Value & Access Contracting Partner

UCB•Atlanta, GA

12h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Value & Access Contracting Partner is responsible for leading the end-to-end contracting process for assigned channels and accounts, from contract strategy and initiation through negotiation support, approval alignment, execution, compliance, and ongoing contract lifecycle management. This position provides strategic contracting expertise across GPO and Specialty Pharmacy agreements primarily by drafting and redlining contract language consistent with approved business terms, identifying business impact and risk associated with key provisions, driving timely resolution of high-priority reviews, and ensuring stakeholders and leadership remain informed of critical issues, trade-offs, and decisions. The role partners closely with Market Access Account Management, Contracts & Pricing, and Legal to enable compliant, effective, and business-aligned contract execution.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree
5+ Years of experience with contract language and the business impact of terms and conditions changes within contracts
5+ Years of experience in contract redlining and management of contracting processes

Nice To Haves

5+ Years of experience in Managed Care contracting is highly preferred
Experience contracting across multiple US market access channels (e.g., Trade/Distribution, GPO/IDN, Specialty Pharmacy, and/or 340B).
Prior ownership of contracting redlining and negotiation for a brand launch, major indication expansion, or significant access shift (e.g., formulary wins/losses, channel re-architecture).
Experience presenting and defending contracting recommendations in pricing/contracting governance forums (e.g., pricing committee) with clear articulation of trade-offs and risk.
Experience in specialty and/or rare disease market access dynamics strongly preferred.
Strong understanding of contracting operations and financial flows (rebate processing, chargebacks, fees/admin, eligibility, and audit/dispute management) and ability to partner effectively with internal operations teams.
Advanced degree (e.g., MBA, MPH, MS) and/or relevant certifications/continuing education in law, contracting, or healthcare economics preferred.

Responsibilities

Manages the contract development process, including initiation and amendments for timely renewal of assigned account agreements. The responsibility includes drafting language for offers, base agreements, and amendments.
Ensures contract terms, conditions, and discounts comply with approved proposal business case, term sheets/bids, and guidelines.
Conducts contract risk assessment analysis of contract terms that could negatively impact the financial profitability and performance of a contract (i.e. tier placement, administration fees, etc.) and provides summary and recommended course of action to internal stakeholders.
Analyzes and makes decisions regarding complex contracting proposals ensuring validity of proposal in accordance with Pricing Committee Policy and other organizational compliance guidelines.
Appraises and communicates proactively on contracts progress during the negotiation process to internal stakeholders. Provides periodic reports to all parties concerning current status of contracts.
Communicates directly with Market Access Leadership, Account Managers and Area Directors to review and align on contract terms.
Builds customer and stakeholder relationships during the contracting process by ensuring prompt response and follow-up in completion of contract development both internally and externally.
Management of contract execution process, including filing of contracts (and associated supporting documentation), tracking documentation, and ensuring policies are followed for document retention and destruction within policy guidelines.
Collaborates regularly with partners from reimbursement and operations teams to address contracting terms, as well as ensure consistency and contract compliance with respect to contract terms and conditions, formulary status, and rebate payments.
Maintains knowledge of the business models, influence/impact, and decision drivers of U.S. commercial and government payers.
Assists with internal audit requests.
Assists with identifying and making recommendations to strengthen the contracting cycle and gain efficiencies, as well as improve terms and conditions in contracts.