Location: New Haven, CT (Northeast Preferred)

Position Summary:

The Head of Market Access, Trade & Patient Services is a key member of Invivyd’s Commercial Leadership Team and is responsible for designing, building, and leading an integrated U.S. access and patient support organization. This role owns the end-to-end strategy and execution across Market Access, Trade & Distribution, Government Pricing & Contracting, and Patient Services, ensuring that patients have timely, sustainable access to Invivyd’s antibody-based therapies.

This is a highly visible, hands-on leadership role ideal for an experienced access executive who thrives in an entrepreneurial environment and has successfully built access infrastructure for specialty or biologic products. The candidate VP will play a critical role in launch readiness, lifecycle management, and future pipeline planning as Invivyd continues to redefine protection for immunocompromised patients.

The role reports to the Chief Commercial Officer and partners closely with Commercial, Medical Affairs, Operations and Patient Services and Distribution.

Responsibilities:

Market Access Strategy & Leadership

• Define and execute the U.S. Market Access strategy to support Invivyd’s commercial objectives, pricing strategy, and patient access goals across commercial and government segments
• Serve as the enterprise leader for payer strategy, reimbursement, contracting, and value positioning, ensuring alignment with brand, medical, and policy strategies
• Act as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on access, pricing, contracting, and policy-related matters

Trade & Distribution

• Partner with the Head of Patient Services and Distribution on the development and execution of strategy across specialty pharmacy, limited distribution, hospital, retail, and hybrid channel models
• Oversee partner selection, contracting, and performance management for distributors, specialty pharmacies, and 3PL providers
• Serve as Invivyd’s subject matter expert on distribution economics, DSCSA, 340B, government channels (VA, DoD), and other federal programs
• Ensure scalable, compliant distribution models that support both launch and long-term growth

Patient Services & Access Programs

• Partner with the Patient Services and Distribution head to collaborate on aspects of Patient Services, including hub services, reimbursement support, affordability programs, patient education, and adherence initiatives
• Along with Patient Services Head Ensure patient programs are designed with a patient-first mindset, while maintaining compliance, operational efficiency, and measurable impact

Cross-Functional & External Collaboration

• Partner closely with Sales, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Supply Chain, and Policy to ensure seamless execution of access strategies
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with payers, IDNs, specialty pharmacies, distributors, and key external stakeholders
• Collaborate with Public & Government Affairs to monitor and influence policy developments impacting coverage and reimbursement

Governance, Compliance & Reporting

• Ensure all Market Access, Trade, and Patient Services activities meet the highest standards of compliance, ethics, and regulatory integrity
• Manage department budgets, vendor contracts, and financial performance, ensuring efficient use of resources
• Track, analyze, and report on access-related KPIs and financial outcomes, providing regular updates to executive leadership

Team Leadership & Development

• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing, cross-functional organization spanning Market Access, Trade, and Patient Services.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement aligned with Invivyd’s mission and values

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA, MPH, PharmD, or other advanced degree preferred
• Experience with mass market, consumer brands
• 15+ years of U.S. Market Access experience within pharmaceutical or biotechnology organizations
• 8+ years of people leadership experience, with a proven track record of building and scaling high-performing teams
• Deep expertise across payer strategy, pricing, reimbursement, contracting, trade & distribution, and patient services
• Demonstrated success launching and supporting specialty or biologic products (mAbs strongly preferred)
• Strong knowledge of U.S. healthcare systems, including commercial payers, Medicare/Medicaid, IDNs, federal markets, and 340B
• Experience operationalizing access, trade, and patient service programs in early-stage or growth-stage biotech environments
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and influencing skills with internal and external stakeholders
• Proven ability to balance strategic vision with hands-on execution in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial setting
• The company is Headquartered in New Haven, CT and onsite presence is essential to the success of this role; It is expected that this candidate can be onsite ideally every other week and additional time as needed

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