Associate Director, Market Access Analytics

Associate Director, Market Access Analytics

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Ardelyx is a publicly traded commercial biopharmaceutical company founded with a mission to discover, develop and commercialize innovative first-in-class medicines that meet significant unmet medical needs.

We have two commercial products approved in the United States, IBSRELA® (tenapanor) and XPHOZAH® (tenapanor).

Ardelyx has agreements for the development and commercialization of tenapanor outside of the U.S. Kyowa Kirin commercializes PHOZEVEL® (tenapanor) for hyperphosphatemia in Japan. A New Drug Application for tenapanor for hyperphosphatemia has been approved in China with Fosun Pharma. Knight Therapeutics commercializes IBSRELA in Canada.

The Associate Director, Market Access Analytics, reporting to the Senior Director, Patient Services and Market Access Analytics, will lead the development of analytic strategy, reporting infrastructure, and insight generation to optimize payer access, pull-through performance, and pricing and contracting decisions.

This role is a critical partner to Market Access Strategy, National and Regional Accounts, Trade, Patient Services, and Field Reimbursement teams—delivering actionable, data-driven insights that shape contracting strategies, access initiatives, and patient affordability programs.

The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in pharmaceutical market access analytics with strong technical capabilities, business acumen, and an ability to translate complex data into meaningful, strategic recommendations for senior leadership.

• Lead the design and execution of analytics frameworks evaluating qualify of access, formulary performance, and payer utilization across all segments
• Analyze payer coverage policies, step edits, prior authorization requirements, and reimbursement trends to identify access opportunities and barriers
• Monitor pull-through effectiveness, quantifying access-driven utilization across national and regional accounts
• Develop and maintain dashboards, scorecards, and executive-level reporting to track payer performance, formulary wins/losses, and core access KPIs
• Lead analytic preparation for Monthly and Quarterly Business Reviews (MBRs/QBRs), including performance summaries, coverage updates, and strategic recommendations
• Partner with Market Access leadership to model and forecast the impact of access changes, formulary updates, contracting strategies, and share shifts
• Provide insights to Payer Account, Trade, Patient Services, and Field Access teams that support access optimization and patient affordability initiatives
• Serve as a subject matter expert on payer, formulary, coverage, and claims utilization data, including developing sound business rule logic, ensuring consistent data definitions, and conducting QC testing to validate accuracy and reliability
• Conduct ad hoc analyses to diagnose access challenges, support contracting decisions, and respond to field inquiries
• Manage relationships with data and consulting vendors, including scope alignment, deliverable oversight, and budget management

• Bachelor’s degree, advanced degree preferred, in Business or related field required with 8 - 10 years of progressive experience in Market Access, Payer Analytics, or Commercial Analytics or equivalent experience
• Proven ability to analyze payer, formulary, and claims data to identify trends, measure performance, and drive access strategy
• Working knowledge of IQVIA LAAD, MMIT, Payer Spine, Copay data and Access pull-thru application
• Expertise with data visualization and analytics tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Snowflake, SQL, Excel)
• In-depth understanding of payer contracting, coverage determination, medical and pharmacy policies
• Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical compliance standards, including HIPAA and manufacturer data privacy regulations
• Demonstrated success translating complex analytics into actionable business insights for senior stakeholders
• Excellent collaboration, communication, and presentation skills; ability to influence and align across cross‑functional teams
• Strong project management and…