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Director, Access Strategy Lead, Bone
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What you will do
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In the context of a rapidly evolving payer environment, Amgen’s increasing emphasis on geographic expansion and companion diagnostics, and a commitment to demonstrate product value, Amgen requires an increasingly sophisticated reimbursement and pricing capability to support market access strategies (an important source for competitive advantage). The Global Integrated Access Strategy team, within the Global Value Access (GVA) function, is a team committed to excellence in this capability in order to position Amgen for continued success. This global team is responsible for strategic planning of value and access for all Amgen molecules in development, beginning in Phase I-II and extending throughout commercialization across the Amgen portfolio. This work also includes lifecycle planning and access support for our in-the-market products. Additionally, the team is responsible for global strategic pricing, including recommendations for global price bands and launch sequence.
Each Access Plan integrates coverage and reimbursement, pricing, value evidence, advocacy and policy into the development of a strategic plan that supports the overarching commercial position and links to the clinical attributes of the molecule. This plan elucidates and communicates the global strategies and tactics to secure and maintain access throughout the lifecycle of a specific molecule.
In this vital role The Director will serve as the Access Strategy Lead (ASL), for the Bone franchise and will represent payers’ information needs on the multi-disciplinary Product Teams (PT) working on both Prolia and Evenity. They will also lead and coordinate the cross-functional efforts within Global Value Access (GVA) in order to support the access planning process, including the situation analysis, creation of access strategies, identification of critical success factors, development of pricing guidance and maintenance of price policy and life cycle management (LCM). This opportunity will involve interaction with top 10 markets and sub-regions to lead access and implementation of the global Access Strategy. In particular this will include preparation for Composition of Matter patent expiry for Prolia and the associated implications associated with a fast moving biosimilar access landscape. There will also be focus on Evenity launches and growth worldwide. The individual will be responsible for pricing and access assumptions in global revenue forecasts for select products. The Director must also oversee and conduct relevant payer/pricing market research and Value Evidence Generation (with HEOR) and integrate clinical, market and payer information to develop and communicate the access plan.
Each Director will work collaboratively across functions to ensure a comprehensive view of their assigned products and create and maintain strong working relationships with key partners. These partners include global colleagues in marketing, development, HEOR, regulatory, operations, advocacy, and government affairs as well as key markets and regional VA colleagues within the US, Europe, Intercontinental and Japan/Asia-Pacific/Australia.
In addition to product-specific responsibilities, each member of the team also participates in cross-portfolio projects each year. These projects either serve to advance the department’s knowledge of and readiness for the global access environment, support specific market or product assessments, or attempt to influence access policy development. Examples include access assessments to support business development activities, access and pricing landscapes in select countries, exploration of new access trends and/or reimbursement/payment models, or development of a policy white paper to shape external price and reimbursement policies in the global arena.
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What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a collaborative leader with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:
Doctorate degree and 4 years of market access and/or payer experience
Or
Master’s degree and 7 years of market access and/or payer experience
Or
Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of market access and/or payer experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working on molecules targeting cardiovascular or metabolic diseases
US Launch experience
Strong understanding of the payer environment in major countries, including coverage and reimbursement, pricing, health technology assessment, and health care policy, with emphasis on general medicines
Experience with commercial or payer assessments for general medicines pipeline programs
Ability to review clinical and health economic literature, including disease state information, clinical trial design and results, and pharmacoeconomic studies, in order to understand implications for value to payers
Ability to conduct situation analysis of external pricing and reimbursement environment and synthesize relevant information to develop strategic plans
Ability to develop and test value messages and value evidence with payers in order to determine the most compelling way in which to demonstrate and communicate product value to payers
Ability to translate complex situation and pricing analyses to effectively communicate impact to Amgen business
Ability to conduct qualitative and quantitative pricing studies and to formulate price policy recommendations
Ability to formulate health policy strategy and implement these strategies to shape external pricing and reimbursement environment
Previous experience in a payer role or in international (ex-US) assignment and/or Business Development and/or product commercialization and/or pharmaceutical pricing desirable.
Ability to manage in a highly fluid, interactive, matrixed environment and build strong, successful business partnerships with affiliate, regional and global colleagues
Demonstrated ability to bring structure to vaguely defined problems, pragmatically scope problem solving approach, and manage execution
Demonstrated ability to think and plan strategically, identify strategic options and trade-offs
Strong analytical skills
Demonstrated ability in development of business strategy
Demonstrated success as a team leader with strong team management, development and coaching skills
Excellent oral/written communications skills and interpersonal skills
Clinical degree (PharmD, MD, RN)
The successful candidate will bring strong knowledge of market access in the pharma/biotech business, a deep understanding of the payer environment, and strong strategic and analytical skills for conducting appropriate analyses and decisions to support management of Amgen’s business.
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What you can expect of us
As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.
Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities including:
Comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
Stock-based long-term incentives
Award-winning time-off plans and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns
Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible
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