Full-Time

US Market Access Consultant

Avalere Health

Avalere Health

201-500 employees

Healthcare consulting with advisory, policy, marketing

Compensation Overview

$90k - $110k/yr

Company Does Not Provide H1B Sponsorship

Washington, DC, USA

Remote

Bachelor's

Category
Consulting (1)
Required Skills
Data Visualization
Quantitative Research
Data Analysis
Excel/Numbers/Sheets

Get referred to Avalere Health

See people who can refer or advise you

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Public Health, Business Administration, Health Economics, Health Policy, Public Policy, Healthcare Management, or Public Administration.
  • At least 4 years of relevant experience in healthcare consulting, pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies, health plans, advocacy organizations, government agencies, think tanks, or similar healthcare-focused organizations.
  • Strong knowledge of the U.S. market access and reimbursement landscape, including payer coverage and utilization management, pricing and contracting strategy, evidence and value requirements, Medicare Part B and Part D, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation under the Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
  • Ability to translate complex policy analysis, research findings, and data into actionable business recommendations.
  • Experience managing multiple concurrent projects, including budgets, timelines, scope, and client expectations.
  • Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to technical and executive audiences.
  • Strong analytical and strategic problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with limited oversight.
Responsibilities
  • Serve as a trusted subject matter expert on U.S. market access, coding, coverage, reimbursement, and policy issues affecting pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, health plans, providers, and other healthcare stakeholders.
  • Monitor and analyze evolving federal and state policies, reimbursement dynamics, and market developments, translating complex changes into actionable implications, risk mitigation, and strategic recommendations for clients.
  • Develop expertise across U.S. market access areas including payer coverage and channel dynamics; health policy and regulatory analysis; coding, coverage, reimbursement, pricing, and contracting strategy; early asset and pipeline strategy; evidence generation and value communication; launch planning and commercialization; patient support and affordability; market analytics and scenario planning; and site-of-care economics.
  • Lead qualitative and quantitative research to answer client business questions, identify market opportunities and risks, and deliver actionable insights.
  • Translate complex market access and business challenges into evidence-based recommendations that inform client strategy and decisions.
  • Synthesize large amounts of information through comprehensive literature reviews, systematic data extraction, and analysis into actionable strategic insights and recommendations.
  • Apply structured problem-solving to ambiguous questions by defining key business issues, generating hypotheses, and developing applicable strategic solutions.
  • Communicate findings and recommendations through presentations, written deliverables, and daily client interactions for cross-functional and executive audiences.
  • Manage day-to-day client relationships across multiple engagements, serving as a trusted advisor and primary point of contact for designated workstreams.
  • Build long-term client relationships by delivering exceptional service, managing expectations, and identifying opportunities to expand client engagements.
  • Manage project workstreams and teams to deliver high-quality work products on time and within budget while balancing competing priorities across multiple engagements.
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams and collaborate with subject matter experts across Avalere Health.
  • Review and guide project team members' work by providing initial guidance on project tasks, feedback on draft materials, and integrating subject matter expert and project leader input into final deliverables.
  • Mentor, coach, and provide ongoing feedback to junior team members.
  • Review work products to ensure analytical rigor and high-quality client deliverables.
  • Foster a collaborative, inclusive team environment and contribute to the continued growth of the U.S. Market Access practice.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in healthcare consulting, management consulting, strategy and operations, or a market access-related field.
  • Experience with direct people management and/or mentoring and coaching junior team members.
  • Experience developing client proposals, statements of work, or supporting business development activities.
  • Experience leading client-facing presentations and executive discussions.
  • Experience and in-depth knowledge of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program implemented as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.
  • Experience leveraging advanced Excel, visualization tools, artificial-intelligence-enabled workflows, or other analytical technologies to improve project outcomes.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in conducting comprehensive literature reviews, including systematic data extraction, analysis, and synthesis of findings into actionable strategic insights and recommendations.

