Associate Director, Lupus Payer Insights

Biogen•Cambridge, MA

About The Position

The Associate Director, Lupus Payer Insights is responsible for the successful scope, execution and delivery of all payer reporting, analytics, research, and insights to support the Lupus business unit by working with internal colleagues within Market Access & Reimbursement (MA&R) and other cross-functional partners and stakeholders, including brand, field teams, commercial operations and insights, finance, and global. This individual will develop and execute on an insights plan to support successful launches in the lupus space. This includes developing an understanding of the payer landscape for lupus, assessing payer views on price/value and unmet needs in lupus, understanding the providers in this space, including practice economics, and assessing the patient access landscape, including patient affordability. The individual will develop and maintain suite of standard reporting within MA&R at the national and local level, including but not limited to formulary access in each channel, payer and channel segmentation mix, projected plan performance, and will lead insights activities in support of major strategic initiatives (e.g., pull through, ad boards, impact of public policy changes).

Requirements

BA/BS required, MBA or relevant work experience preferred
7+ years of relevant experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry and/or strategic consulting discipline
Experience with buy-and-bill products
Strong analytical skills
In-depth knowledge of US healthcare reimbursement, payer, and access landscape, including in a product launch setting
Familiarity with incorporating qualitative and quantitative inputs into projects
Ability to proactively deliver moderately complex analytical investigations and cross-functional projects with limited guidance
Comfort with ambiguity and ability to absorb and logically structure information into analytical deliverable outputs
High sense of urgency with the ability to work under tight timelines
Demonstrated Strong Communication Skills – both efficient and succinct in verbal and written communications/deliverables
Attention to detail, yet proven ability to maintain an “80/20” mindset
Independent, out-of-the-box thinker with conviction of thought

Nice To Haves

Experience in the lupus market

Responsibilities

Conduct payer-related reporting, analytics, research, and insights work to support the lupus business
Partner cross-functionally and participate in analysis and preparation of performance and opportunity assessments
Build and execute payer-related reporting and insight generation for account management and field reimbursement teams
Work with key stakeholders within MA&R and across functions to understand their business and triage and deliver effective solutions using various data sources

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
80 hours of sick time per calendar year
Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
Employee stock purchase plan
Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
Employee Resource Groups participation