Asahi Kasei

• Identifies and conducts outreach to key HCPs within the assigned territory to build and strengthen relationships • Conducts scientific exchange through one-to-one HCP meetings and small group discussions on disease state and treatment options • Leads and facilitates advisory boards and other activities that inform strategic directions • Collaborates with commercial counterparts in a professional and compliant manner • Communicates appropriately with internal stakeholders on relevant clinical information and practice trends • Responds appropriately to unsolicited questions from HCPs following the Company’s SOPs • Responds timely to HCP requests for medical information with complete documentation of information exchanged • Communicates timely HCP interest in lifecycle studies to internal stakeholders, as well as identifies potential study sites • Identifies opportunities for data generation activities through investigator-initiated research • Participates in, and successfully completes, all assigned education / training on the Company’s SOPs • Maintains clinical and technical expertise in relevant therapeutic areas by reviewing scientific journals and participating in educational / training programs

• Responsible for the access and reimbursement strategy and implementation aligned with the portfolio of AKT products • Manage the contracting process, monitor contract performance, and identify opportunities for adjustment • Develop and maintain relationships that align strategically to the business needs of accounts • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the Company’s and competition's products, strategies, and account priorities • Collaborate with commercial, medical, and market access teams to shape strategy and maximize opportunities

• Acts as the subject matter expert (SME) in access, coverage, and reimbursement for assigned therapeutic products. • Manages accounts by serving as the primary field resource for healthcare providers and office staff on access support including benefits verification, prior authorization, appeals, and financial assistance. • Partners with HUB/Patient Services teams to support the patient journey from enrollment through therapy initiation and adherence. • Educates customers on coding, payer coverage criteria, co-pay assistance, and access tools. • Aligns with Sales, Market Access, and Patient Support teams to provide integrated support that enhances the overall customer experience. • Collaborates with account teams to develop localized strategies to address access challenges. • Maintains detailed, timely documentation of field activities and customer interactions in the CRM system. • Monitors local and national market trends, payer policy changes, and emerging access challenges. • Attends and contributes to team meetings & calls, training, and regional or national sales meetings as appropriate.

• The Director of Market Access Marketing will be responsible for supporting the broad Market Access team in the creation of all strategy and resources for Market Access and field-based access related resources and messaging. • This individual will also be responsible for helping shape and executing the company’s market access strategy to ensure optimal product positioning, reimbursement, and patient access across key markets. • This role requires a deep understanding of payer dynamics, and provider marketing needs including value communication, and evidence generation, as well as the ability to align cross-functional teams around access objectives. • The Director will manage the department and partner closely with internal functions and external partners as well as the US leadership team to build resources that demonstrate and communicate product value and address patient access barriers to payers, providers, and health systems, ultimately contributing to commercial success.

Title: Software Reliability Engineering Team Manager Location: AKA - Home Office U.S. Full time Hybrid Job Description: The Asahi Kasei Group operates with a commitment of creating for tomorrow. Our business sectors, Material, Homes, and Health Care, contribute to the development of society by anticipating the changing needs of those around the world. We look for candidates that offer a fresh perspective and a variety of skills to help us achieve our commitment. We are currently seeking applications to fill the following job opening: Company: Asahi Kasei America, Inc. Job Description: Position Type: Full time / HYBRID - Monday – Friday / 9am – 5pm (3 days a week in office) Location: 3540 Toringdon Way, Suite 200, Room 259, Charlotte, NC 28277 Description: - Define team objectives and assign project and operational tasks to direct reports and manage various sized projects. - Responsible for functional area technology evaluation, selection, implementation, and administration. - Collaborate closely with the other IT team members at all levels, as well as business key-users when needed, to set priorities and schedule the team activities. - Ensure Applications Availability and Performance - Ensure safe Code Push execution - Manage various sized Technical Projects - Handle Technical Requests - Focus on Continuous Improvement, be force of proposal of improvements - Ensure knowledge sharing between the team members - Tasks dispatching & delegation between the team members and organization of your team - Ensure team service continuity - Performance process handling: goals setting, mid-year and year end performance reviews - Human Resources management: training, turn-over management (recruitment / worldwide) - The position will be hybrid in Charlotte, NC office (3 days a week); and, work from home (2 days a week). Qualifications: Two (2) years’ experience as IT application support analyst, application analyst roles or closely related. Applicants must have 2 years’ experience with: 1. Software Reliability Engineering 2. Supporting Business Applications - Dynamics AX 4 and AX 2012, MES, internal manufacturing and quality related Applications 3. Separator business production processes 4. Leading a team of skilled engineers remotely, 5. IT Software/Systems architectures 6. Microsoft Ecosystem (Windows Server, SQL Server, and IIS) 7. ERP Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 and Dynamics 365 Finance/Operations 8. Web-related technologies 9. PowerShell scripting language 10. SQL and relational database fundamentals 11. Azure DevOps platform 12. Microsoft SCOM monitoring platform 13. Data Visualization tools 14. Monitoring platform 15.Supervision platform (SquaredUp) 16. ServiceNow Enterprise Service Management (ESM) As an equal opportunity employer, Asahi Kasei believes a diverse workforce will provide us with the ability to continuously support the changes in the economy, society, and environment.

