JOB DESCRIPTION

Make your mark for patients.

We're here because we want to build the future and transform patients' lives for the better.

At UCB, our people are our experiences and achievements, our passion and drive. That's why we're looking for talented individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences - not just the best and brightest, but those who care about making a meaningful difference in the lives of patients. We promote an environment of diversity, openness, and respect where people can make valuable contributions.

An exciting journey lies ahead. Will you join us in pushing the boundaries of what's possible?

To strengthen our Field Access & Reimbursement team, we are looking for a talented individual to fill the position of: Field Reimbursement Specialist

As Field Reimbursement Specialist, you will act as the main point of contact at designated accounts providing account management support to Biologic Coordinators, Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) on behalf of Patients prescribed a UCB Dermatology Biologic for approved indications. As of part of this strategy, you will provide on-going education to accounts around the UCB Immunology Patient Services programs, payer landscape and pharmacy channel access.

Assigned Territory: Lexington, KY, Louisville, KY, Cincinnati, OH
Travel Requirements: Up to 60%

You like to work in an environment where you can:

• Build and execute strategic business plans to meet the needs of top accounts and ensure successful implementation of market access initiatives.


• Expand long term stakeholder partnerships and build advocacy within HCP offices and equip them, through education, to navigate the access and payer approval process.


• Identify access barriers and highlight HCP actions that support patient access to therapy.

You will contribute by:

• Offering educational resources to support the entire patient journey by optimizing processes for prior authorizations/appeals/specialty pharmacy and addressing access issues.


• Coordinating utilization of UCB's patient service platform to seamlessly support the customer and patient when office chooses the HUB or Specialty Pharmacy as their ideal path to approved therapy.


• Coordinating annual pharmacy reauthorizations at designated accounts to ensure timely reauthorization and continuation of therapy is maintained.


• Working cross functionally and collaboratively with partners in Sales, Market Access, Patient Services, Strategic Accounts and more to act as a process and payer expert. Helping identify and address time sensitive market development and implementation efforts to remove all access barriers to UCB products for appropriate patients, while optimizing adherence.


• Obtaining and maintaining knowledge and understanding of payer landscape, including Specialty Pharmacy and utilization management criteria, on a national, regional and local level so that you can act as a process and payer expert.


• Continuously striving to understand the alignment of Payer/PBM/SP and how national/regional pharmacy drug formularies impact market access.


• Assisting in providing appropriate field insights to ensure support of all access and patient/payer support programs and resources offered by UCB's Patient Support Programs.


• Anticipating and navigating individual account and patient access issues that arise by partnering with all appropriate stakeholders.

Interested? For this position you'll need the following education, experience and skills:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree required


• 5+ years commercial experience within the Biopharmaceutical industry

Preferred Qualifications:

• 4+ years Market Access, Specialty Pharmacy, or Reimbursement experience in the Biotech/Pharmaceutical industry preferred.


• Previous experience with product launch preferred.


• Previous experience in other functions within the Biopharmaceutical industry a plus (e.g. product marketing, managed care, field sales, case management or large Healthcare Practice experience)


• Knowledge and understanding of specialty markets, HUB/Reimbursement services and patient access programs.


• Knowledge of commercial insurers, managed care, government (Part D) and federal payer sectors.


• Knowledge of Integrated Delivery Network/Integrated Health Systems.


• Ability to conduct educational presentations.

About us.

UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are around 7,600 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.

At UCB, everything we do start with a simple question: "How will this create value for people living with severe disease?". We are on a journey to become the patient-preferred biopharma leader by delivering medicines and solutions that improve lives. We want to ensure the creation of patient value, now and into the future, while contributing to a society where a population of 8 billion people and more should be able to live a good life within limited resources of one planet.

Curious to know more? Please visit our website www.ucb.com.

UCB and its subsidiaries encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race/color/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity.