[Hiring] Dermatology Access & Reimbursement Manager @Novartis

Role Description

This is a field-based and remote opportunity supporting key accounts in an assigned geography. The Access & Reimbursement Manager (ARM) is a field-based partner who provides education and support to healthcare accounts on access, reimbursement, coverage, billing, coding, and patient support resources that help patients access prescribed therapies. This role collaborates closely with customers and cross-functional partners to deliver solutions that enhance the patient and provider experience.

• Partner with healthcare providers, practice leaders, billing teams, and other stakeholders to support patient access to prescribed therapies and treatment-related resources.
• Deliver education and guidance on access, reimbursement, coverage, and patient support programs, helping integrate these resources into office workflows and processes.
• Serve as a resource for questions related to product acquisition, ordering, payment, inventory management, and product return and replacement processes.
• Collaborate with customer accounts to navigate reimbursement, claims, prior authorization, denial, appeal, and coverage-related challenges, helping identify practical solutions that support patient access.
• Monitor and communicate changes in payer policies, reimbursement trends, and the evolving healthcare landscape that may impact patients, providers, or internal stakeholders.
• Support the implementation of patient assistance and co-pay programs, helping patients start and remain on appropriate therapy.
• Partner with Patient Support Services and other cross-functional teams to resolve access and reimbursement issues, track cases, and provide education that enhances the customer experience.
• Develop and execute account-specific access and reimbursement plans, including support for buy-and-bill processes, acquisition pathways, and site-of-care considerations across diverse healthcare settings.
• Build relationships with a broad range of non-prescribing stakeholders, including revenue cycle leaders, financial counselors, pharmacists, office administrators, and health system decision-makers.
• Share customer insights, market trends, and access barriers with internal partners while ensuring compliance with all applicable policies, regulations, and adverse event reporting requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required from 4-year college or university.
• 3+ years of experience in reimbursement, market access, managed care, clinical support, pharmaceutical sales, or a related healthcare environment.
• Experience supporting specialty pharmacy products through specialty pharmacy networks, distributors, or other specialty access channels.
• Knowledge of coding, billing, claims, reimbursement processes, and office-based patient support programs.
• Experience partnering with specialty pharmacies and navigating access and reimbursement considerations across the patient journey.
• Understanding of buy-and-bill reimbursement pathways, including product acquisition, coverage, and payment processes.
• Experience working with injection networks or provider-administered therapies in physician office, clinic, or health system settings.
• Candidate must reside within territory, or within a reasonable daily commuting distance of 50 miles from the territory border.
• Ability to travel 60-80% over a broad geography is required, with the ability to drive and/or fly within the territory.
• Must have a valid driver’s license.

Requirements

• Driving is an Essential Function of this Role: Meaning it is fundamental to the purpose of this job and cannot be eliminated.
• Because driving is an essential function of the role, you must have a fully valid and unrestricted driver’s license to be qualified for this role.
• The company provides reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified individuals with medical restrictions if an accommodation can be provided without eliminating the essential function of driving.

Benefits

• The salary for this position is expected to range between $145,600.00 and $270,400.00 per year.
• Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and, depending on the level of the role, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards.
• US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and a variety of other benefits.
• Employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves.

EEO Statement

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Accessibility and Reasonable Accommodations

The Novartis Group of Companies are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] or call +1(877)395-2339 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.