Field Access Specialist, NYC

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a Field Access Specialist to join us in our Market Access & Pricing team for the territory of New York City

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

• 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.
• Offer educational resources to support the entire patient journey by optimizing processes for prior authorizations/appeals/specialty pharmacy and addressing access issues.
• 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.
• Coordinate annual pharmacy reauthorizations at designated accounts to ensure timely reauthorization and continuation of therapy is maintained.
• 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.
• Build and execute a strategic business plan to meet the needs of top accounts and ensure successful implementation of market access initiatives.
• Obtain and maintain knowledge and understanding of payer landscape, including Specialty Pharmacy and utilization management criteria, on a national, regional and local level
• Continuously strive to understand the alignment of Payer/PBM/SP and how national/regional pharmacy drug formularies impact market access in their designated geography.
• 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.

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

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years proven commercial experience within the Biopharmaceutical industry
• Ability to travel up to 60%

Preferred requirements:

• 4+ years Market Access, specialty pharmacy, or Reimbursement experience in the Biotech/Pharmaceutical industry preferred
• Previous experience with product launch preferred
• Knowledge and understanding of specialty markets, HUB/Reimbursement services and patient access programs
• Knowledge of commercial insurers, managed care, government (Part D) and federal payer sectors
• Knowledge of Integrated Delivery Network/Integrated Health Systems

This positions reasonably anticipated base salary range is $121,000-177,000. The actual salary offered will take into account related knowledge, skills, experience and location among other factors and may fall outside the expected range.

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 with 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 equal 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.

UCB is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions will be made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

UCB invites you to voluntarily self-identify during the application process. Provision of self-identification information is entirely voluntary and a decision to provide or not provide such information will not have any effect on your application for employment, your employment with UCB, or otherwise subject you to any adverse treatment. Any information you provide will be considered confidential and will be kept separate from your application and/or personnel file and will only be used in accordance with applicable laws, orders, and regulations.

Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on US-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com for application to US based roles. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.