Senior Manager, Market Access Strategy - BBU (Biopharmaceutical Business Unit)

About Our Company:

At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, ambitious thinking, and innovation – ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions and even the globe.

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Summary of Position:

The Senior Manager, Market Access Strategy - BBU (Biopharmaceutical Business Unit) is accountable for developing and driving Market Access Strategies to optimize reimbursement (public and private) of AstraZeneca’s Biopharmaceutical Business Unit (BBU) 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.

What You’ll Do:

• 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 a 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.
• Seek 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.

What We’re Looking For:

• 7+ years of pharmaceutical experience and/or 5+ years Market Access experience.
• Advanced degree in science, business (e.g., MSc, MBA) or equivalent.
• 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.
• Ability to think creatively in developing and implementing business solutions.
• Strong communication skills: interpersonal, writing and presentation.
• Adaptive style with ability to influence and establish relationships with a range of internal and external partners.
• High degree of initiative and sense of urgency with an ability to lead multiple priorities of significant scope in a fast-paced environment.

Who We Are:

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At AstraZeneca we play a critical role in making our pipeline accessible to patients. Our research-driven approach means there's always something new to work on; new indications and securing access for new medicines to reach even more patients in need. Our knowledge of patients combined with our forward-looking mindset helps us spot opportunities early on. We collaborate across functions from Clinical to Commercial to Finance to deliver aligned market access strategies. Our strong negotiation skills connect us with payers and government bodies. If you enjoy challenging the status quo, this is the place for you. We are always exploring innovative ways to obtain information from Market Access partners. Our work provides access to millions of people in some of the most challenging environments. Join us on this fantastic journey as we reimagine Market Access.

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AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion and providing a workplace that is free from discrimination. AstraZeneca is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. Such accommodation is available on request in respect of all aspects of the recruitment, assessment and selection process and may be requested by emailing AZCHumanResources@astrazeneca.com.