Associate Manager, Market Access & Pricing

EVERSANA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this role is to support project teams attain optimal reimbursement for our client’s products; the core responsibilities will include contribution to the development of project deliverables by leveraging evidence (clinical, economic, and humanistic) to demonstrate the value of treatments to Canadian payers. This position will assist project leads in their execution of our clients’ national, provincial, and private payer strategic market access plans to achieve timely reimbursement. Associate Managers have at least 1 year of experience on the Canadian Market Access & Pricing team and are fully competent in the core activities required to support compilation of submissions to Canadian Health Technology Agencies (HTA), private payers and the provinces. Associate Managers assist in the training of Associates.

Requirements

University degree (Masters is an asset) in health services research, public health, epidemiology, economics, or pharmacy
Demonstrated ability to be part of project teams
Strong multitasking, organization, prioritization, and project management skills
Flexibility and ability to adapt quickly to changing customer needs/demands and to environment changes
Strong research, analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent interpersonal and networking skills and capacity to manage conflict constructively
Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
Business level English proficiency is required
in-depth knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite of applications, Excel in particular

Nice To Haves

Reading, writing and communication in French is an asset
Understanding of the Canadian healthcare landscape, HTA, Canadian private and public payers
Knowledge of the practical application of Pharmacoeconomics in HTA review
Relevant pharmaceutical/biotech industry market access experience is an asset

Responsibilities

Supporting and assisting the EVERSANA team with submissions to the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), Institut National d'Excellence en Santé et Services Sociaux (INESSS), the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), provincial agencies/programs, and private payers through: Conducting background research, summarizing research findings, and critically appraising relevant literature and data sources to support and develop submission dossier components for CADTH, INESSS, the PMPRB, the provinces and private payers.
Assisting in the writing of reports and developing submission dossier components such as clinical landscape review, clinical summaries, budget impact models/reports, pharmacoeconomic evaluations, payer-specific documentation and forms, and pricing analysis/strategy.
Keeping abreast of CADTH and INESSS submission guideline requirements and supporting project leads by compiling submission documents and developing administrative templates and forms for these HTA review bodies.
Having a specialized knowledge in the Private Payer and Provincial Copy submission requirements and supporting project leads by developing and uploading/emailing submission documents to private payers and provinces.
Preparing draft slide decks for project leads (e.g. for landscape reviews, CADTH/INESSS/private payers, the pCPA and advisory boards)
Assisting the development of tools to be used in the negotiation with the pCPA and for Product Listing Agreements (PLAs)
Developing skills and experience in team leadership, project management and a client facing role through: Conducting internal and external presentations
Liaising between clients and Canadian payers
Participating in weekly client check-in calls and assisting project leads with agendas and minutes
Leading on defined scope projects such as private payer submissions, provincial copies, biosimilar submissions and targeted landscape reviews.
Mentoring Associates by training them in submission set up and compilation requirements and the process for uploading/emailing submission documents to private payers and provinces.
Monitoring and analyzing the access and reimbursement landscape in Canada to provide clients with updates regarding the ever-changing market access environment
Contributing to research efforts undertaken by the EVERSANA team to publish on issues of pharmaceutical policy in Canada
Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.
All other duties as assigned