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Market Access Strategy roles qualify as H-1B visa specialty occupations under the business analysis category, requiring at least a bachelor's degree in a related field. Employers in pharma, medtech, and health economics are active H-1B sponsors. Filing opens April 1 each year for an October 1 start date.
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Opportunity awaits those up to the challenge of developing transformative therapies across a broad range of debilitating diseases.
SUMMARY
The Director, SYFOVRE Market Access Strategy will lead the U.S. market access strategy for SYFOVRE, with responsibility for optimizing pricing, contracting, and payer/reimbursement marketing in the evolving retina marketplace. Reporting to the Head of Access Strategy for Retina and Nephrology/Hematology, this role will manage a team focused on payer and reimbursement marketing strategy and tactics, pricing and contracting initiatives, and support for payer, strategic accounts, and reimbursement field teams.
As the senior market access lead for SYFOVRE, you will be ultimately accountable to the BNA Leadership Team for integrated access strategy and performance. You will lead a multidisciplinary team and partner across MA&R, Medical, Finance, Trade & Distribution, and the SYFOVRE franchise to anticipate market changes, address access barriers, and ensure access strategy is integrated with brand objectives.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead the integrated U.S. market access strategy for SYFOVRE and serve as the single point of accountability to the BNA Leadership Team for access performance, risks, and required actions.
- Lead pricing and contracting strategies that balance patient access, provider economics, competitive positioning, and sustainable net revenue.
- Lead payer and reimbursement marketing and optimize the buy-and-bill experience across coverage, coding, payment, acquisition economics, and operational barriers.
- Monitor evolving retina market dynamics, including competitive products, biosimilars, payer utilization management, provider economics, ASP trends, reimbursement, and policy changes; translate insights into brand strategy and long-range planning.
- Partner with Medical to identify evidence gaps and strengthen the SYFOVRE value proposition with payers and providers.
- Partner with Payer Accounts, Field Reimbursement, Strategic Accounts, Trade & Distribution, and other cross-functional teams to execute customer strategies and ensure effective pull-through of access priorities.
- Serve as a key member of the Retina and Nephrology/Hematology Access Strategy Leadership Team, ensuring market access considerations inform strategic and investment decisions.
- Provide leadership and strategic direction across functions, driving alignment and accountability for critical SYFOVRE access priorities.
WHO YOU ARE
You are a strategic, commercially minded market access leader who can translate complex payer, reimbursement, provider, and competitive dynamics into clear business strategies. You anticipate market change, build alignment across functions and levels, and mobilize teams to deliver business results in a buy-and-bill specialty market.
REQUIRED SKILLS
- Bachelor's degree required; MBA, MPH, or other advanced degree preferred.
- 12+ years of U.S. market access, payer marketing, reimbursement, pricing and contracting, or related pharmaceutical/biotechnology experience.
- Demonstrated experience developing and executing market access strategies for specialty or physician-administered products.
- Deep understanding of buy-and-bill reimbursement, including Medicare Part B, commercial payer dynamics, ASP-based reimbursement, provider economics, coding/payment, and site of care.
- Experience in payer/provider marketing, pricing and contracting, and translating access dynamics into actionable customer strategies.
- Ability to assess competitive market dynamics and develop strategies to protect or expand access.
- Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives, analyze business issues, and influence senior stakeholders.
PREFERRED SKILLS
- Experience in ophthalmology, retina, or another physician-administered specialty market, including Medicare Part B and ASP-based reimbursement.
- Experience with retina practices, GPOs, health systems, specialty distributors, or other stakeholders in the buy-and-bill ecosystem.
- Experience managing access for an established brand in a market facing biosimilar, generic, or other significant price-based competition.
WORK ARRANGEMENT:
Hybrid
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:
10% Travel
Education:
Bachelor's Degree
BENEFITS AND PERKS:
Apellis offers a comprehensive benefits package, inclusive flexible time off, summer and winter shutdowns, paid family leave and more!
