Senior Director, Payer Engagement (Market Access) #4605

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GRAIL

Durham, NC

On-site

Posted March 31, 2026

Job Description

Our mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. We are working to change the trajectory of cancer mortality and bring stakeholders together to adopt innovative, safe, and effective technologies that can transform cancer care.

We are a healthcare company, pioneering new technologies to advance early cancer detection. We have built a multi-disciplinary organization of scientists, engineers, and physicians and we are using the power of next-generation sequencing (NGS), population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to overcome one of medicine’s greatest challenges.

GRAIL is headquartered in the bay area of California, with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It is supported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare companies.

For more information, please visit grail.com

GRAIL is seeking a Senior Director, Payer Engagement to lead and scale our payer-facing strategy during a critical phase of commercialization and growth. This individual will manage a team of Account Leads responsible for developing and advancing a robust pipeline of payer engagements, pilots, partnerships, and coverage-enabling activities.

The ideal candidate brings a strong track record of payer relationship management, team leadership, and cross-functional influence, with the ability to translate clinical and economic value into compelling payer narratives.

This role is based in Durham, North Carolina. It offers a flexible work arrangement, with the ability to work from GRAIL's office or from home. Our current flexible work arrangement policy requires that a minimum of 40%, or 16 hours, of your total work week be on-site. Your specific schedule, determined in collaboration with your manager, will align with team and business needs and could exceed the 40% requirement for the site. At our Durham campus, Tuesdays and Thursdays are the key days where we encourage on-site presence to engage in events and on-site activities.

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