[Hiring] Director, Patient Access @NS Pharma Inc

Role Description

The Director of Patient Access (DPA) is a strategic field-based access leader responsible for driving patient access to therapy through proactive education, stakeholder partnership, and cross-functional collaboration. The DPA serves as the local access expert, working within a collaborative Local Action Team (LAT) framework to remove reimbursement barriers, support authorization success, and optimize the overall patient experience across the continuum of care.

This role partners closely with:

• Healthcare Providers (HCPs)
• Infusion centers
• Hospital pharmacy teams
• Billing and coding professionals
• Specialty pharmacies
• Care coordinators
• Internal stakeholders

The territory for this role is SC, NC, MS, AL, GA, FL & PR. Qualified candidates must live in the territory.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; master’s degree or equivalent advanced education preferred.
• Minimum 10 years pharmaceutical industry experience with payer coverage and reimbursement.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience supporting healthcare authorization processes and HUB collaboration.
• Experience with medical benefit products, specialty pharmacy models, and rare disease infusion therapies required.

Requirements

• Deep knowledge of payer authorization and appeal processes.
• Understanding of commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid insurance structures.
• Knowledge of medical benefit vs. pharmacy benefit reimbursement.
• Experience supporting hospital outpatient departments (HOPD), home infusion, and alternative infusion sites.
• Demonstrated success in pharmaceutical field access, reimbursement, or market access roles.
• Launch experience preferred, particularly in rare disease, specialty, or cell/gene therapy environments.
• Experience working within integrated delivery networks (IDNs) and large health systems preferred.

Benefits

NS Pharma employees embrace our Mission to Help People Lead Healthier Happier Lives. We pride ourselves in offering employees and their families a robust Compensation and Benefits package designed to meet their needs, on and off the job.

• The annualized target salary range for this role is $195,000 to $215,000; actual salaries will vary and may be above or below this range depending on several factors, including experience, education, training, location, and merit.
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Basic and Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Discretionary Bonus Programs and Long-term Incentive Plan
• Retirement Savings 401k with company match
• Generous Paid Time Off, Sick Time & Paid Holidays including a paid Year-End Shutdown.
• Career Development, Progression and Training
• Flexible Work Arrangement Programs

Applications will be accepted until June 15, 2026, or until a candidate is hired. Applicants not hired will remain in our Talent community for future opportunity consideration. Thank you for your interest in NS Pharma.

NS Pharma is an EEO employer.