Strategy Insights & Planning Consultant - Market Access

Location: Hybrid role based in New York, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; or Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Work includes a combination of working from home and on-site presence at client or hirify.global offices, with travel required for client-facing work.

Salary: $160,000–$177,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a management consulting and technology firm combining data, science, technology, and human ingenuity to improve outcomes for patients, caregivers, and consumers.

What you will do

• Lead client engagements and relationships across payer strategy, pricing, contracting, access program design, and reimbursement research.
• Translate payer and provider intelligence into access landscape assessments, coverage barrier analyses, and reimbursement risk frameworks.
• Direct pricing and contracting strategy projects using WAC and net pricing benchmarks, formulary data, rebate structures, and competitive access dynamics.
• Oversee claims data analyses, formulary database modeling, and pricing benchmark work.
• Prepare executive-level presentations for senior market access and commercial stakeholders.
• Mentor Associates and Associate Consultants and contribute to thought leadership, proposals, and capability building.

Requirements

• MBA with a relevant bachelor's or graduate degree, or a PhD in marketing, economics, decision sciences, or a related field; 5–8 years of relevant experience may substitute for an MBA or PhD.
• 6+ years of market access, payer strategy, or reimbursement consulting experience in or serving the pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience conducting qualitative primary research with U.S. payers, PBMs, and providers, including designing research programs and moderating senior-level interviews.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. payer systems, including managed care, Medicare Part B and D, Medicaid, formulary management, prior authorization, step therapy, and specialty pharmacy.
• Expertise in pharmaceutical pricing and contracting, including WAC, net pricing, rebates, value-based agreements, and GPO/IDN dynamics.
• Fluent English and authorization to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship are required.

Nice to have

• Experience leading and developing junior consultants.
• Strong academic record in business, economics, marketing, psychology, life sciences, engineering, applied mathematics, statistics, or a related field.

Culture & Benefits

• Cross-functional skills development and customized learning pathways.
• Milestone training programs aligned with career progression.
• Internal mobility opportunities and role expansion paths.
• Comprehensive rewards supporting health, financial well-being, time away, and professional development.
• Collaborative work environment with flexible home and on-site working arrangements.

Hiring process

• Submit an online application with a complete set of official or unofficial transcripts.