Field Access Manager-Minneapolis

About the role

Join Takeda as the Field Access Manager supporting our dermatology portfolio across the Minneapolis territory. On the Patient Access team, you will play a proactive role in supporting patients by enhancing access to therapies across Takeda’s portfolio. You will act as a trusted educational resource to healthcare providers and institutions, helping to address patient access barriers through strategic provider engagement and patient-focused support.

Responsibilities

• Optimize Patient Access: Serve as a key educational resource for providers to help navigate reimbursement and patient access challenges, ensuring timely and effective patient access to Takeda’s therapies.
• Proactive Education and Support: Deliver tailored, field-based education on reimbursement processes to healthcare providers, including provider group practices, hospitals, academic institutions, specialty pharmacies, and other healthcare stakeholders.
• Anticipate and Address Access Challenges: Build and maintain collaborative relationships with healthcare organizations, identifying and resolving reimbursement and patient access issues to ensure seamless and timely access to therapy.
• Strategic Collaboration: Provide education and support to internal teams, equipping colleagues with the knowledge and tools to address complex reimbursement and patient access scenarios effectively.
• Adaptability and Insight: Stay informed on healthcare policies, reimbursement trends, and regulatory requirements to proactively address patient access challenges.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5+ years of field-based experience in account management, sales or medical affairs
• Strong knowledge of the reimbursement landscape and the practice management environment
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute account-based strategies to drive patient access outcomes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Expertise in account management, relationship development, and issue resolution
• Outstanding interpersonal skills and flexibility to meet evolving customer and organizational needs

Skills

• Required: Bachelor’s Degree, 5+ years of field-based experience in account management, sales or medical affairs, strong knowledge of the reimbursement landscape and the practice management environment, demonstrated ability to develop and execute account-based strategies to drive patient access outcomes, excellent written and verbal communication skills, expertise in account management, relationship development, and issue resolution, outstanding interpersonal skills and flexibility to meet evolving customer and organizational needs
• Desired: Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in patient services or reimbursement roles within the pharmaceutical, biotech, or rare disease industry, MBA or advanced degree, experience in healthcare policy, reimbursement, market access, or related fields, familiarity with buy-and-bill and pharmacy models, experience with specialty or high-cost therapies in chronic or acute care settings, experience in the Dermatology space

Benefits

At Takeda, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

• U.S. Base Salary Range: $152,000.00 - $209,000.00
• Short-term and long-term incentives
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• A 401(k) plan and company match
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance
• A tuition reimbursement program
• Paid volunteer time off
• Company holidays
• Well-being benefits

Pay

The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

Schedule

Role is field based, requiring up to 75% travel. Must be located within the territory. Driver’s license required.