Market Access Manager

Job Summary:

To Make the difference in following up and accelerating  eligible Rare disease patients' access to AZ innovative therapy existing or coming, through Market Access Strategy/Tactics in collaboration with internal and external partner while demonstrating high leadership, innovation and accountability.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Deep understanding for Health care system including decision making process, influencers, funding map and partners
•  Proactively developing and crafting relationship with customers at multiple levels and in multiple functional areas within the customer's organization, respective Governmental and Heath Care/ Key Account bodies, hospitals, and patients’ associations, decision makers in health care needed for building strategy and execution of MA activities
• Playing an integral role, in agreement with the internal teams, to develop the product registration/reimbursement and economic value strategy
•   Supports the Brand Strategy and identifies new opportunities which will drive business.
•   Allocate resources per business / account plans
•   Regular review of performance and progress of implementation of plans against agreed KPIs
•   Maintains the customer database up to date to ensure full understanding of customer needs to be able to timely fulfil them.
•   Maintains excellent on-going knowledge of disease areas, product and competitors. And  the latest products information and clinical data provided by the company.
•  Conducts ongoing market analysis including Market, Competitive, and Business Intelligence.
•   Understands customers and market insights to ensure achievement of short-term and long-term busi ness objectives.
•   Ensure availability, reimbursement and access of the AZ’s products on all levels

Minimum Criteria:

• five years’ experience in Pharma Commercial / Science background.
• 2-3 years of experience as Market Access
• Rare Disease experience is a plus
• Strong business acumen, from strategy, planning to implementation.
• Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the outstanding needs of different audiences.
•  Strong leadership skills specifically emotional intelligence, public relation, and negotiation skills
•  Strong presence, charisma and professional behaviour/attitude
•   Strong scientific background (pharmacist or MD is a plus
•   Experience in OBU and BBU is a plus
•   Health Technology Assessment experience is a plus
•   Proficiency in English

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Health Economic Studies is a plus
• Policy Shaping Knowledge
• Stakeholders & Accounts Management
• Building Collaborative Relations
• Identify Gaps in Patient Journey & address actions to fix them
• Planning & Projects Management
• Presentation & Communication Skills

Date Posted

Closing Date

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