COMPANY BACKGROUND:
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a global biopharmaceutical company leading the way in complement science to develop life-changing therapies for some of the most challenging diseases patients face. We ushered in the first new class of complement medicine in 15 years and now have two C3-targeting medicines approved to treat four serious diseases. Breakthroughs for patients include the first-ever therapy for geographic atrophy, a leading cause of blindness, and the first treatment for patients 12 and older with C3G or primary IC-MPGN, two severe, rare kidney diseases. We believe we have only begun to unlock the potential of targeting C3 across many serious diseases.
OTHER DUTIES:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
INTRODUCTION
Opportunity awaits those up to the challenge of developing transformative therapies across a broad range of debilitating diseases.
SUMMARY
The Director, SYFOVRE Market Access Strategy will lead the U.S. market access strategy for SYFOVRE, with responsibility for optimizing pricing, contracting, and payer/reimbursement marketing in the evolving retina marketplace. Reporting to the Head of Access Strategy for Retina and Nephrology/Hematology, this role will manage a team focused on payer and reimbursement marketing strategy and tactics, pricing and contracting initiatives, and support for payer, strategic accounts, and reimbursement field teams.
As the senior market access lead for SYFOVRE, you will be ultimately accountable to the BNA Leadership Team for integrated access strategy and performance. You will lead a multidisciplinary team and partner across MA&R, Medical, Finance, Trade & Distribution, and the SYFOVRE franchise to anticipate market changes, address access barriers, and ensure access strategy is integrated with brand objectives.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead the integrated U.S. market access strategy for SYFOVRE and serve as the single point of accountability to the BNA Leadership Team for access performance, risks, and required actions.
- Lead pricing and contracting strategies that balance patient access, provider economics, competitive positioning, and sustainable net revenue.
- Lead payer and reimbursement marketing and optimize the buy-and-bill experience across coverage, coding, payment, acquisition economics, and operational barriers.
- Monitor evolving retina market dynamics, including competitive products, biosimilars, payer utilization management, provider economics, ASP trends, reimbursement, and policy changes; translate insights into brand strategy and long-range planning.
- Partner with Medical to identify evidence gaps and strengthen the SYFOVRE value proposition with payers and providers.
- Partner with Payer Accounts, Field Reimbursement, Strategic Accounts, Trade & Distribution, and other cross-functional teams to execute customer strategies and ensure effective pull-through of access priorities.
- Serve as a key member of the Retina and Nephrology/Hematology Access Strategy Leadership Team, ensuring market access considerations inform strategic and investment decisions.
- Provide leadership and strategic direction across functions, driving alignment and accountability for critical SYFOVRE access priorities.
WHO YOU ARE
You are a strategic, commercially minded market access leader who can translate complex payer, reimbursement, provider, and competitive dynamics into clear business strategies. You anticipate market change, build alignment across functions and levels, and mobilize teams to deliver business results in a buy-and-bill specialty market.
REQUIRED SKILLS
- Bachelor's degree required; MBA, MPH, or other advanced degree preferred.
- 12+ years of U.S. market access, payer marketing, reimbursement, pricing and contracting, or related pharmaceutical/biotechnology experience.
- Demonstrated experience developing and executing market access strategies for specialty or physician-administered products.
- Deep understanding of buy-and-bill reimbursement, including Medicare Part B, commercial payer dynamics, ASP-based reimbursement, provider economics, coding/payment, and site of care.
- Experience in payer/provider marketing, pricing and contracting, and translating access dynamics into actionable customer strategies.
- Ability to assess competitive market dynamics and develop strategies to protect or expand access.
- Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives, analyze business issues, and influence senior stakeholders.
PREFERRED SKILLS
- Experience in ophthalmology, retina, or another physician-administered specialty market, including Medicare Part B and ASP-based reimbursement.
- Experience with retina practices, GPOs, health systems, specialty distributors, or other stakeholders in the buy-and-bill ecosystem.
