Regional Account Director UHG Vertical, Health Plan & PBM CA, AZ, NV, HI
Takeda
June 28, 2026
Remote
United States
$184,000 - $253,000 USD yearly
Sales
Responsibilities:
- Accountable to deliver Takeda’s “Partner for Access” strategic intent across priority and select non-priority accounts; own Commercial, Medicare, State Medicaid, and Managed Medicaid books of business.
- Gain, protect, and improve profitable access to Takeda products; deliver partnership aspiration to priority accounts.
- Engage payers on Takeda’s broad portfolio (small molecule, specialty, rare and orphan).
- Serve as the “Face of Managed Markets” and main internal contact for market access topics across Business Units.
- Work with local matrix colleagues to identify market access trends/opportunities/issues and drive pull-through; communicate access changes and local impact to maximize wins and mitigate losses.
How you will contribute:
- Secure and maintain appropriate formulary and/or written medical policy access focused on profitable access.
- Build and execute strategic account plans based on account priorities.
- Optimize payer opportunities using volume/claims analytics and reimbursement data.
- Negotiate contracts and meet revenue/rebate objectives vs. budget.
- Build and present business cases for contracting opportunities.
- Influence PBMs/downstream clients to model and provide favorable access to Takeda brands.
Qualifications:
Required:
- BS/BA degree.
- 3+ years leadership (1st/2nd line) or payer account management experience.
- Broad portfolio experience across multiple therapeutic areas; ability to manage multiple therapeutic areas across regional PBMs and payers.
Preferred:
- Specialty/rare disease market experience (e.g., sales, brand/payer marketing, field reimbursement, patient services, specialty pharmacy).
- In-depth understanding of commercial, Medicare, and PBM business and regional decision-making processes.
- Accountable to deliver Takeda’s “Partner for Access” strategic intent across priority and select non-priority accounts; own Commercial, Medicare, State Medicaid, and Managed Medicaid books of business.
- Gain, protect, and improve profitable access to Takeda products; deliver partnership aspiration to priority accounts.
- Engage payers on Takeda’s broad portfolio (small molecule, specialty, rare and orphan).
- Serve as the “Face of Managed Markets” and main internal contact for market access topics across Business Units.
- Work with local matrix colleagues to identify market access trends/opportunities/issues and drive pull-through; communicate access changes and local impact to maximize wins and mitigate losses.
How you will contribute:
- Secure and maintain appropriate formulary and/or written medical policy access focused on profitable access.
- Build and execute strategic account plans based on account priorities.
- Optimize payer opportunities using volume/claims analytics and reimbursement data.
- Negotiate contracts and meet revenue/rebate objectives vs. budget.
- Build and present business cases for contracting opportunities.
- Influence PBMs/downstream clients to model and provide favorable access to Takeda brands.
Qualifications:
Required:
- BS/BA degree.
- 3+ years leadership (1st/2nd line) or payer account management experience.
- Broad portfolio experience across multiple therapeutic areas; ability to manage multiple therapeutic areas across regional PBMs and payers.
Preferred:
- Specialty/rare disease market experience (e.g., sales, brand/payer marketing, field reimbursement, patient services, specialty pharmacy).
- In-depth understanding of commercial, Medicare, and PBM business and regional decision-making processes.