Patient Support Manager - Southwest US

COMPANY:

At BioCryst, we share a deep commitment to improving the lives of people living with complement-mediated and other rare diseases. For over three decades we’ve been guided by our passion for not settling for “ordinary” in our quest to develop novel medicines. We leverage our expertise in structure-guided drug design to develop first-in-class or best-in-class oral small-molecule and protein therapeutics, led by the efforts of our team of expert scientists in our Discovery Center of Excellence in Birmingham, Alabama. Our global headquarters is in Durham, North Carolina, our European headquarters is in Dublin, Ireland and our employees span the globe across sites in multiple countries. We are proud of our culture of engagement and accountability that rewards people for innovative thinking and achievement of key objectives. For more information, please visit our website at www.biocryst.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Patient Support Manager is a non-commissioned based role independent of the sales organization. This role is responsible for all aspects of Case Management for consented patients on a BioCryst product. This individual will provide reimbursement assistance, education, and support for BioCryst products. This individual will be responsible for educating patients, their caregivers, family members, physicians, nurses, and office staff, to address and prevent access barriers and for continued patient support. This individual will have a strong understanding of the product access and support needs of patients and healthcare providers in rare disease and/or specialty product markets. NOTE: Candidate must live in the Phoenix, AZ area of the US.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Direct the access support between consented patients and all relevant stakeholders (Pharmacy, MDO, support organizations).
  • Oversee quality-control efforts relating to Pharmacy interface with payers for consented patients.
  • Own the relationship between BioCryst and consented patients.
  • Direct and coordinate onboarding of all new consented patients.
  • Manage patient status changes within BioCryst Central and follow-up with internal stakeholders and pharmacy.
  • Enforce Patient Support Program business rules to administer access to these programs.
  • Manage and communicate reimbursement-related information to consented patients and MDOs
  • Control the flow of information to and communication touch-points with consented patients.

• Support adherence efforts.

• Collaborate with Market Access to execute regional reimbursement patient educational events.
  • Create and manage a comprehensive product access and patient support plan for consented patients. Lead the cross-functional execution activities.
  • Lead weekly meetings with cross-functional colleagues to manage alignment across functions related to patient product access and ongoing support
  • Collaborate with Patient Advocacy on engagement with local, regional, and national patient organizations to support patients.
  • Develop and facilitate training programs for contracted partners or vendors.
  • Collaborate with Marketing and other internal commercial functions to report key insights and findings in a compliant manner.
  • Adhere to all corporate compliance policies and procedures, including with regard to the receipt, and handling of PHI obtained through pharmacies, MDOs, and interactions with patients.
  • Maintain a high degree of customer focus.
  • Represent BioCryst at local, regional, and national conferences.
  • Overnight travel to meetings, conferences, and medical offices as needed
  • Demonstrate the highest degree of compliance and integrity.

• Other duties as assigned.

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • 5+ years of commercial experience in Specialty Pharmacy and/or biotech/pharma preferred.
  • Relevant experience in pharmaceutical patient access services.
  • Relevant experience in oncology, rare disease or specialty product markets required.
  • Relevant experience with new product launches strongly preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
  • Creative thinker; self-directed; able to develop a plan, gain alignment, and execute.
  • Highly collaborative; flexible and can work easily across functions; comfortable leaning into all aspects of a commercial business and making recommendations to optimize company or team approach.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Can build and maintain strong customer and partner relationships.

The statements in this position description are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. The manager may assign additional responsibilities and assignments from time to time.

BioCryst is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities without regard to age, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, Veterans status, disability and/or other protected class characteristics. Additionally, BioCryst is committed to achieving its business objectives in compliance with all federal, state and local law.

Originally posted on Himalayas