• Responsible for leading the Field Access Manager (FAM) Team in its support of patient access in infectious disease • Educates accounts on effective and efficient processes that maximize patients’ access to prescribed product(s) • Supports HCPs throughout the enrollment and access process • Leads the FAM team in building account confidence in patient access through education around the access journey, payer coverage landscape, transitions of care and all appropriate access resources • Coordinates and collaborates internally with Market Access, Sales, Marketing, and all Patient Support Services • Builds a FAM Team for the Company’s new brand launch in the infectious disease space • Partners with Patient Access and Market Access Marketing to ensure appropriate training resources and HCP facing materials are available • Coaches, motivates, and leads FAMs to achieve goals and objectives with a focus on accountability, results, and collaboration • Ensures the Field Access team maintains compliant behaviors as related to HIPAA/patient privacy and accurate documentation in the CRM system • Develops strategies and processes, in partnership with cross-functional teams, to overcome access barriers in a compliant manner • Evaluates needs and leads development of patient access resources to better educate accounts • Provides relevant and timely performance updates to senior leadership

Provide high-level administrative support to senior leadership, manage executive communications, coordinate meetings and travel logistics, and maintain organized documentation to enhance overall operational effectiveness.

• Own and deliver against annual revenue, margin, and pipeline targets • Build and execute multi-year account plans for strategic customers • Develop and maintain a robust, qualified sales pipeline (3-5x coverage) • Lead complex capital equipment sales cycles (6-24 months) • Engage senior stakeholders (Manufacturing, Process Development, Procurement, Engineering) • Position AKBA as a trusted partner in process scale-up and manufacturing optimization • Translate customer process needs into integrated equipment solutions • Collaborate with engineering and product teams to shape proposals and technical positioning • Drive differentiation through value-based and solution-oriented selling • Lead pricing strategy and contract negotiations aligned with margin targets • Maintain accurate forecasting (monthly/quarterly) • Ensure disciplined use of CRM (Salesforce) for pipeline visibility • Coordinate with Engineering, Service, Marketing, and Inside Sales to ensure successful project execution • Act as the commercial owner through project lifecycle (sale > delivery > after-sales) • Provide structured insights on market trends, competitors, and customer needs • Support product roadmap development and new market expansion initiatives • Represent AKBA at industry conferences and technical forums

