Access & Reimbursement Director (Central)
Travere Therapeutics
August 12, 2026
On-site
Colorado, United States
Market Access
Position Summary:
Director, Access & Reimbursement (DAR) leads and coaches a team of Access & Reimbursement Managers (ARMs) responsible for access & fulfillment activities across nephrology healthcare provider accounts and execution of the patient access field reimbursement strategy. Ensures providers, patients, and caregivers have the information/tools needed to start and stay on therapy. Fosters compliant communications across Patient Experience, Specialty Pharmacy, Market Access, and Field Sales.
Responsibilities:
- Hire, mentor, develop, and lead a field access & reimbursement team.
- Enable providers/patients/caregivers with tools to start and stay on therapy.
- Use KPIs/analytics to optimize field execution.
- Develop long/short-term strategic plans; manage team execution in a fast-paced environment.
- Create regional vision and team culture; motivate performance; build customer relationships.
- Manage performance, coaching, training, and regulatory/policy compliance.
- Identify and resolve access & fulfillment patient obstacles (pharmacy benefit, specialty pharmacy, REMS).
- Build regional access & reimbursement business plan; optimize initiation and pull-through metrics.
- Serve as access/reimbursement expert; train and direct the team.
- Lead cross-functional collaboration and communications with Field Sales and leadership.
- Create communication cadence between ARMs, hub services, REMS, specialty pharmacy, and payer account team.
- Spend time in field/virtual calls for development, issue resolution, and feedback.
- Train on coverage changes and support pull-through messaging.
- Analyze regional performance and address capability gaps.
Education/Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree (required; equivalent combination may be considered).
- 10 years pharma/biotech or related experience (specialty pharmaceutical, nephrology, rare disease, REMS preferred).
- 5+ years specialty medicines access & reimbursement landscape (HUBs, payers, specialty pharmacies).
- 3+ years field reimbursement manager.
- 3+ years first-line people leadership with demonstrated coaching and development.
Additional Skills/Experience (Preferred/Required as stated):
- Core values: Courage, Community Spirit, Patient Focus, Teamwork.
- Cross-functional experience (training, access marketing, operations, payer projects).
- Experience managing access complexities for new-to-market medications.
- Specialty pharmacy/network product experience.
- Relationship-building with HCPs, office staff, sales team, and hub counterparts.
- Reimbursement knowledge: commercial/private and government (Medicare Part D, VA).
- Reimbursement process education experience (benefit verification, prior auth, appeals, denials, letters of medical necessity, pre-determination).
- Computer skills (basic Excel, PowerPoint).
- Ability to resolve issues/educate virtually.
- Strong organization, multitasking, collaboration, attention to detail; excellent verbal/written communication.
- Record managing complex project plans, timelines, budgets, critical paths; adapt to plan changes.
- Field-based: live in/near region with access to major airport.
- Valid driver’s license; reliable vehicle.
- Travel up to 50% (predominantly within region).
- Ability to perform face-to-face work and meet credentialing requirements (including onsite in San Diego).
Benefits:
- Premium health, financial, work-life and well-being offerings; wellness and employee support programs; life insurance; disability; retirement plans with employer match; generous paid time off.
Compensation:
- Target base pay range: $189,000.00–$246,000.00 (base plus incentives; long-term incentives in company stock).
Application Instructions:
- Submit applications on an ongoing basis until a candidate is selected for the position.
Director, Access & Reimbursement (DAR) leads and coaches a team of Access & Reimbursement Managers (ARMs) responsible for access & fulfillment activities across nephrology healthcare provider accounts and execution of the patient access field reimbursement strategy. Ensures providers, patients, and caregivers have the information/tools needed to start and stay on therapy. Fosters compliant communications across Patient Experience, Specialty Pharmacy, Market Access, and Field Sales.
Responsibilities:
- Hire, mentor, develop, and lead a field access & reimbursement team.
- Enable providers/patients/caregivers with tools to start and stay on therapy.
- Use KPIs/analytics to optimize field execution.
- Develop long/short-term strategic plans; manage team execution in a fast-paced environment.
- Create regional vision and team culture; motivate performance; build customer relationships.
- Manage performance, coaching, training, and regulatory/policy compliance.
- Identify and resolve access & fulfillment patient obstacles (pharmacy benefit, specialty pharmacy, REMS).
- Build regional access & reimbursement business plan; optimize initiation and pull-through metrics.
- Serve as access/reimbursement expert; train and direct the team.
- Lead cross-functional collaboration and communications with Field Sales and leadership.
- Create communication cadence between ARMs, hub services, REMS, specialty pharmacy, and payer account team.
- Spend time in field/virtual calls for development, issue resolution, and feedback.
- Train on coverage changes and support pull-through messaging.
- Analyze regional performance and address capability gaps.
Education/Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree (required; equivalent combination may be considered).
- 10 years pharma/biotech or related experience (specialty pharmaceutical, nephrology, rare disease, REMS preferred).
- 5+ years specialty medicines access & reimbursement landscape (HUBs, payers, specialty pharmacies).
- 3+ years field reimbursement manager.
- 3+ years first-line people leadership with demonstrated coaching and development.
Additional Skills/Experience (Preferred/Required as stated):
- Core values: Courage, Community Spirit, Patient Focus, Teamwork.
- Cross-functional experience (training, access marketing, operations, payer projects).
- Experience managing access complexities for new-to-market medications.
- Specialty pharmacy/network product experience.
- Relationship-building with HCPs, office staff, sales team, and hub counterparts.
- Reimbursement knowledge: commercial/private and government (Medicare Part D, VA).
- Reimbursement process education experience (benefit verification, prior auth, appeals, denials, letters of medical necessity, pre-determination).
- Computer skills (basic Excel, PowerPoint).
- Ability to resolve issues/educate virtually.
- Strong organization, multitasking, collaboration, attention to detail; excellent verbal/written communication.
- Record managing complex project plans, timelines, budgets, critical paths; adapt to plan changes.
- Field-based: live in/near region with access to major airport.
- Valid driver’s license; reliable vehicle.
- Travel up to 50% (predominantly within region).
- Ability to perform face-to-face work and meet credentialing requirements (including onsite in San Diego).
Benefits:
- Premium health, financial, work-life and well-being offerings; wellness and employee support programs; life insurance; disability; retirement plans with employer match; generous paid time off.
Compensation:
- Target base pay range: $189,000.00–$246,000.00 (base plus incentives; long-term incentives in company stock).
Application Instructions:
- Submit applications on an ongoing basis until a candidate is selected for the position.