Senior Director, Market Access Pricing & Contracting

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* Job Description:

**** Senior Director, Market Access Pricing & Contracting
** New Amsterdam Pharma is an innovative biotech company with the experience and expertise to deliver across its ambitious clinical, regulatory, and commercial goals. Our robust scientific approach focuses on advancing a new era of life-saving treatments for lipid-related diseases. Our vision is that people at risk for heart disease can take control of their health and live longer, fuller lives.

Our team is led by a world-class team of industry veterans and key opinion leaders, including some of the world’s preeminent cardiometabolic experts and we foster a passionate, supportive culture that is backed by a high level of integrity and inclusivity.  The Senior Director, Market Access Pricing & Contracting will report to the VP, Pricing, Trade & Value Communications to lead the development and execution of New Amsterdam Pharma's U.S. pricing, contracting, and gross-to-net (GTN) strategy in preparation for and following the company's first commercial launch, pending regulatory approval.

This individual will serve as the organization's subject matter expert on pricing and payer contracting, driving key decisions that optimize patient access, market competitiveness, and long-term revenue performance.

As a strategic leader and hands-on builder, the Senior Director will partner across Market Access, Marketing, Finance, Legal, Commercial, Medical Affairs, and executive leaders to establish pricing governance, evaluate market access tradeoffs, negotiate payer agreements, oversee rebate operations, and support launch readiness. The successful candidate will balance strategic analysis with execution excellence and thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.  This position is an individual contributor at the time of hire.
** Key Responsibilities
*** Lead development of U.S. pricing strategy, including WAC recommendations, launch pricing assessments, lifecycle pricing considerations, and competitive market analyses.
* Develop and maintain pricing governance processes, including cross-functional pricing committee leadership and executive decision support.
* Assess pricing implications of evolving market dynamics, policy changes, competitive actions, and payer management trends.
* Provide strategic pricing recommendations based on market research, payer insights, and financial analysis.
* Monitor the evolving impacts of IRA, Medicare redesign, inflation penalties, and other healthcare policy developments on pricing strategy.
* Monitor the evolving impacts of PBM reform including FTC settlements and the Consolidated Appropriations Act on pricing strategy.
* Design and execute payer contracting strategy across commercial, Medicare, PBM, GPO, integrated delivery network (IDN), and emerging customer segments.
* Develop channel- and customer-specific access strategies that balance formulary access objectives, net revenue targets, and patient affordability considerations.
* Partner with Account Management to support customer negotiations and formulate evidence-based contracting recommendations.
* Evaluate rebate, discount, and value-based agreement opportunities to optimize profitable access.
* Lead contract strategy discussions with executive leadership and provide recommendations regarding access tradeoffs and investment priorities.
* Lead GTN strategy development, forecasting assumptions, contracting scenario planning, and financial impact assessments.
* Partner with Finance to develop GTN forecasts, accrual methodologies, budgeting assumptions, and launch planning models.
* Oversee rebate administration strategy and external vendor management.
* Monitor contract performance, rebate effectiveness, and market access ROI to ensure…