[Hiring] Payer Engagement Lead @Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc.

Role Description

This position may be performed remotely, but requires the flexibility and willingness to travel as needed.

At Praxis, we're building transformative medicines for people living with central nervous system disorders where the need for better treatments remains profound. The Payer Engagement Lead, National Accounts, will own the way Praxis engages with organizations that have the greatest influence on patient access across the U.S. healthcare system.

• Lead strategic relationships with national health plans, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), group purchasing organizations (GPOs), and other enterprise payer organizations.
• Own and set the national payer engagement strategy.
• Hold decision authority over pricing, contracting, and access strategy.
• Establish Praxis as a trusted partner with organizations that determine patient access to therapies.
• Utilize commercial judgment and recognized external thought leadership in market access.
• Influence across functions while keeping patients at the center of every decision.

• Own and set the enterprise payer engagement strategy for national health plans, PBMs, GPOs, and other enterprise payer organizations.
• Build trusted relationships with senior payer executives responsible for formulary strategy, reimbursement, utilization management, and coverage policy.
• Communicate the clinical, economic, and value proposition of Praxis therapies to support favorable coverage and reimbursement decisions.
• Lead Medicare Part D engagement strategies, leveraging established relationships with plan sponsors and PBM leaders.
• Serve as the principal decision-maker on the payer strategy inputs to commercial strategy, pricing, evidence generation, contracting, forecasting, and lifecycle planning.
• Partner closely with Medical Affairs, Commercial, Market Access, Finance, Legal, and Executive Leadership.
• Anticipate shifts in the payer environment, identifying emerging risks and opportunities.
• Represent Praxis externally as a recognized thought leader and spokesperson within the national payer community.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in business, healthcare, life sciences, or a related discipline preferred, or equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience (typically 15 or more years) leading national payer engagement, market access, national accounts, or related commercial functions within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
• Demonstrated success influencing access and reimbursement decisions with national health plans, PBMs, GPOs, and other enterprise payer organizations.
• Recognized authority on U.S. market access, including commercial plans, Medicare Part D, specialty pharmacy, reimbursement, and evolving payer dynamics.
• Experience developing and executing Medicare Part D account strategies and engaging senior decision-makers.
• Experience owning payer strategy through product launches.
• Experience in CNS, specialty pharmaceuticals, rare disease, or other complex therapeutic areas strongly preferred.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect market dynamics to commercial performance and patient access.
• A high degree of ownership, intellectual curiosity, sound judgment, accountability, and the latitude to set objectives independently.
• Ability to travel approximately 50–70% based on business needs.

Requirements

• The physical and mental requirements of our roles include regular use of a computer, devices or other office equipment, clear communication, and occasional movement.
• Comfort with screen work, basic hand coordination, and focus.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

Benefits

• Annualized Base Salary: $225,000 — $245,000 USD

Company Description

Praxis Precision Medicines is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company translating genetic insights into the development of therapies for central nervous system disorders characterized by neuronal imbalance.

Our core Values of Trust, Ownership, Curiosity, and Results are foundational to every aspect of our business and are exemplified by each and every one of our team members.

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Guided by our core values, at Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. we continue to DARE FOR MORE® to advance, promote, and champion diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to any characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.