Senior Manager, Obesity Coverage and Value Strategy

This senior role owns the U.S. payer coverage and value strategy for obesity and related conditions, translating clinical, economic, patient, and market evidence into actionable access strategies. You will shape coverage objectives across commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid segments while helping reduce barriers to appropriate patient access. The position combines payer strategy, value communication, utilization-management analysis, and cross-functional leadership within a highly matrixed environment. You will work closely with Pricing, Contracting, HEOR, Medical, Patient Access, Brand, and field access teams to turn payer insights into practical strategies and tools. The role also provides an opportunity to influence launch planning, evidence priorities, payer communications, and customer-facing execution. Success will require strong strategic judgment, analytical ability, and the capacity to translate complex healthcare evidence into compelling, actionable recommendations.

• Doctorate degree with at least 2 years of relevant experience, master's degree with at least 4 years, bachelor's degree with at least 6 years, associate's degree with at least 10 years, or high school diploma/GED with at least 12 years of experience in market access, value marketing, HEOR, payer strategy, reimbursement, pricing, contracting, finance, analytics, or sales and marketing operations.
• Experience in payer marketing, coverage strategy, managed markets, HEOR, value communication, patient access, or within a payer, PBM, or employer environment is preferred.
• Experience in chronic, primary-care, or cardiometabolic markets and launch environments is preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. pharmacy and medical benefits, formulary decision-making, prior authorization, step therapy, reauthorization, benefit design, and access operations.
• Ability to interpret clinical trial results, real-world evidence, and health-economic analyses and translate them into practical insights for payer coverage and utilization-management decisions.
• Demonstrated experience developing compliant payer or access materials and enabling customer-facing teams through training, communication, and pull-through tools.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical synthesis, facilitation, writing, and presentation capabilities.
• Ability to independently lead strategic workstreams, influence stakeholders, and operate effectively within a complex, matrixed launch environment.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to connect insights across commercial, clinical, economic, and access functions.