Locations: Washington, DC; Baltimore, MD; Charlotte, NC; Raleigh/Durham, NC

How will your role help us transform hope into reality?

The newly created Field Access Manager is a critical field-based, customer facing role.  The product access expert in the region, the FAM will be responsible for: education of HCPs to increase account confidence in securing coverage, navigating payer requirements, and accessing available patient support programs; case management of individual, escalated patient cases to quickly resolve any access barriers; and account management with an emphasis on addressing the holistic state of the practice/health system relative to patient access.

The Field Access Manager is a non-promotional role that will report to the Director of Field Access under Market Access Operations.

 

What will you do?

• Execute Market Access strategies and act as a field Subject Matter Expert in preventing and addressing access issues through education and problem-solving to ensure appropriate patients can begin therapy in a timely manner.
• Engage all new customer accounts on first patient referral to educate office staff on access processes (i.e. acquisition options, payer policies, PA requirements, and appeals) and build and maintain AYVAKIT related access knowledge with office staff.
• Proactively engage assigned accounts to understand prescribing and authorization process workflows and provide office in-services on Your Blueprint Patient Support Programs with the goal of enhancing efficiencies in enrollment form completion and utilization.
• Monitor patient journey to ensure timely flow through process and respond to patient access escalations as they arise. Problem solve and provide simple solutions to perceived complex scenarios to support coverage approval and ensure patients can access patient support programs as needed, such as Co-pay, QuickStart, and PAP.
• Understand and maintain knowledge of national and local coverage polices. Monitor and maintain a high-level of marketplace awareness and understanding of industry trends. Respond to market dynamics, as needed.
• Compliant collaboration with a variety of internal/external stakeholders (i.e. Sales, Payer Account team, Specialty Pharmacies, Trade and Patient Services) to develop and execute territory business plans, escalate payer issues/challenges, and problem solve to enable timely prescription pull-through.
• Update and maintain CRM database, as needed.
• Compliantly handle Patient Health Information consistent with privacy laws.
• Travel between 50%-80% depending on assigned geographic needs of the territory, as well as attend regional, national and industry meetings, as appropriate.

 

What minimum qualifications do we require?

• Bachelor’s degree.
• A minimum of 7 years of pharmaceutical and/or biotech experience.
• 5+ years of relevant experience working as a field access/reimbursement manager or equivalent role.
• Candidate must live in or near one of the following metro areas: Washington, DC; Baltimore, MD; Charlotte, NC; Raleigh/Durham, NC.

 

What additional qualifications will make you a stronger candidate?

• Rare disease and/or Oncology experience.
• Product launch experience
• Proven track record of successfully securing patient access to oral, pharmacy benefit medications.
• Broad understanding of specialty pharmacy, managed care, pharmacy benefit managers, government payers and GPO/IDN accounts and how they impact product access.
• Working knowledge of manufacturer patient support programs and ability to articulate and simplify enrollment process and accessibility.
• Expert ability to analyze complex data and translate into actionable access strategies.
• Ability to communicate payer policy, coverage requirements and denial and appeals process.
• Strong understanding of the pharmaceutical regulatory and compliance guidelines.
• Experience working in a collaborative, matrixed environment with strong interpersonal communication, problem solving and solution-oriented mindset.
• A motivated self-started with demonstrated ability to understand total customer account with proven experience in building relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• PACS certification.
• Commitment to our Core Values: Patients First, Thoughtfulness, Urgency, Trust, Optimism

 

Why Blueprint?

At Blueprint Medicines, we achieve impactful results because of our global crew of compassionate innovators – the Blue Crew. Through authentic relationships and our collective entrepreneurial spirit and action, we are each empowered to take ownership and execute with strategic prioritization. We put trust in our people to break through norms and conventions using their individual strengths and insights, which drives our success.

This is the place where the extraordinary becomes reality, and you could be part of it.

Patients are waiting. Are you ready to make the leap?

 

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Affirmative Action

At Blueprint Medicines, we foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion.  A proud Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, we consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.  We are also an E-Verify Employer.  We will make reasonable accommodations, absent undue hardship, for qualified individuals with known disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability in need of an accommodation with the application or recruiting process, please reach out to TotalRewards@blueprintmedicines.com. 

For more information, please see our EEO-AA Policy Statement, the EEO Know Your Rights Poster, as well as our Pay Transparency Statement. 

 

Blueprint Medicines is a global, fully integrated biopharmaceutical company that invents life-changing medicines. We seek to alleviate human suffering by solving important medical problems in two core focus areas: allergy/inflammation and oncology/hematology. Our approach begins by targeting the root causes of disease, using deep scientific knowledge in our core focus areas and drug discovery expertise across multiple therapeutic modalities. We have a proven track record of success with two approved medicines, including bringing our medicine to patients with systemic mastocytosis (SM) in the U.S. and Europe. Leveraging our established research, development, and commercial capability and infrastructure, we now aim to significantly scale our impact by advancing a broad pipeline of programs ranging from early science to advanced clinical trials in mast cell diseases including SM and chronic urticaria, breast cancer and other solid tumors.

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