Vice President, Global Market Access - Cell Therapy

More than one million people in the United States today are fighting blood cancer. While a traditional allogeneic stem cell transplant has been the best hope for many, the transplant itself can prove fatal or lead to serious conditions, such as graft vs. host disease. Orca Bio is a late-stage biotechnology company redefining the transplant process by developing next-generation cell therapies with the goal of providing significantly better survival rates with dramatically fewer risks. With our purified, high-precision investigational cell therapies we hope to not only replace patients' blood and immune systems with healthy ones, but also restore their lives.

Summary:

The VP of Global Market Access will lead the development and execution of strategies that optimize patient access to Orca Bio’s cutting-edge cell therapies, focusing primarily on the US and EU regions. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and healthcare providers to navigate the complex market landscape.

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement market access strategies that align with corporate goals and drive the successful launch and commercialization of cell therapies.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including payers, healthcare providers, and policymakers, to advocate for reimbursement and access.
• Market Analysis: Conduct comprehensive market assessments to identify trends, opportunities, and challenges in the cell therapy landscape.
• Reimbursement Strategies: Develop and oversee reimbursement strategies, including value-based pricing models, to ensure optimal reimbursement for products.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure that all market access strategies comply with relevant regulations and guidelines.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with R&D, commercial, clinical, and regulatory teams to align market access strategies with product development and commercialization plans.
• Budget Management: Oversee the market access budget and resources to ensure effective implementation of strategies.
• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of market access professionals, fostering a collaborative and results-oriented environment.

• Education: Advanced degree in life sciences, business administration, or a related field; MBA preferred.
• Experience: 15+ years in market access, with a focus on cell therapies or biologics, including leadership roles. Significant market building and launch experience required. Small company experience preferred.
• Knowledge: In-depth understanding of the healthcare landscape, payer dynamics, and reimbursement processes, including inpatient/outpatient reimbursement, US payer value and pricing as well as EU HTA and coverage dynamics.
• Skills: Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and communication skills. Proven ability to lead teams and manage complex projects.  Proven ability to develop and enhance product value propositions with US and EU payer audiences.
• Network: Established relationships with key industry stakeholders and decision-makers across the US payer landscape.

• Strategic Vision
• Negotiation Skills
• Relationship Management
• Data-Driven Decision Making
• Leadership and Team Development
• Ability to “zoom in” as a hands-on, detail-oriented contributor and “zoom out” as a strategic thought leader

Who we are

We are driven by a passion for science and compassion for patients. We act with urgency to ensure our treatments are one day accessible to all who need them.

We live by our core values of passion, courage, and integrity. Excellence in our work means the chance to unlock a better quality of life for our patients, and with that comes tremendous responsibility.

We innovate on a path that hasn’t been paved. We embrace an entrepreneurial spirit and take calculated risks to achieve our mission. We aren’t afraid to ask “why not” and challenge the status quo.

We maintain a start-up culture of camaraderie and leadership by example, regardless of title.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and recognize that celebrating our differences creates stronger, lasting solutions that better serve our team, our patients and their healthcare providers.

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