Avalere Health is a healthcare consulting firm that provides advisory, medical affairs, and marketing services to providers, payers, and life sciences companies. Its offerings help clients navigate the healthcare market through a proprietary SenseMaking model that combines data analysis, policy expertise, and market insights. This approach supports areas such as market access and reimbursement strategies, policy analysis, and government affairs, with revenue generated from consulting fees. The company differentiates itself by applying its SenseMaking framework to deliver targeted, data-backed recommendations across the healthcare ecosystem, integrating policy, market, and clinical considerations for each client. Its goal is to help clients make informed decisions, optimize performance, and achieve their business objectives in a complex and evolving healthcare environment.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$140M

Headquarters

null

Founded

2000

Get referred to Avalere Health

See people who can refer or advise you

Simplify Jobs

Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • May 20, 2026 'Within Reach' deepens oncology thought leadership and client intimacy.
  • Matt Kazan returned December 16, 2025, strengthening policy ties before 2026 drug reforms.
  • Avalere Health ranked in MM+M 100 on February 12, 2026, signaling market traction.

What critics are saying

  • Part D reimbursement upheaval and Medicare negotiations compress advisory timelines through 2027.
  • Japan expansion on May 11, 2026 faces entrenched domestic rivals and pricing complexity.
  • A single-brand, services-heavy model depends on pharma budgets; budget cuts hit utilization fast.

What makes Avalere Health unique

  • One-brand, end-to-end advisory, medical, and marketing model spans lifecycle execution.
  • Avalere Health's policy engine publishes 2026 Medicare, Part D, and oncology analyses weekly.
  • Japan launch on May 11, 2026 adds localized access expertise for biopharma clients.

Help us improve and share your feedback! Did you find this helpful?

Benefits

Health Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Wellness Program

Paid Vacation

Flexible Work Hours

Hybrid Work Options

Company News

Pharmaceutical Executive
May 15th, 2026
Why 75 top pharma execs are ditching fragmented marketing stacks.

