Director of Innovation, Innovative Models & External Partnerships, Global Market Access
About The Position
The Director of Innovation (Innovative Models & External Partnerships) is a critical role within Market Access Intelligence & Innovation (Global Pricing & Health Systems Analytics). As part of a lean, integrated innovation team, this role contributes across the innovation lifecycle, with primary ownership for identifying, shaping, and incubating innovative access and pricing models before transition to pilot execution. The team’s near-term focus is PBM disruption, including new pricing, access, rebate, contracting, and alternative reimbursement models, with learnings extending over time to broader market access priorities. This leader translates emerging signals (e.g., PBMs, policy shifts, ecosystem changes, new technologies) into actionable innovation concepts and new business models, and activates external partnerships to accelerate development. The role works in close partnership with a complementary team focused on AI and digital execution, ensuring innovative models are effectively translated into scalable, digitally enabled solutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required.
- 10+ years in pharma/healthcare with experience in Market Access, Pricing, Commercialization, or related areas
- Strong experience in innovative access or pricing models, business model strategy, or external partnerships
- Deep understanding of market access ecosystem dynamics (e.g., PBMs, payer behavior, policy trends)
- Proven ability to translate external signals into actionable strategic opportunities
- Experience managing or working with external partners and vendors
- Strong strategic thinking and ability to structure ambiguous challenges
- Excellent executive communication skills
- Collaborative, proactive, and comfortable operating in ambiguity
Nice To Haves
- MBA, MPH, MS, PharmD, or equivalent advanced degree preferred (or comparable experience)
Responsibilities
- Support the day-to-day management of the innovation pipeline — from intake, triage, and prioritization support through portfolio shaping — translating external signals into clear value hypotheses, pilot-ready concepts, and recommendations for leadership review
- Develop and pressure-test new pricing and access models, by defining feasibility, success criteria, risks, outcomes, and stakeholder alignment before pilot handoff
- Identify, evaluate, and engage targeted external stakeholders — such as transparent PBMs, benefit consultants, alternative reimbursement players, and other non-traditional market access partners — to inform PBM disruption opportunities, shape new model concepts, and accelerate readiness for pilot consideration
- Partner with Intelligence team to convert market signals into actionable innovation opportunities, ensuring a clear link from signal detection to concept development, portfolio progression, and executive decision-making
- Develop structured inputs for annual strategic-theme alignment, early-signal stakeholder discussions, and quarterly steering committee reviews, applying evaluation frameworks to surface risks, tradeoffs, recommendations, and success measures such as pilot-ready concepts, signal-to concept cycle time, and adoption of learnings by business owners
- Collaborate across Access Strategy, Pricing, GPGA, Legal, Digital/AI, and senior leadership to shape viable innovation concepts and define business requirements
Benefits
- wellbeing support
- retirement and financial protection benefits
- insurance offerings (medical, dental, vision, life and disability)
- Flexible Time Off (FTO)
- 11 paid company holidays
- 160 hours of paid vacation annually for new hires
- 3 optional holidays
- paid sick leave
- up to two paid volunteer days per year
- summer hours flexibility
- leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, or military needs
- annual Global Shutdown between Christmas Day and New Year's Day
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
