Director Patient Experience, Specialty

The Director Patient Experience Specialty reports to the Senior Director Patient Experience & Reimbursement Programs. This role leads oversight of an industry-leading patient experience program for patients and works cross-functionally to design and build the strategic patient services programs for launch products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead patient experience call center services for specialty products ensuring program SOPs workflows training and reporting align with patient access and ongoing support needs.
  • Monitor program performance against established goals to optimize the patient experience.
  • Oversee a team of patient navigators and access liaisons.
  • Manage vendor performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations.
  • Evaluate emerging program support services and vendor capabilities to sustain best-in-class support in a dynamic environment.
• Identify and lead continuous improvement initiatives that enhance the patient experience.
• Develop and deliver training materials for specialty pharmacies and the Patient Experience team for GSK programs including commercial copay bridge and quick-start offerings.
• Partner with the technology team to build and maintain compliant dashboards and reports that track key patient journey milestones including prescription fulfilment status pending prior authorizations and referrals for commercial copay assistance while ensuring hub data integrity.
• Ensure business rules and ways-of-working policies remain current and oversee training and rollout when updates are implemented.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert in developing patient access strategies and support services that facilitate access to therapy and ongoing patient education.
• Collaborate effectively with specialty pharmacies Field Access and Reimbursement Managers (ARMs) Legal Compliance Finance PX Communications Access and Affordability and other matrixed GSK stakeholders to develop collateral supporting hub operations.
• Continuously assess the effectiveness and execution of patient services marketing and educational materials incorporating feedback from external customers and internal stakeholders.
• Manage the annual program budget and ensure invoicing aligns with execution.
• Lead quarterly business reviews with vendors to assess overall program health.

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelors Degree
• 6 years experience in the following areas: market access patient support copay programs and/ or access & reimbursement in the BioPharma industry
• 2 years experience in Salesforce Health Cloud for managing patient support programs and case management
• 3 years internal manufacturer patient support program 1st or 2nd line team leadership supporting both buy and bill and pharmacy benefit products
• Proven experience leading patient access support operational and execution oversight internal collaboration with various matrix roles and vendor management/ oversight.

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics it would be a plus:

• Advanced degree in healthcare or business
• Prior Authorization Certification Certification in Case Management Healthcare degree
• Proximity to Durham/ Philadelphia area
• Hepatology and or Nephrology experience
• REMS experience
• Passion for patient-centric actions and focus
• Experience launching and operationalizing Patient Services Programs
• Proven problem-solving abilities to address challenges and implement effective solutions in a fast-paced environment
• Strong leadership abilities with experience guiding teams influencing decision-making processes and driving a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the organization
• Comprehensive understanding of data privacy laws healthcare regulations and industry standards with regulatory compliance
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including presentation to leadership and stakeholder groups
• Ability to prioritize coordinate multiple assignments and work independently
• The duties of this role are generally conducted in an office environment. As is typical of an office-based role employees must be able with or without accommodation to: use a computer engage in communication via phone video and electronic messaging; engage in problem solving and non-linear thought analysis and dialogue; collaborate with others; maintain general availability during standard business hours.

How to apply
If you are ready to help shape meaningful patient experiences and grow your career we encourage you to apply. Tell us about your experience what motivates you and how you would help patients access care. We look forward to learning about you.

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The US annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $180000 to $300000. The US salary ranges take into account a number of factors including work location within the US market the candidates skills experience education level and the market rate for the addition this position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family) retirement benefits paid holidays vacation and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific country the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process.

Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

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People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make so were committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how together we deliver for patients shareholders and our people.

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