{"id":4256478,"url":"https://alion.io/job/otsuka-us-associate-director-access-and-affordability","title":"Associate Director, Access and Affordability","company":{"id":1794798,"name":"Otsuka US","domain":"otsuka-us.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/otsuka-us","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"Legal","role_family":"Legal","seniority":"head","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"posting_text","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":["US"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":{"min":169222,"max":253000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":253000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Gmail","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-21T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-21","last_verified_at":"2026-11-13T14:14:21Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":23,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":23},"description":"Associate Director, Access and Affordability\nPosition Summary\nThe Associate Director, Access and Affordability is responsible for ensuring that Otsuka’s CNS brands effectively integrate access and affordability considerations into their overall marketing and engagement strategies. This role will work closely with brand teams, market access, sales, finance, legal, and medical teams to develop messaging, resources, and programs that support patient access and pull-through. The individual will also be responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of affordability initiatives and making data-driven recommendations for optimization.\nKey Responsibilities\nAccess & Affordability Strategy Development: Develop brand strategies to integrate access and affordability messaging for HCPs and consumers into brand and promotional plans, ensuring alignment with payer, HCP, and patient needs. \nMessaging & Resource Development: Collaborate with brand teams to create marketing materials that clearly communicate product value, affordability programs, and access solutions to key stakeholders. Responsible for supporting major pull-through initiatives\nMarket Insights & Affordability Trends: Monitor trends in reimbursement, patient affordability challenges, and healthcare policy to inform access strategies and ensure proactive adaptation.\nFulfillment Programs: Work with Market Access as CNS Marketing representative in support of identifying and executing programs that reduce Rx abandonment and rejection\nCross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with market access, sales, and medical teams to ensure seamless pull-through of access and affordability messaging in promotional activities and sales resources.\n Performance Monitoring & Optimization: Develop and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess the impact of access and affordability initiatives, making data-driven recommendations for improvement.\nPatient & HCP Engagement Support: Ensure that access messaging is effectively integrated into field resources and consumer engagement strategies to address barriers to treatment. Provide training and support for Field Sales as needed.\nQualifications & Key Competencies\nBachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Health Policy, or a related field; MBA preferred\n8+ years of experience in marketing, market access, sales, payer marketing, patient access programs, or a related role in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry\nStrong understanding of reimbursement dynamics, patient affordability challenges, and access barriers\nDirect experience in developing market access messaging, tools, resources\nAbility to develop compelling messaging and resources that support patient access and affordability initiatives\nExcellent cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to work across brand, sales, market access, and medical teams\nExperience tracking and measuring the impact of access and affordability initiatives, using data to inform continuous improvement\nProven ability to work in a matrixed environment, managing multiple priorities and stakeholders\nCompetencies\nAccountability for Results - Stay focused on key strategic objectives, be accountable for high standards of performance, and take an active role in leading change.\nStrategic Thinking & Problem Solving - Make decisions considering the long-term impact to customers, patients, employees, and the business.\nPatient & Customer Centricity - Maintain an ongoing focus on the needs of our customers and/or key stakeholders.\nImpactful Communication - Communicate with logic, clarity, and respect. Influence at all levels to achieve the best results for Otsuka.\nRespectful Collaboration - Seek and value others’ perspectives and strive for diverse partnerships to enhance work toward common goals.\nEmpowered Development - Play an active role in professional development as a business imperative.\nMinimum $169,222.00 - Maximum $253,000.00, plus incentive opportunity: The range shown represents a typical pay range or starting pay for individuals who are hired in the role to perform in the United States. Other elements may be used to determine actual pay such as the candidate’s job experience, specific skills, and comparison to internal incumbents currently in role. Typically, actual pay will be positioned within the established range, rather than at its minimum or maximum. This information is provided to applicants in accordance with states and local laws.Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 5 business days.\nCompany benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, company provided basic life, accidental death & dismemberment, short-term and long-term disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, student loan assistance, a generous 401(k) match, flexible time off, paid holidays, and paid leave programs as well as other company provided benefits.\nCome discover more about Otsuka and our benefit offerings; https://ah-prod.com/multi/videoplayer/player.html?v=6385356920112.\nJoin Our Talent Community: Stay connected with Otsuka by joining our Talent Community. Tell us about your interests, and we’ll notify you about future opportunities that align with your background. https://community.hireez.com/cielo-otsuka/82cb3591\nDisclaimer:\nThis job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by the people assigned to this position. It is not intended to include every job duty and responsibility specific to the position. Otsuka reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.\nOtsuka is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will be given consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, national origin, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic.\nIf you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation, if you are unable or limited in your ability to apply to this job opening as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by contacting .\nStatement Regarding Job Recruiting Fraud Scams\nAt Otsuka we take security and protection of your personal information very seriously. Please be aware individuals may approach you and falsely present themselves as our employees or representatives. They may use this false pretense to try to gain access to your personal information or acquire money from you by offering fictitious employment opportunities purportedly on our behalf.\nPlease understand, Otsuka will never ask for financial information of any kind or for payment of money during the job application process. We do not require any financial, credit card or bank account information and/or any payment of any kind to be considered for employment. We will also not offer you money to buy equipment, software, or for any other purpose during the job application process. If you are being asked to pay or offered money for equipment fees or some other application processing fee, even if claimed you will be reimbursed, this is not Otsuka. These claims are fraudulent and you are strongly advised to exercise caution when you receive such an offer of employment.\nOtsuka will also never ask you to download a third-party application in order to communicate about a legitimate job opportunity. Scammers may also send offers or claims from a fake email address or from Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, etc, and not from an official Otsuka email address. Please take extra caution while examining such an email address, as the scammers may misspell an official Otsuka email address and use a slightly modified version duplicating letters.\nTo ensure that you are communicating about a legitimate job opportunity at Otsuka, please only deal directly with Otsuka through its official Otsuka Career website https://vhr-otsuka.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External.\nOtsuka will not be held liable or responsible for any claims, losses, damages or expenses resulting from job recruiting scams. If you suspect a position is fraudulent, please contact Otsuka’s call center at: 800-363-5670. If you believe you are the victim of fraud resulting from a job recruiting scam, please contact the FBI through the Internet Crime Complaint Center at: https://www.ic3.gov, or your local authorities.\nOtsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc., Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc., and Otsuka Precision Health, Inc. (“Otsuka”) does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs/resumes submitted by search firms to any Otsuka employee directly or through Otsuka’s application portal without a valid written search agreement in place for the position will be considered Otsuka’s sole property. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired by Otsuka as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. 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