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Salary: USD 180,000 - 200,000 / annual
COMPASS Pathways is a biotechnology company developing COMP360, a proprietary synthetic psilocybin treatment under investigation for treatment-resistant depression (TRD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The company is leading the world's largest classic psychedelic clinical program and has received FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation and UK ILAP designation for TRD.
The Patient Access Liaison (PAL) is a field-based role responsible for site-level execution of patient engagement strategy. The PAL supports REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy) certification, strengthens site access readiness, and provides compliant coverage and reimbursement education to healthcare stakeholders.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting REMS site certification and patient enrollment processes
- Enabling site access readiness and operational workflows following REMS certification
- Providing compliant education on coverage, coding, payment, reimbursement, benefit investigations, claims, prior authorizations, and appeals
- Educating sites on case management processes for consented patients, including benefit verification and affordability program navigation
- Identifying and troubleshooting case-level access barriers through specialty pharmacy, HUB, and other approved pathways
- Coordinating patient treatment logistics and scheduling across REMS requirements, specialty pharmacies, and distribution partners
- Collaborating on cross-functional handoffs with Sales and Site of Care Account Leads
- Maintaining accurate, compliant CRM documentation of account activities and case interactions
- Developing and executing account-level business plans reflecting site access priorities and operational readiness
- Maintaining non-promotional role boundaries and refraining from product promotion or commercial sales discussions
The role reports to the Regional Director of Field Patient Access and is field-based in Pittsburgh, PA, with an assigned geography requiring 50%+ travel by air and car. The candidate must reside within 25 miles of assigned territory borders.
Requirements:
- Minimum 3 years of experience in field reimbursement, patient access, and case management within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or specialty healthcare
- Demonstrated expertise in access and reimbursement processes, specialty pharmacy programs, patient support services, coverage, benefit verification, prior authorization, appeals, and affordability programs
- Experience helping sites and stakeholders support patient progression from referral through treatment initiation
- Experience partnering with treatment sites to assess needs, strengthen workflows, and build trusted relationships
- Strong planning, organization, accountability, and disciplined execution with ability to use data and field insights to anticipate and address access challenges
- Experience collaborating compliantly with matrix partners while maintaining appropriate role boundaries
- Bachelor's degree required
- Valid driver's license required
- Ability and willingness to travel 50% or more within assigned geography
- Must reside within 25 miles of assigned territory borders
