Manager, Market Access Strategy - Oncology

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The 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 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 Working Group 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. 
• 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.
• Responsible for collecting and reporting Adverse Events in accordance with AstraZeneca policies and procedures

Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Advanced education in health sciences, HTA/health economics, health policy, regulatory, epidemiology, statistics, or business.
• 3+ years of pharmaceutical industry or health-related/HTA experience involving reimbursement or health policy, or similar agency/government experience
• 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 in market access, regulatory, new product planning, evidence generation, or commercial with understanding of the Canadian drug reimbursement landscape (HTA processes, public/private payers, health policies).
• Experience with large agencies/institutions such as CADTH, INESSS, Health Canada, or government contacts an asset.
• Experience working with external payers, HTA experts, clinicians, and patient advocates and able to deliver cross-functional/multi-stakeholder projects in a sophisticated environment.

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