Business Analyst- Market Access
Foster, CA - USA
Job Summary
Job Title: Business Analyst- Market Access
Location : Fosters City CA (Onsite)
Job Type : Full-Time
Domain: Life Sciences / Pharmaceuticals / Market Access / Pricing & Contracting
Primary Skills (Must Have)
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- Market Access Domain Expertise: Strong understanding of the US Pharmaceutical Market Access ecosystem.
- Program Experience: Experience supporting Managed Care Payer PBM Government Programs and Specialty Pharmacy processes.
- Financial Calculations: Knowledge of Pricing Contracting Rebates Chargebacks and Gross-to-Net calculations.
- Program Compliance: Understanding of Commercial Medicare Medicaid and 340B programs.
- Formulary Knowledge: Knowledge of formulary management and payer access dynamics.
- Sales Alignment: Familiarity with pharmaceutical sales and market access business functions**.**
- Business Analysis Skills: Requirement elicitation and stakeholder management.
- Process Design: Process mapping workflow analysis and gap assessment.
- Documentation: BRD FRD User Stories and Acceptance Criteria preparation.
- Problem Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Optimization: Business process improvement and optimization experience.
Soft Skills & Other Skills
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- Communication Skills: Communicate effectively with internal and customer stakeholders.
- Communication Approach: Verbal emails and instant messages.
- Interpersonal Skills: Strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain productive relationships with team members.
- Feedback Delivery: Provide constructive feedback during code reviews and be open to receiving feedback on your own code.
- Problem-Solving: Capability to troubleshoot and resolve issues efficiently.
- Mindset: Analytical mindset.
Role Summary
Client is seeking a highly motivated Business Analyst with strong Market Access domain expertise to support business initiatives across Pricing Contracting Government Programs Rebates Gross-to-Net (GTN) Managed Care and Market Access Operations.
Why This Role Matters
This is one of the most important engagements for our customer.
Job Description of Role (What Youll Do)
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- Business Requirements Management: Partner with Market Access stakeholders to understand business objectives challenges and opportunities.
- Prioritization: Gather document and prioritize business requirements for Market Access initiatives.
- Artifact Creation: Create BRDs financial specifications use cases user stories process maps and business workflows.
- Alignment: Ensure business requirements are complete traceable and aligned with organizational goals.
- Market Access Process Analysis: Analyze current-state Market Access processes and identify optimization opportunities.
- Initiative Support: Support initiatives related to pricing contracting rebates chargebacks formulary management and payer performance tracking.
- Impact Evaluation: Evaluate business impacts of process changes and technology enhancements.
- Solution Recommendation: Recommend solutions to improve operational efficiency and reporting accuracy.
What Success Looks Like (6-12 Months)
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- Independence: Independently manage business analysis activities for assigned Market Access initiatives.
- Quality Documentation: Deliver high-quality requirements documentation with minimal rework.
- Testing Support: Successfully support testing and business validation activities.
- Risk Closure: Drive closure of requirement-related risks issues and dependencies.
Secondary Skills (Good to Have)
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- Experience with Model N applications.
- Knowledge of Gross-to-Net forecasting processes.
- Experience working with Specialty Pharmacy and HUB Operations.
- Understanding of Patient Access and Patient Support Services.
- Experience supporting Government Pricing programs.
Required Skills:
Business AnalysisModel NSalesforce / CRMAzure DevOpsLife SciencesMarket Access