Role Description This role plays a key leadership role in the strategy, design, and execution of the Company’s Patient Support Programs (PSPs). The incumbent contributes to overall commercial success by developing and optimizing programs that enable patient access to prescribed therapies while balancing brand performance, compliance requirements, and organizational objectives. This position provides leadership, direction, and development for Field Access Managers, HUB service teams, providers, and other key healthcare partners, ensuring consistent, compliant, and high-quality program execution. The base compensation range for this role is $200-225K. Base Compensation is influenced by many factors including, but not limited to: time in the role, previous experience, skills, knowledge, performance, work requirements, internal equity, and business/economic conditions. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in a health-related field required; MBA preferred - 5+ years of experience in healthcare sales, market access, provider marketing, patient access, or reimbursement, including vendor management experience - Deep understanding of Medicare Parts B and D, Medicaid, private payer policies, reimbursement processes, health policy, and specialty pharmacy - Knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment impacting patient services and financial assistance programs - Demonstrated success supporting product launches across both pharmacy and medical benefit products - Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and inform strategic decision-making - Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills - Project management experience preferred - Strong organizational and collaboration skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and timelines - Highly effective interpersonal and influencing skills, with a focus on delivering consistent, positive patient and customer access experience - Ability to travel 25% of the time including overnights Requirements - Lead all aspects of the Company’s Patient Support Programs in compliance with federal and state laws, regulations, and Company policies - Establish and evolve monitoring, auditing, and governance processes in partnership with Compliance to support the Company’s Ethics and Compliance program - Support contract negotiation and management in collaboration with internal stakeholders - Build and maintain strong, productive relationships with contracted service providers and their leadership teams - Drive efficient use of PSP budgets through active cost monitoring, identification of optimization opportunities, and development of forward-looking financial forecasts - Partner with internal stakeholders to develop standardized dashboards and reporting to measure program performance - Develop KPIs and content for internal quarterly business reviews (QBRs) with senior leadership - Conduct ongoing business reviews, establish performance metrics, complete on-site visits, and identify continuous improvement opportunities - Partner closely with Field Access, Sales, Marketing, and Commercial Operations to ensure strong understanding and effective execution of Company’s Patient Support Programs - Serve as a point of escalation to promptly address field questions, issues, and operational challenges - Provide subject matter expertise related to PSS performance, program design, and budget impact - Proactively share market trends, best practices, competitive insights, and customer learnings to inform strategy development and refinement - Contribute to the design of innovative service offerings through patient insights, call center analytics, competitive benchmarking, and evaluation of global best practices - Stay current on evolving vendor capabilities, regulatory requirements, and industry trends impacting patient services programs by participating in relevant industry conferences - Work cross-functionally with Medical, Marketing, Commercial Operations, Field Sales, Legal, and Compliance to align clinical and commercial strategies and support appropriate customer engagement Benefits - Valuable and competitive compensation package - Health and insurance benefits - Training and development opportunities - Performance-based bonus eligibility

Role Description The National Sales Director is responsible for leading, developing, and executing commercial strategy for the Company’s new launch brand of an innovative and new anti-infective at a national level. The incumbent plays a key role through collaborating with commercial colleagues to build and develop sales strategy, architecture, footprint, key field personnel hiring, and develop go-to market strategies and tactical plans to support this team. Additionally, the incumbent works cross-functionally to integrate, where possible, with the Company’s broader sales team to optimize resources and create a unified culture. Summary of Key Responsibilities - Provides strategic leadership and direction to national team to achieve or exceed area sales targets and business objectives. - Maintains deep expertise in therapeutic areas, product portfolio, and evolving healthcare landscape to guide decision-making. - Develops and executes a comprehensive national business plan aligned with the Company’s brand strategies and corporate goals. - Analyzes market dynamics, competitive landscape, and customer insights to identify opportunities and mitigate risks. - Drives consistent execution of sales strategies across regions while ensuring adaptability to local market conditions. - Ensures all business activities comply with applicable laws, regulations, and Company policies. - Builds, leads, and develops a high-performing leadership team through coaching, mentoring, and talent development initiatives. - Establishes a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the assigned area. - Ensures alignment and strong cross-functional collaboration with the broader sales organization, Marketing, Market Access, Patient Services/Support, Business Intelligence and other key partners. - Monitors and manages regional-level financial performance, including budget oversight and contribution to P&L objectives. - Leads national and regional business reviews, planning sessions, and performance management processes. - Provides actionable insights and feedback to senior sales leadership to inform national strategy and business planning. - Champions Company values, ethical standards, and a patient-first mindset in all activities. - Responsible for assigned annual budgets, including scheduled forecast and expenses updates. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or other advanced degree strongly preferred. - Minimum of 15 years of pharmaceutical/biotech industry experience. - At least 5+ years of progressive leadership experience, including managing second-line leaders (e.g., RSDs or equivalent). - Anti-infective TA experience and hospital leadership experience required. - Orphan, rare disease experience required. - Proven track record of driving sustained sales performance and market growth across multiple regions. - Deep understanding of the inpatient and outpatient reimbursement landscape for anti-infectives. - Demonstrated success in building and developing high-performing teams and future leaders. - Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and decision-making skills. - Experience managing budgets and contributing to P&L performance. - Deep understanding of compliance, regulatory requirements, and industry standards. - Excellent communication, collaboration, and executive presence. Requirements - Travel Requirements: Approximately 60%, including overnight. - Required travel to Cary, NC HQ, minimum 2 times per month for strategic planning and integration. Benefits - Competitive compensation package. - Health and insurance benefits. - Training and development opportunities. - Performance-based bonus eligibility.