Coherus BioSciences
Senior Director, Pricing, Contracting & Government Programs
Redwood City, CA · Director
Sponsorship not specified$230k-$260kDetected 71 days ago
Financial ModelingLeadershipCommunication
About the role
- This role provides end-to-end leadership across Commercial Pricing & Contracting and U.S. Government Programs, ensuring commercially competitive, operationally feasible, and fully compliant pricing, contracting, and rebate execution.
Responsibilities
- Lead pricing and contracting strategy development for currently marketed and launch products across payer and provider channels.
- Partner with Market Access, Strategic Accounts, and field teams to develop and execute payer and provider strategies, including account‑specific contracting opportunities and expansion initiatives.
- Assess and influence contract and discount design to ensure financial rigor, operational feasibility, and compliance.
- Collaborate with Finance, Legal, Compliance, Government Pricing, Trade, Analytics, and Contract Operations to establish consistent pricing and contracting business rules and playbooks.
- Lead reconciliation and analysis of sales, chargebacks, rebates, fees, and other transactional data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and audit readiness.
- perform ad hoc analyses to explain liability drivers.
- Lead government pricing activities for new product launches and product discontinuations.
- Review Medicaid Drug Rebate Program invoices from states and approve final payments; perform ad hoc analyses to explain liability drivers.
- Maintain and update government pricing methodologies, assumptions, and policies in response to regulatory and business changes, in partnership with internal and external counsel.
- Lead internal governance forums (e.g., Government Pricing task groups) and cross‑functional deal review activities impacting government pricing.
Requirements
- Pharmaceutical or biotech industry experience required.
- Deep expertise in pharmaceutical pricing, contracting, market access, and U.S. government pricing programs.
- 8-10+ years of progressive experience across pricing, contracting, government programs, analytics, or financial analysis.
- Strong knowledge of ASP, AMP, Medicaid rebates, FMV/Bona Fide Service Fees, chargebacks, and state price transparency.
- Proven ability to manage complex, cross‑functional initiatives and external vendors.
- Advanced analytical, financial modeling, and problem‑solving skills.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with executive presence.
- High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities under tight timelines.
- The Base Salary Range for this position is $230,000 to $260,000. Coherus considers various factors, including professional background and work experience, when determining base pay. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary.
- Coherus provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits unlawful discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We also prohibit discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of these characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of these characteristics.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree required
- Graduate degree and/or MBA preferred.
Compensation
- The Base Salary Range for this position is $230,000 to $260,000.
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