Director, Payer Analytics

Job Overview:

The Director, Payer Analytics is responsible for generating actionable insights on payer coverage, reimbursement, and access to support the successful commercialization of COMP 360. This role plays a critical part in understanding and optimizing patient access by analyzing payer behavior, formulary decisions, utilization management, and contracting dynamics across national, regional, and government payers.

The position is part of Market Access, Pricing & Contracting strategy team.

Location: Hybrid in our New York City office, or remote in the United States.

Reports to: Senior Director, Market Access Payer and Contract Strategy.

Roles and responsibilities 
(Include but are not limited to): 

Payer & Access Analytics

• Analyze payer coverage, formulary positioning, step edits, prior authorization, and reimbursement trends
• Monitor and report on access performance across commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid channels
• Assess the impact of payer policy changes on patient access, demand, and revenue
• Develop payer segmentation and access metrics to inform strategy and execution

Contracting & Strategy Support

• Support pricing and contracting strategies through scenario modeling and financial impact analyses
• Provide analytics to support payer negotiations, account planning, and pull-through efforts

Data & Reporting

• Work with payer alerts, (medical and pharmacy), formulary, and access data sources
• Ensure data integrity and appropriate interpretation of complex datasets
• Build standardized and ad hoc reports, dashboards, and executive summaries
• Translate complex analyses into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Market Access, Brand, Fields, and Data Management
• Support field-facing teams with payer insights and performance reporting
• Contribute to long-range planning, forecasts, and launch/readiness activities

Candidate Profile:

• Bachelor’s degree required in Actuarial Sciences, Finance, Economics, or related field required
  
• Preferred qualifications:
  • Master’s degree preferred in one of the above listed programs
  • Experience with SQL, Tableau, Power BI, Python, or R
  • Biopharmaceutical or specialty pharmaceutical experience
  • Familiarity with pricing, contracting, and access strategies
• Strong business and financial acumen – prior experience in Contracting with an emphasis on data and financial analysis would be optimal
• Requires the ability to work in a matrixed environment while demonstrating and aligning to Compass Pathways ways of working
• Strong knowledge of channel dynamics/ evolving policy changes and ability to translate this understanding into actionable strategies using advanced analytics methods
• Working knowledge of Tableau-based visualization tools to extract/ analyze data and communicate a story through insights
• Experience managing and analyzing patient claims data (e.g. IQVIA LAAD, Symphony Health data) for Pharmacy channel products
• Robust understanding of pharmacy channel stakeholder economics, including Payers, Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs)
• Working knowledge of Medical benefit products economics such as ASP pricing, physician reimbursement and interplay between Pharmacy and Medical contracting
• Ability to develop insights and communicate effectively to influence executive level decisions
• 10+ years in work experience in financial analysis, 4+ years of Market Access Payer Analytics and contracting experience