Market Access Business Analyst - Remote or Onsite to Fosters City CA
Role Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated Business Analyst with strong Market Access domain expertise to support business initiatives across Pricing, Contracting, Government Programs, Rebates, Gross-to-Net (GTN), Managed Care, and Market Access Operations. Domain: Life Sciences / Pharmaceuticals / Market Access / Pricing & Contracting
Why This Role Matters
This is one of the most important engagements for our customer.
Job Description Of Role (What You'll Do)
Business Requirements Management: Partner with Market Access stakeholders to understand business objectives, challenges, and opportunities.
Prioritization: Gather, document, and prioritize business requirements for Market Access initiatives.
Artifact Creation: Create BRDs, financial specifications, use cases, user stories, process maps, and business workflows.
Alignment: Ensure business requirements are complete, traceable, and aligned with organizational goals.
Market Access Process Analysis: Analyze current-state Market Access processes and identify optimization opportunities.
Initiative Support: Support initiatives related to pricing, contracting, rebates, chargebacks, formulary management, and payer performance tracking.
Impact Evaluation: Evaluate business impacts of process changes and technology enhancements.
Solution Recommendation: Recommend solutions to improve operational efficiency and reporting accuracy.
What Success Looks Like (6–12 Months)
Independence: Independently manage business analysis activities for assigned Market Access initiatives.
Quality Documentation: Deliver high-quality requirements documentation with minimal rework.
Testing Support: Successfully support testing and business validation activities.
Risk Closure: Drive closure of requirement-related risks, issues, and dependencies.
Writeup Skills
Model N Revenue Management / Channel Management
IQVIA Data (LAAD, Claims, Prescription Data)
Power BI / Tableau
SQL & Data Analysis Tools
JIRA, Azure DevOps, Confluence
SAP, ERP Integration
Concepts: Managed Markets, Contracting, Rebates, Pricing Operations
Primary Skills (Must Have)
Market Access Domain Expertise: Strong understanding of the US Pharmaceutical Market Access ecosystem.
Program Experience: Experience supporting Managed Care, Payer, PBM, Government Programs, and Specialty Pharmacy processes.
Financial Calculations: Knowledge of Pricing, Contracting, Rebates, Chargebacks, and Gross-to-Net calculations.
Program Compliance: Understanding of Commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, and 340B programs.
Formulary Knowledge: Knowledge of formulary management and payer access dynamics.
Sales Alignment: Familiarity with pharmaceutical sales and market access business functions.
Business Analysis Skills: Requirement elicitation and stakeholder management.
Process Design: Process mapping, workflow analysis, and gap assessment.
Documentation: BRD, FRD, User Stories, and Acceptance Criteria preparation.
Problem Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Optimization: Business process improvement and optimization experience.
Soft Skills & Other Skills
Communication Skills: Communicate effectively with internal and customer stakeholders.
Communication Approach: Verbal, emails, and instant messages.
Interpersonal Skills: Strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain productive relationships with team members.
Feedback Delivery: Provide constructive feedback during code reviews and be open to receiving feedback on your own code.
Problem-Solving: Capability to troubleshoot and resolve issues efficiently.
Mindset: Analytical mindset.
Secondary Skills (Good To Have)
Experience with Model N applications.
Knowledge of Gross-to-Net forecasting processes.
Experience working with Specialty Pharmacy and HUB Operations.
Understanding of Patient Access and Patient Support Services.
Experience supporting Government Pricing programs.