Associate Director, Field Patient Access, Atlantic Canada / Directeur(trice) associé(e), Accès des patients sur le terrain, Canada atlantique

Merck • Halifax, NS

3d • Remote

About The Position

Looking for a fulfilling role with purpose? Help make our medicines and vaccines more accessible to patients across Atlantic Canada. By joining our Patient Access team, you will work at the intersection of reimbursement strategy, policy, and stakeholder partnerships to help save and improve lives. As Associate Director, Patient Access, you’ll be responsible for optimizing public and private access to our medicines in the Atlantic Region. In this field-based role, you will build trusted partnerships with key external stakeholders across the region and bring deep expertise in drug reimbursement processes and payer environments, translating insights into actionable recommendations that improve patient access. This role reports to the Executive Director, Patient Access.

Requirements

• University degree - Minimum of a Bachelor degree in life sciences, health policy or another relevant field.
• Demonstrated understanding of drug reimbursement processes and stakeholder decision-making.
• Market access experience in the pharmaceutical industry (asset).
• Strategic thinking, business acumen, and willingness to test and learn through innovative approaches.
• Proven ability to solve complex issues with customers and stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a strong sense of collaboration.
• Strong ethics and integrity.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Availability to travel.

Nice To Haves

• Market access experience in the pharmaceutical industry

Responsibilities

• Partner with access strategists and health economics and outcomes research colleagues to develop and review submissions to HTAs and public/private payers, and to shape the strategies and tactics that optimize coverage and access for patients in Atlantic Canada.
• Contribute to negotiation strategy development and support negotiations with payers and other partners, as needed.
• Lead the development and review of provincial product listing agreements and other agreements, in partnership with pricing, medical, legal, and access colleagues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners (marketing, medical, sales, legal, regulatory affairs, access programs, clinical trials, and more) to deliver key projects and resolve complex access situations.
• Maintain strong expertise and current intelligence on the Canadian reimbursement landscape and Atlantic provincial policy trends, decision-making processes, and stakeholder priorities.
• Build and maintain relationships with key external stakeholders (specialists, patient associations, drug plans and cancer agency leaders, and health ministry officials).
• Represent and contribute to industry and stakeholder forums (e.g., Innovative Medicines Canada) and communicate our positions on relevant access issues.
• Support Canada’s overall strategy by participating in internal committees and workstreams, as requested.
• Contribute every day to our mission of saving and improving the lives of patients across Canada.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager