Global Patient Access Strategy & Operational Excellence Lead
About The Position
Lead development and advancement of Global Patient Access (GPA) strategies and operational plans across programs, influencing cross functional stakeholders to deliver integrated patient centric strategies, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities, regulatory requirements, and product lifecycle needs. Drive data-driven and technology-enabled strategy and operational development, leveraging digital platforms, analytics, and insights to optimize program design and performance. Enable consistent execution of the GPA Strategy & Operations operating model, ensuring strategies and operational frameworks are scalable, standardized, and effectively implemented across regions supporting timely and compliant access globally. Ensure consistent execution of GPA Strategy & Operations model, embedding discipline, process standardization, and continuous improvement access programs.
Requirements
- PhD, PharmD with ~5+years; MS with ~8+ years; BS with ~10+ years’ experience or related experience in clinical research or pre-approval access in the pharmaceutical industry or CRO
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree in a Health science field preferred (e.g. Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health).
- Previous experience managing pre-approval access programs
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end strategy development for pre-approval access programs, guiding cross-functional teams from planning through execution
- Translate enterprise and portfolio priorities into scalable, globally aligned GPA strategies, ensuring consistency across therapeutic areas and geographies
- Own the design, governance, and continuous evolution of standardized operations processes, tools, and templates across GPA program ensuring consistent application and scalability
- Drive integration of data, analytics, and insights into strategy development to optimize program design, performance, and patient impact
- Lead business ownership of operational systems (e.g. One Patient Access), defining requirements, driving enhancements, ensuring alignment between system capabilities and standardized processes as well as advance the strategic use of digital platforms and reporting capabilities, in partnership with systems teams, to enable visibility, adoption, and continuous improvement
- Enable execution of the GPA Strategy & Operations operating model, ensuring alignment between strategy, processes, and program delivery
- Serve as a key GPA representative in global cross-functional forums, influencing strategy, timelines, and key program decisions, and driving alignment across Medical, Clinical, Regulatory, Supply, and Commercial teams to ensure coordinated and effective execution
- Provide strategic oversight across multiple programs, identifying risks, dependencies, and opportunities to enhance scalability and performance
- Ensure strategies are aligned with global regulatory requirements, internal policies, and SOPs, supporting compliance and audit readiness
- Monitor program performance and external trends to continuously refine and optimize GPA strategies, incorporating best practices and evolving regulatory landscapes
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision insurance
- a 401(k) plan and company match
- short-term and long-term disability coverage
- basic life insurance
- a tuition reimbursement program
- paid volunteer time off
- company holidays
- well-being benefits
- up to 80 hours of sick time
- up to 120 hours of paid vacation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