Why 75 top pharma execs are ditching fragmented marketing stacks. At the Doceree Makers Summit, leaders from Sanofi, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, and others backed a new pharma marketing operating model to replace fragmented legacy softwares. A coalition of 75 pharmaceutical brand, commercial, and agency executives publicly endorsed a new marketing operations platform, underscoring growing pressure across life sciences organizations to simplify fragmented commercial technology systems and improve omnichannel marketing execution.[1] The announcement was made during the inaugural Doceree Health Decode: The Makers Summit 2026 in New York, where senior leaders from companies including Sanofi, Bristol Myers Squibb,, Avalere Health, and Deerfield supported Daily Command, a platform developed by Doceree.[1] According to Doceree, the executives collectively oversee more than $40 billion in annual pharmaceutical brand spending and are advocating for a more unified operating model designed to replace multiple disconnected systems across commercial functions, including targeting, CRM, analytics, media planning, and medical-legal-regulatory review.[1] "This isn't a product launch. It's the industry deciding, in public, that it is done with the way things are," said Harshit Jain, MD, founder and global CEO of Doceree, in the release.[1] "When seventy-five of the people who actually run pharma's biggest brands stop asking their vendors to do better and start co-building the replacement themselves, that is not a market trend. That is a market correction." The endorsement reflects a broader shift in pharma marketing commercialization. While omnichannel engagement has become a strategic priority, many organizations continue to operate across fragmented technology environments that limit speed, coordination, and consistency in execution. Why is pharma moving past fragmented commercial tech stacks? The Doceree announcement arrives at a time when pharmaceutical companies are continuing to invest heavily in digital transformation initiatives, yet still struggle to operationalize omnichannel strategies at scale. A 2025 Boston Consulting Group analysis found that while 97% of biopharma and medtech leaders view omnichannel capabilities as critical to commercial success, most organizations continue to face structural and operational barriers that prevent full integration across systems and workflows.[2] The report also highlights a persistent gap between ambition and execution. Only 10% of organizations reported having fully integrated data platforms that support omnichannel engagement, while the remaining majority cited siloed systems as a significant constraint.[2] These fragmentation issues can result in duplicated effort across teams, inconsistent reporting metrics, and delays in campaign activation. Why is fragmentation a commercial execution risk? As pharmaceutical companies are increasingly expected to deliver personalized, compliant, and timely engagement across healthcare professionals, patients, and payers, operational inefficiencies are becoming more visible and consequential. When core commercial functions, such as marketing, analytics, field operations, and compliance, operate across disconnected tools, execution slows and coordination becomes more complex. Campaign insights may be delayed or inconsistent, while measurement frameworks can vary significantly between systems. The industry response has increasingly shifted away from simply "adding more tools" toward reevaluating the underlying operational architecture that connects them. How is Daily Command a unified operating layer? Doceree described Daily Command as a shift toward a unified workflow environment intended to consolidate fragmented commercial processes into a single interface.[1] The company characterizes the platform as a "system of work" designed to bring together campaign planning, activation, measurement, and optimization. Daily Command also integrates Doceree's Clinical Intent Suite, which the company says uses behavioral and prescribing-decision signals to inform healthcare marketing engagement strategies.[1] The initiative reflects a broader effort to address inefficiencies in commercial execution by reducing reliance on multiple standalone systems that require manual coordination and data reconciliation. Agency and consulting leaders involved in the announcement highlighted similar challenges in current commercial ecosystems, particularly the operational burden created by disconnected systems and fragmented decision-making workflows. "Every category-defining software company in enterprise has been built on the same insight: own the surface where the work actually happens. In pharma marketing, and especially in full-service agencies like Deerfield, that surface has never existed," said Bill Veltre, Deerfield's chief media officer, in the release. Rather than replacing existing tools entirely, the platform is positioned as a centralized operational layer intended to unify workflows while maintaining interoperability with external partners and technologies. What does this mean for the industry? The Doceree initiative reflects a broader industry shift from expanding fragmented marketing toolsets toward consolidating workflows into more unified platforms. Doceree said Daily Command will enter closed beta in June with five pharmaceutical manufacturers and agency partners, followed by a broader release in July.[1] The coordinated endorsement from senior pharma marketers highlights a clear industry concern: in commercial technology is becoming a structural challenge affecting speed, visibility, and execution across commercialization.

PR Newswire
May 11th, 2026
Avalere Health launches Japan office led by industry veteran Junji Yokokawa

Avalere Health has launched its Japan office in Tokyo, led by industry veteran Junji Yokokawa. The move expands the global healthcare strategic partner's footprint into the Japanese domestic drug market, which is experiencing significant growth driven by oncology, diabetes, immunology and rare disease treatments. The new office offers integrated services combining market access, medical and marketing expertise to support biopharmaceutical companies throughout the product lifecycle. Unlike traditional agencies, Avalere Health Japan was designed from inception to provide end-to-end solutions for navigating Japan's complex regulatory, pricing and patient engagement landscape. CEO Amar Urhekar, who previously spent a decade in senior Asia-Pacific roles with McCann Healthcare Worldwide, said the expansion aligns with Avalere's commitment to reaching every patient possible globally.

PR Newswire
Jan 14th, 2025
Policy Strategists To Debate 2025 Impact Of The New Administration And Market Changes To Healthcare

Avalere, part of Avalere Health, convenes eleven strategistsWASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Eleven leading policy strategists are scheduled to debate how market changes and the Trump administration will shape 2025, impacting drug pricing, health plan design and patient access to needed therapies. The annual live webinar, "2025 Healthcare Industry Outlook: Opportunity Through Uncertainty" is scheduled for Thursday, January 23 at 11:00 a.m. ET

PharmaLIVE
Dec 12th, 2024
Amar Urhekar named CEO of Avalere Health

Urhekar joined Avalere Health in 2023 as Chief Operations Officer (COO) to unify the organization and build a global interdisciplinary offering across the product lifecycle.

MM+M
Dec 12th, 2024
Avalere Health elevates Amar Urhekar to CEO post

Avalere Health promoted COO Amar Urhekar to the CEO post on Thursday morning.