Are you ready to make a difference in the world and become part of our patient-centered team that is focused on Attacking Bladder Cancer for a Better Tomorrow? At CG Oncology, we believe that by having exceptionally talented individuals on our team who share our passion and enjoy working together, we can truly achieve our Vision and Mission to benefit patients around the world.

Every day we are making significant advancements across our multiple pipelines and are growing rapidly to meet the needs of our patients who cannot afford to wait to benefit from our novel immunotherapies. Please review this job posting and our Values and if they resonate with you and are what you expect from your organization and team, then we would like to hear from you.

We invite you to review our website to learn more about our company and team by visiting our website at https://www.cgoncology.com/careers/#overview.

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Role:   Director, Pricing and Strategy

Location: Remote US-Based

Essential Functions:

Key responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to:

• Provides senior management and cross functional team members with relevant pricing and reimbursement information, support, and strategic recommendations and guidance ensuring pricing input assumptions are incorporated into the forecasting and strategic planning process.
• Communicate value drivers supporting pricing and contracting strategies, and their impact to the business. Translate the strategy and value proposition into innovative contracting structures.
• Guide Strategic Pricing & Contracting deal development based on customer segment offers and bids, ensuring alignment with brand strategy and profitability.
• Design and develop price optimization models to evaluate the impact of pre-launch, post-launch, and product maturity contracting strategies, including impacts to internal average sales price, gross to net, and reimbursement considerations. Make recommendations for contracting strategy adjustments, as necessary.
• Partner with the Payer Account team to assess customer opportunities and structure contractual agreements that are mutually beneficial, advising on negotiations for profitable business
• Analyze market trends, competitor pricing, and reimbursement landscapes to inform strategic decision making.
• Work Cross functionally to lead the development of pricing, reimbursement, and access strategies to enhance patient access and maximize product value.
• Engage with all key stakeholders to effectively monitor and inform on current/future state of business and competitive actions/offers impacted by competition and market trends.
• Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and industry regulations regarding pricing, operations, and managed services.
• Collaborates with cross functional partners (HEOR, medical, legal) to identify, assess, and implement innovative pricing strategies.
• Develop and lead strategic pricing and core contracting analytics, including Payer/PBM, Oncology GPO’s, and IDN’s financial modeling, assessing implications of contracting scenarios on ROI, gross to net (GTN), and government pricing programs.
• Collaborate with Market Access and marketing colleagues to ensure overall contracting strategies are in alignment with brand strategies.
• Lead the development efforts to create and manage all pricing documents, dashboards to report on key performance metrics, status, and timelines for actions against contracts.
• Work closely with Finance, to build the pricing and contracting framework and governance.
• Collaborate with Finance and Commercial Analytics to ensure appropriate forecasting, discounts, and allowances to accurately report gross to net, including government price calculations.
• Develop health technology assessment models, including budget impact and cost effectiveness models and drive health economic and observational research to support key assumptions.
• Develop business cases to support the contract review and approval processes including partnership with legal, brand marketing, market access and finance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree required, degree in economics, business/health administration, marketing, or related field.
• MBA or other advanced degree is a plus
• 10+ years of biopharmaceutical progressive experience as a pricing and contracts leader in the pharma/biotech industry.
• At least 7+ years of experience with developing pricing, contracting and access strategies.
• Broad and deep working knowledge of US healthcare system, reimbursement, and pricing environment; customer channels and segments.
• Understanding of the Oncology landscape and the key stakeholders including payers, GPO (community practice / hospital), PBM’s, and specialty pharmacy.
• Understanding of Benefit Design & Economics associated with Commercial, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement.
• Knowledge and experience in Medicare Part A-D, Medicaid, and private payer policies, reimbursement process, health policy, areas of coverage and payment.
• Expertise in price and contract modeling, GTN projections and implications on Brand P&L.
• Strong financial and analytical skills with demonstrated ability to manage and measure results and KPIs using Gross to Net, Budget Impact and other financial applications.
• History of leveraging strategic insights, data, market research, and customer insights to optimize price and contracting strategy to support access and revenue goals.
• Strong communicator of complex information with the ability to influence others.
• Must have excellent interpersonal skills with a proven ability to work across multiple functions, disciplines, and people.
• Ability to translate, present and apply financial data as well as compiling comprehensive and functional reports.
• Track record of successful new product launch experience preferred.
• Strong leadership and teamwork skills with demonstrated skills working cross functionally to gain alignment and improve business performance.
• Ability to travel up to 50%.

The U.S. target annual salary range for this remote, full-time, position is currently set at $205,000-$225,000. The actual base salary offered for this role will vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, market factors, experience and considering internal equity. In addition, to the base salary, CG Oncology offers a very attractive set of Total Rewards (including bonus and equity) and Well-Being Benefits provided as part of the overall compensation package for this role.

Please visit https://www.cgoncology.com/careers/#rewards for a listing of these rewards and benefits.

Total Rewards

CG Oncology offers very competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards, helping to support and reward our global team of high-performing employees focused on developing bladder-saving therapeutics for patients afflicted with bladder cancer.

• HIGHLY COMPETITIVE SALARIES   
• ANNUAL PERFORMANCE/MERIT REVIEWS
• ANNUAL PERFORMANCE BONUSES
• EQUITY
• SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Well-Being Benefits

In addition to our Total Rewards, CG Oncology offers a variety of Well-Being Benefits to the meet the majority of the needs of our unique and growing workforce.  These benefits are designed to support our team to achieve a healthy balance between work and their personal lives to remain refreshed, engaged, and creating an environment where each person can find a deeper meaning and purpose in their work.

Well-Being Benefits eligibility begins the 1st of the month after hire.  While a majority of these benefits are for our US-based workforce, we continue to assess comparable levels of benefits for our international team members that are aligned with country-specific regulations and their national programs offered.

• FULLY REMOTE WORK ENVIRONMENT
• REST AND RECHARGE - Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
• HOLIDAYS – We observe 12 Holidays/year
• RETIREMENT – 401K with 100% company Safe Harbor match up to 4% of base salary
• HEALTH (MEDICAL, DENTAL, VISION) – HMOs, PPOs & HDHP – Anthem/MetLife
• HEALTH SPENDING ACCOUNTS - HSA (with Annual Company Contribution), FSA, FSA-DC
• ILLNESS & DISABILITY PROTECTION – Company Paid LTD Coverage + Voluntary Plans
• LIFE INSURANCE – Company Paid 1 x base salary + Voluntary Plans
• ADDITIONAL EXCLUSIVE BENEFITS – Voluntary Legal, Pet, Plus More

CG Oncology is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.  At CG Oncology, we are building a community of intelligent and passionate team members that share our Vision, Mission and Values, and while the biotechnology space can feel limited in BIPOC, non-binary and even female representation, we endeavor to make hiring decisions that will continue to grow and support our team in the direction of maintaining cultural diversity and sustainability.

Please note that CG Oncology does not accept unsolicited information and/or resumes from search firms or agencies for our job postings. Any resumes or client information submitted to our careers page or any employee of CG Oncology by any search firm or agency without an applicable contract in place will become the property of CG Oncology and no fee(s) will be paid.