Director of Payer Relations; Hybrid - MedTech

Why work for CVRx?

CVRx pioneers' unique therapies that harness and harmonize the body’s natural systems, benefiting society and making CVRx a universal role model in healthcare. We value our commitments to others and continue to overcome challenges through determination, collaboration and purpose. If our culture and values speak to you, and if you have a passion for cutting-edge medical technologies, join our team and our mission to help others live better lives.

This role is preferred to be hybrid with a minimum of three (3) days a week in office at our Brooklyn Park, MN headquarters. MN based candidates should expect to be hybrid.

The Director of Payer Relations is in charge of developing, strategizing, and implementing all necessary actions in order to obtain access, reimbursement, and coverage, for CVRx products, to the markets determined by the senior management.

This position is expected to support strategic payer outreach, work on Medicare initiatives involving inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory surgery center and physician payment projects, as well as achieving policies with commercial and government insurance payers.

They are expected to support hospital and physician customer meetings on reimbursement topics, claims tracking program to resolve claims issues, create marketing market access value propositions, sales training materials and programs, and other reimbursement projects.

They will work with the Senior Vice President of Patient Access, Reimbursement and Healthcare Economics to develop and execute market access strategies to improve Barostim procedure reimbursement positioning in the US.

• Work closely with local CVRx sales teams, key opinion leaders (KOLs), patient associations and local health authorities to expand the knowledge of and access to CVRx’s therapy solutions.
• Drive the incorporation of Health Economics Outcomes Research (HEOR) value endpoints/ evidence requirements of US decision-makers in global clinical development programs and global Market Access strategies through collaboration with marketing, clinical and sales teams. Select and/or develop and validate patient reported health outcomes measures for integration into clinical trials.
• Lead development and execution of practical strategies to secure optimal reimbursement and coverage for CVRx’s products.
• Suggest value propositions for market access and reimbursement.
• Work closely with reimbursement expert consultants and internal teams to develop and implement the reimbursement strategy for CVRx.
• Regularly monitor government, economic, and technical changes across the regions and understand local challenges in pricing and coding.
• Work with KOLs and key influencers in main markets to facilitate knowledge and acceptance of CVRx’s new therapies to influence the creation of new markets.
• Develop economic models, using data mining and analysis, manage HEOR projects with external consulting groups.
• Develop and implement plans for obtaining ongoing regulatory and market intelligence.
• Assist in the development of educational and communication programs and materials to facilitate patient identification, selection and enrollment, and therapy acceptance by physicians and patients.

• Degree in marketing, economics, data sciences, communications or related field
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in Health Economics and Market Access activities, including Reimbursement
• Demonstrable skills in data mining, statistics and analysis

• Knowledge of healthcare industry/system, reimbursement and hospital coding, regulatory guidelines, and ethical guidelines applicable to the medical device industry
• Experience in medical device innovative markets
• Ability to make an impact and influence others using proven market access skills and contacts
• Passionate about being a real team player, possessing top cross‑functional partnering abilities
• Leadership experience and leadership‑level analytical skills
• Strength in developing strategies for reimbursement and regulatory issues
• Proven skills in strategic thinking, possessing a problem‑solving mindset…