Director - Pricing and Reimbursement - Biogen Idec - Cambridge

Job description
The Director of Pricing and Reimbursement (P&R) Strategy is a member of the BIIB Global Market Access (GMAx) team. He/she leads a P&R Strategy team within a Therapy Area (TA) to deliver the market access strategy and obtain reimbursement and access at target price for BIIB products. He/she is expected to partner cross-functionally with R&D, Commercial, Government Affairs, Finance, Business Development, Health Economics Outcomes Research (HEOR), Regions, and Market Access Affiliates,.

Key responsibilities include:

1) Lead the development of P&R strategies and management of market access strategies throughout the life cycle of products for the TA;

2) Point of accountability to the Program Team(s) and Commercial Team(s) for overall market access strategies for the TA;

3) Build interfaces with new product planning and other R&D groups to ensure early stage product development plans reflect payer value requirements and price/access optimization for the TA;


4) Develop overall market access strategies for the TA jointly with HEOR, the Regions and Market Access Affiliates;

5) Develop value driven optimal pricing strategies for markets including value based contracting, tendering, etc. to ensure market access throughout the life cycle of a product within the TA;

6) Develop P&R Strategy product/franchise leads to be effective conduits for the Program Team(s) and Commercial Teams on behalf of the GMAx functions;

7) Develop P&R Strategy product/franchise leads to be effective core members of Program Team(s) and Commercial Team(s);

8) Develop P&R Strategy TA team to work effectively with other GMAx functions to coordinate launch support, contribute to go-no-go decisions, etc.;

9) Develop P&R Strategy product/franchise leads to effectively represent GMAx, and appropriately integrate payer perspectives into BIIB strategic documents/plans;

10) Develop P&R Strategy product/franchise leads to effectively collaborate with Commercial and Finance to appropriately forecast pricing of BIIB products for the TA;

11) Contribute cross-functional decisions for launch and lifecycle P&R strategies for the TA, by proposing price/access positions, country price targets, regional price guardrails and launch sequences;

12) Collaborate with Regional EU+ and EMK teams to support recurring payer reimbursement reviews and to evaluate country price exceptions to global pricing corridors and policies;

13) Deliver key insights through payer market research and other secondary analytics, including quantitative scenario and valuation modeling for the TA, from early development to lifecycle stages;

14) Provide input into licensing and business development with P&R and value strategy at appropriate due diligence stages for the TA;

15) Develop P&R Strategy TA team to understand, monitor, and maintain intimate knowledge of the global P&R systems and requirements;

16) Develop P&R Strategy TA team to deliver innovative pricing strategies, including contracting/tendering frameworks, risk sharing programs, and portfolio strategies where appropriate;

17) Develop, coordinate and communicate P&R Strategy long range and roadmap planning for global, US and EMK;

18) Identify environmental issues and long range planning assessments, including expert point of view on P&R system reforms and evolving competitive access landscapes for the TA;

19) Represent BIIB GMAx function externally at P&R and policy related forums to influence and further the science;

20) Develop a productive relationship and integration with other GMAx functions to seamlessly deliver market access support globally and locally;

21) Develop excellent quality of P&R staff and an organization of capable, technically skilled, motivated and properly directed people, in order to achieve the best reimbursement and market access evidence generation at targeted price;

22) Ensure compliance with law requirements.

Qualifications

• Master level or above in relevant P/R discipline with at least 5-10 years of industry or relevant experience. Country specific market access experience a plus.
• Solid leadership and influencing, strategic planning and organization, decision making and problem solving skills.
• Solid understanding of payer environment, both US and globally, including coverage and reimbursement, pricing, value drivers, formulary management, health technologies assessment, and health policy.
• Demonstrated understanding of pharmaceutical product development, pricing and/or commercialization.
• Ability to develop deep therapeutic expertise, credible internally and externally to BIIB.
• Demonstrated project and people management skills and ability delegate.
• Strong technical skills coupled with understanding of business needs.
• Strong written and verbal communication to effectively convey strategic and technical market access information/issues to executives and access staff.
• Global competence
• Building talent capability
• Leading within the matrix
• Communicating with impact
• Driving decision making
• Promote and proactively engaged in collaboration and teamwork.
a. Ability to develop skills of other people.
b. High level of commitment and accountability.
c. Track record of securing pricing, reimbursement and access of products.

Education

• Master level or above in relevant P/R discipline

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