Associate Director Field Reimbursement Manager East

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The Associate Director Field Access and Reimbursement serves as an access and reimbursement resource for assigned ATCs and internal Kite partners. The role supports compliant reimbursement education barrier identification appropriate escalation and field insight capture to help inform access planning and coordinated Market Access execution.

This role provides field-based access and reimbursement support within complex CAR-T treatment environments. The Associate Director Field Access and Reimbursement will work in coordination with established Kite stakeholders who engage with each ATC to support access planning reimbursement issue resolution barrier reduction and coordinated execution.

The individual in this role contributes reimbursement expertise captures relevant field insights and supports coordinated solutions that align with Kites access model and broader Market Access objectives.

Territory: US - East

This is a field-based position that will be responsible for US - East. Candidates should reside within the geography

Key Responsibilities

ATC Access and Reimbursement Support

• Serve as a subject matter expert for field-based access and reimbursement for ATCs in assigned geography working in coordination with Key Account Directors Regional Account Directors National Account Directors Patient Services Market Access Medical Affairs Sales and other Kite stakeholders engaged with each center.

• Provide reimbursement and access education consistent with approved resources role responsibilities company policies and compliant field engagement practices.

Reimbursement and Payer Process Support

• Provide reimbursement process education as appropriate related to benefit verification prior authorization single case agreements claims submission payment delays and appeals processes.

• Support stakeholder understanding of inpatient and outpatient billing and coding considerations including ICD-10 CPT HCPCS DRG and associated reimbursement methodologies.

• Support provider understanding of payer-specific access requirements as appropriate including out-of-network exceptions Centers of Excellence networks single case agreements global case rate structures and medical policy.

Barrier Identification Escalation and Resolution

• Help identify escalate and support resolution of reimbursement barriers including prior authorization delays denials payer contracting and claims issues.

• Work through appropriate internal and external channels to support timely coordinated and compliant resolution of access challenges.

Patient Services and Program Alignment

• Support appropriate case routing to Patient Services and Kite Konnect Case Manager consistent with program scope and approved processes.

• Reinforce program scope capabilities and role boundaries across patient support and patient services programs.

• Support alignment with patient support programs and broader Market Access strategy.

Revenue Cycle Engagement

• Engage revenue cycle stakeholders to help assess reimbursement delays billing pathway challenges and operational barriers.

• Identify opportunities in partnership with internal Kite cross-functional stakeholders to support education around financial predictability and program sustainability with approved resources.

Cross-Functional Collaboration and Governance

• Coordinate with Key Account Directors Regional Account Directors National Account Directors Patient Services Sales Medical Affairs Market Access Trade and other stakeholders to support aligned access discussions with ATCs.

• Collaborate with Legal Medical Regulatory and Market Access partners to support compliant execution and alignment with approved access strategies.

• Contribute to coordinated compliant approaches to solving complex access challenges.

Field Insights and Resource Development

• Gather and synthesize field insights related to payer policies reimbursement processes and recurring access challenges.

• Contribute to the development of tools resources best practices and recommendations that may support access execution across treatment centers.

• Document field activities insights and trends within CRM systems such as Veeva consistent with company expectations.

Education and Capability Support

• Deliver reimbursement education as appropriate to ATC billing access and revenue cycle teams using approved materials and resources.

• Provide education to internal stakeholders on reimbursement pathways payer dynamics and emerging access considerations.

• Support the development and delivery of training initiatives that enhance organizational reimbursement knowledge.

Documentation and Account Planning Support

• Maintain focused account planning inputs related to access risks opportunities and reimbursement priorities.

• Ensure timely and accurate documentation of field activity insights and follow-up actions.

Compliance

• Perform all responsibilities in a compliant non-promotional manner consistent with company policies applicable laws regulations and industry standards.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree and 10 years of experience.

• OR

• Masters degree and 8 years of experience.

• OR

• Advanced degree (MD PharmD PhD) and 2 years of experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 7 years of experience in reimbursement patient access provider support or related functions within oncology rare disease cell therapy or gene therapy.

• Strong knowledge of buy-and-bill institutional billing payer coverage policy and medical benefit reimbursement pathways.

• Demonstrated experience navigating prior authorization appeals denials and complex reimbursement scenarios.

• Experience supporting CAR-T or similar therapies including familiarity with patient flow from leukapheresis through post-infusion management.

• Strong knowledge of coding systems including ICD-10 CPT and HCPCS.

• Billing and coding certification for example CPC or equivalent demonstrated expertise.

• Experience supporting large complex treatment centers academic institutions and/or community practices.

• Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder influence skills.

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within complex provider and cross-functional environments.

• Experience using CRM systems such as Veeva for documentation insight capture and account planning.

• Ability to travel up to 40% of the time including field visits customer engagements internal meetings and other business needs.

The salary range for this position is: $177905.00 - $230230.00. Kite considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation including experience qualifications and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role) paid time off and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical dental vision and life insurance plans*.

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Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

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