- Experience managing access for an established brand in a market facing biosimilar, generic, or other significant price-based competition.
WORK ARRANGEMENT:
Hybrid
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:
10% Travel
Education:
Bachelor's Degree
BENEFITS AND PERKS:
Apellis offers a comprehensive benefits package, inclusive flexible time off, summer and winter shutdowns, paid family leave and more!
COMPANY BACKGROUND:
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a global biopharmaceutical company leading the way in complement science to develop life-changing therapies for some of the most challenging diseases patients face. We ushered in the first new class of complement medicine in 15 years and now have two C3-targeting medicines approved to treat four serious diseases. Breakthroughs for patients include the first-ever therapy for geographic atrophy, a leading cause of blindness, and the first treatment for patients 12 and older with C3G or primary IC-MPGN, two severe, rare kidney diseases. We believe we have only begun to unlock the potential of targeting C3 across many serious diseases.
OTHER DUTIES:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship in Market Access Strategy
Align your degree to market access
USCIS requires your degree field to directly relate to the role. A background in health economics, public health, or business analytics maps cleanly to Market Access Strategy. A general management degree may trigger a Request for Evidence.
Target pharma and medtech H-1B filers
Search Migrate Mate by industry to identify companies with active H-1B LCA filings for market access, HEOR, or payer strategy roles. DOL disclosure data shows which employers have filed, not just posted openings.
Confirm the prevailing wage tier before negotiating
Run your job title and metro area through the OFLC Wage Search to find the DOL wage level your employer must certify. Level I and Level II wages differ significantly and affect what the LCA will support.
Verify the role matches O*NET specialty occupation criteria
Pull the O*NET profile for your specific title. Market Access Strategy work often maps to Management Analysts or Health Economists. Your offer letter job duties should mirror the O*NET description USCIS uses when evaluating specialty occupation status.
Clarify cap-exempt status with academic or nonprofit employers
Universities, research hospitals, and nonprofit research organizations are cap-exempt under USCIS rules. If you're targeting health system or academic medical center roles in market access, cap-exempt employers can file year-round without lottery registration.
Request premium processing if your OPT end date is close
If your OPT expires before October 1, ask your employer to file with premium processing. USCIS adjudicates premium petitions within 15 business days, giving you a faster answer than standard processing during cap-gap uncertainty.
H-1B Visa Market Access Strategy: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Market Access Strategy role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, provided the employer can show the role normally requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as health economics, pharmacy, life sciences, or business analytics. Roles that accept any bachelor's degree regardless of field are more likely to receive an RFE. Your offer letter job duties should reflect the technical depth USCIS expects for specialty occupation classification.
Which industries sponsor H-1B visas most often for market access professionals?
Pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, health economics and outcomes research consultancies, and managed care organizations are the most consistent H-1B sponsors for market access roles. These employers file LCAs through DOL before petitioning USCIS, and their filing history is publicly available. Migrate Mate filters employers by LCA filing history so you can target companies that have sponsored these roles before.
How does the H-1B prevailing wage requirement affect market access job offers?
Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the DOL prevailing wage for your job title and work location. Market access roles in major metro areas carry higher prevailing wages than rural markets. If an offer falls below the certified wage level, the LCA will not clear DOL review. Use the OFLC Wage Search to check the wage level before signing an offer.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new market access employer mid-year?
Yes. H-1B portability under AC21 lets you start working for a new employer as soon as they file a transfer petition, without waiting for approval. The new employer must file before your current authorized period expires and the role must still qualify as a specialty occupation. You don't need to go through the lottery again since you already hold H-1B status.
What documentation should I gather before a market access employer begins my H-1B petition?
Collect official transcripts showing your degree field, a credential evaluation if your degree is from outside the U.S., any professional certifications relevant to payer strategy or HEOR, and a detailed job description that maps your duties to your degree. USCIS may also request evidence that the specific position requires a specialized degree, so prior performance reviews or published work in market access can strengthen the record.