Field Access Manager Rare Disease

Lead the key country listing / formulary inclusion action planning and execution for AstraZeneca Rare Disease Portfolio products with a comprehensive and compelling approach in a multicultural environment.

Demonstrate a high-level of integrity, broad knowledge of all inclusion and decision-making processes of each of the key payers in the country; as well as solid and cogent stakeholder management, strong relationships with payers and key stakeholders and proven capability to gather insights, forceful negotiation skills, and demonstrable knowledge of pharmaceutical market access strategies & innovative market access agreements models, with a pro-active approach to business partnerships.

• Maintain up to date knowledge of health system dynamics, policies, and regulations.
• Perform a continues mapping of key accounts to ensure a deep understanding of access opportunities, priorities, barriers, and potential in the defined countries.
• Gather and work with key payers’ s insights and value drivers to develop a comprehensive, clear, and compelling payer tailored access & pricing strategy to ensure patients’ access to our innovative medicines.
• Develop and keep updated stakeholder mapping and employ mapping to execute a comprehensive stakeholder engagement plan throughout the end-to-end inclusion/ decision-making process.
• Understand payers needs as well as identify the Health Technology Assessment and HEOR required data gap to ensure added value to the access strategy and to build solid and robust reimbursement / inclusion dossiers.
• Deliver national pricing & reimbursement dossiers and conduct listing / formulary inclusion negotiations along with Field Access Lead in cross-functional collaboration, applying integrated account models to consolidate technical and financial data, and providing all the required information to ensure adequate forecasting and supply.
• Analyze and resolve complex/multi technology requests during the access / inclusion process, able to obtain rapid responses from payers during influence phase, leading cross-functional solutions along with medical, access, pricing, legal and regulatory teams.
• Follow up and track the end-to-end inclusion process and decision-making process, leveraging the stakeholder’s engagement plan to guarantee the access / inclusion objectives and goals.
• Ensure high quality results in all customer-pricing matters and payers’ value drivers.
• Work closely with Market Access Director in cross-functional collaboration to guarantee flawless implementation and execution of the access strategies in the country.
• Prepare management presentations and dashboards regarding access / inclusion follow-up process and milestones.
• Provide quarterly updated information to build competitive intelligence on market access (cross functional)
• Review and analyze information about market demand & access opportunities, proposal preparations
• 100% Compliance with policies & procedures and with the Code of Ethics of AstraZeneca.
• Participate and contribute to various project teams and participate in special projects.

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

·Medical or Health degree, plus 5 years of institutional Business experience (Required).

·Previous proven experience in Rare Disease market

·Advantageous experience in Public - Institutional Sales / Commercial.

·Proven knowledge of health system dynamics, policy and regulations, market access trends, and pricing basis.

·Self-driven, results oriented with a positive attitude and a clear focus on access goals, priorities and milestones.

·Mature, credible, and comfortable when dealing with top government authorities, payers and decision makers.

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.