Strategic Pharmaceutical Account Manager

Verity Pharmaceuticals, an emergent privately owned healthcare company actively promoting products in the US and Canada, is seeking a knowledgeable Strategic Pharmaceutical Account Manager. If you have a strong closer mentality, proven success in the field and ready to take your Pharmaceutical career to the next step then this opportunity may be for you.

We are seeking candidates that live within the St. Louis, MO Metropolitan areas but would consider candidates located KS, MO, MN, NE, IL, IA, OK, TX, WI, MI.

The Strategic Pharmaceutical Account Manager is part of the Market Access team supporting TRELSTAR and TLANDO in the United States. The primary objective of this role is to ensure appropriate patient access to therapy and to support the field sales team with all reimbursement-related needs.

This team focuses on helping practices, accounts, and providers obtain coverage for appropriate patients by providing the necessary education and support materials. These educational efforts helping practices, accounts, and providers obtain coverage for appropriate patients by providing the necessary education and support materials.

In this role, the Strategic Pharmaceutical Account Manager monitors national and local healthcare payer policies, builds relationships with key C-suite leaders within the Urology and Oncology space, and provides direct support to prescribing physicians, hospitals, and their staff on product access and reimbursement matters.

The Strategic Pharmaceutical Account Manager is responsible for managing targeted accounts within a defined region in support of field-based priorities. This role focuses on understanding and educating stakeholders on reimbursement, patient access, local health insurers, PBM coverage, and all economic factors related to the promoted drugs.

The Strategic Pharmaceutical Account Manager works closely with field partners to resolve reimbursement and access challenges affecting physician offices and multiple pharmacy channels, including 340B, Specialty Pharmacy Providers (SPP), and In-Office Dispensing (IOD). Acting as a support resource to the field sales team, this role also helps close accounts and drive new business.

The ideal candidate has a strong sales background and a deep understanding of access and reimbursement topics, including coverage, prior authorizations, appeals, exceptions, payer payment guidelines, and sites of care. Strong business acumen is required to support and contribute across multiple areas of the business.

• Incorporate knowledge of dynamic and complex marketplace and business trends to deliver maximum access to the portfolio of products
• Has a deep understanding of medical vs pharmacy benefit and policy as well as 340B Drug Pricing Program
• Understands the dynamics of Specialty pharmacy & “white bagging”
• Demonstrates a broad and wide understanding of the physician buy and bill model vs assignment of benefits to alternate sites of care
• Understands and can establish alternate sites of care to support patient options
• Possess expertise in Medicare and the variations within all 4 parts of Medicare
• Ensure processes are in place to drive clear communication with sales teams to ensure
• clarity of reimbursement and access issues and opportunities and support pull-through efforts
• Listen and respond appropriately to customer needs and questions
• Effectively and persuasively communicate with customers using effective selling, listening and negotiation skills, proper terminology, and approved messaging
• Maintain thorough knowledge of Verity products
• Regularly and timely communicate with the manager, as well as members of various support teams, as required
• Create and maintain a positive impression with customers
• Prepare reports for management as…