Work cross functionally and collaboratively with partners in Market Access, Patient Services, Sales, Legal & Compliance and others to serve as process and payer experts. The FAS will help identify and address time sensitive market development and implementation efforts to help overcome access barriers to UCB products for appropriate patients.

Interested? For this role we’re looking for the following education, experience and skills

• Ability to travel up to 60%
• Knowledge of commercial insurers, managed care, government (Part D) and federal payer sectors.
• 5+ years proven commercial experience within the Biopharmaceutical industry, preferably within specialty pharmaceuticals.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Knowledge and understanding of specialty markets, HUB/Reimbursement services and patient access programs.
• 4+ years Market Access, specialty pharmacy, or Reimbursement experience in the Biotech/Pharmaceutical industry preferred.
• Previous experience with product launch preferred.
• Knowledge of Integrated Delivery Network/Integrated Health Systems.

The reasonably anticipated base salary range for this position is $135,000 - $200,000 per year. The actual salary offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.

Are you ready to ‘go beyond’ to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!

About us
UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are around 8,500 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.

Why work for us?
At UCB, we don’t just complete tasks, we create value. We aren’t afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected and has equitable opportunities to do their best work. We ‘go beyond’ to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that’s on our patients, our employees or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential.

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UCB and its subsidiaries encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race/colour/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity.