Payer Engagement Account Director (Healthcare)

Location: Remote from Colorado, United States; occasional travel to hirify.global offices or other locations is required, with 30–40% travel across U.S. markets. Candidates should be able to provide coverage during Pacific/Mountain Standard Time.

Annual base pay: $169,000–$242,000, plus potential bonus or incentive compensation.

Company

hirify.global is a healthcare company developing multi-cancer early detection technology using next-generation sequencing, clinical studies, computer science, and data science.

What you will do

• Own and actively advance a defined pipeline of payer opportunities, including progress, outcomes, timelines, risks, and next steps.
• Build relationships with payer accounts and move discussions toward pilots, data evaluations, collaborations, and agreements.
• Lead payer meetings from initial outreach through follow-up execution and maintain momentum toward defined outcomes.
• Identify clinical, economic, and decision-making stakeholders within complex payer organizations and address payer needs and objections.
• Partner with Market Access, HEOR, Medical Affairs, Commercial, Government Affairs, and clinical development teams on evidence and access requirements.
• Prepare compliant payer-facing materials that communicate clinical and economic value.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 10+ years of experience in payer engagement, market access, managed care, or healthcare account leadership.
• Demonstrated success closing payer negotiations that resulted in expanded insurance coverage.
• Ability to work remotely from Colorado, United States, and travel 30–40% across U.S. markets.
• Ability to provide coverage during Pacific/Mountain Standard Time.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree such as MBA, MPH, PharmD, MD, or PhD.
• 15+ years of relevant payer, market access, managed care, or healthcare account leadership experience.
• Experience in biotech, diagnostics, pharma, healthcare technology, payer pilots, value-based arrangements, or evidence-generation collaborations.
• Familiarity with HEOR, real-world evidence, clinical development, reimbursement, and access pathways.
• Executive presence, strong communication, stakeholder management, independence, and comfort with ambiguity.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with flexible time off or vacation.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Mindfulness programs and reasonable workplace accommodations.
• Work hours and days may vary according to operational needs; occasional travel and physical activity may be required.