Description:
The Senior Manager, Market Access Strategy is accountable for developing and driving Market Access Strategies to optimize reimbursement (public and private) of AstraZeneca’s business unit portfolios. On a brand-specific basis, the Senior Manager is the primary internal point of contact for the MAP function and is responsible for end-to-end access strategy leadership from early stage through to launch, reimbursement and life cycle management.
Accountabilities
- Lead the development and delivery of market access strategy, including pre-launch planning, portfolio assessment and CDA, INESSS, Provincial and Private Payer submissions, through to formulary listing.
- Lead all aspects of cross-functional development and execution of key strategic imperatives to support reimbursement objectives.
- Leverage brand-specific expertise to advise pCPA and private payer negotiation strategies,
- Represent MAP as member of the Brand Team by acting as a role model for cross-functional working to ensure TA area objectives are met; and be an enterprise problem solver who can articulate the Payer/ Market Access perspective and understand the brand objectives so that effective solutions are built.
- Communicate regularly and effectively with Access Brand Value team (Payer evidence, pricing, negotiations, payer engagement) to share brand insights and ensure overall access strategy coordination.
- Seeks new insights as well as environmental trends to develop foresight to build strategies and plans.
- Provide access assessment, critical appraisal, evidence gap identification, and external engagement to build reimbursement strategies throughout the product lifecycle.
- Lead and/or participate in local, national, and global-cross functional teams to address and support market access needs within the business.
- Responsible for leading brand-specific access budget.
- Collaborate with external partners & reimbursement experts to ensure that AstraZeneca Canada market access initiatives are relevant and support the needs of patients, health care providers and payers.
- Work with Market Access Strategists, and Payer evidence manager, providing mentorship on critical deliverables for access strategy optimization.
- Responsible for collecting and reporting Adverse Events in accordance with AstraZeneca policies and procedures
Education, Qualifications, Skills And Experience
- Advanced degree in science, business (e.g., MSc, MBA) or equivalent
- 7+ years of Pharmaceutical experience and/or 5+ years Market Access experience with exposure to ONC preferred.
- Experience in market access, regulatory, new product planning, pricing, evidence generation, or commercial with in-depth knowledge of the Canadian drug reimbursement landscape (HTA and pCPA processes, public/private payers, health policies).
- Experience constructing payer value stories and incorporating these into strategies and submissions.
- Track record of success delivering optimized market access across multiple brands.
- Experience working with external partners (e.g., clinicians, patient groups) to define and deliver optimized access results .
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams and proven multi-stakeholder project delivery in a sophisticated environment.
- In-depth knowledge of CDA, INESSS and pCPA processes.
- Strategically agile with strong business insights and can synthesize information from diverse sources to formulate strategies and actions.
- Motivated by working with ambiguity and complexity.