Band
Level 5
Job Description Summary
Associate Access Directors are dedicated to supporting and co-developing innovative and winning market access strategies, optimizing the payer value proposition and access-relevant evidence packages for assets, in partnership with CLS, IMA and cross-functional teams.In this role you will partner with the International V&A Director/Executive Director, develop and implement transformative access solutions serving strategic disease areas (DAs) within Oncology, with a focus on our priority geographic markets (CN, DE, JP), major HTA archetypes (e.g., UK/CAN) and Budget Impact archetypes (eg Italy, Spain). Focus is on D11 International Markets.
Facilitate Cross Functional Collaboration:
• Represent access with internal partners and external stakeholders. Internally, support the execution of our vision, provide expert support throughout the Access community (International, Regions, Countries) and with key partners (CPS/International, Development, Biomedical Research, Operations, S&G, Regions and Countries).
• Collaborate and partner with TAs, Medical Affairs, Development and Biomedical Research to enhance the value proposition, access strategy and access-relevant evidence packages.
• With the commercial organization and Pricing team, (co-)create the international pricing strategy and guidance.
• Create collaborative partnerships internally and externally to break down silos, partner across the value chain and shape the future of healthcare and markets.
• Collaborate with S&G and Development to drive consistent and access-optimal approaches to product shaping, value propositions and HCS value creation.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain the Integrated Product Access strategy throughout the product lifecycle which clearly articulates the product strategy and differentiation most relevant to payers (e.g., well-defined target population, clinical endpoints, comparators, outcome measures, utility instruments, Health Economics data), patients, and HCS stakeholders worldwide.
- Support D11 countries for their payer negotiations.
- Timely delivery of the materials in support of countries
- Ensure Access input is reflected in TPPs, clinical programs (including IEPs), BD&L assessments, asset maximization and indication sequencing
- Identify evidence, in addition to registration studies, required to meet the needs of medical experts and institutions involved in reimbursement & access decisions for key geographies.
- Collaborate with the HEOR & PCO team to ensure full integration of adequate HEOR/evidence deliverables in high quality cross-franchise strategy.
- Manage Access community and budgets
Essential requirements:
- 2+ years of experience in market access roles
- Experience working early in drug development lifecycle OR product launch experience
- Cross functional and matrix influential experience across a team of multiple stakeholders
- Experience in driving commercial strategy driven through access or HEOR or pricing expertise
Desirable requirements:
- MBA, Ph.D., M.D., RPh., MPH, Medical, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical/Biological Science.
- Experience in Oncology, including Hematology. 2+ years of experience in the relevant therapeutic area. 2+ years global or ex-US regional experience.
Location: This role can be based in Basel, Switzerland. Also, the role can be based in London (UK) and Dublin (Ireland).
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Skills Desired
Access And Reimbursement Strategy, Agility, Analytical Skill, Analytical Thinking, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer-Centric Mindset, Employee Development, Finance, Go-To-Market Strategy, Healthcare Sector Understanding, Health Economics, Health Policy, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Innovation, Inspirational Leadership, Market Access Strategy, Negotiation Skills, People Management, Process Management, Public Affairs, Real World Evidence (RWE), Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Value Propositions, Waterfall Model