Patient Access Manager

Location

Mississauga, ON | Canada

Job description

Do you have the desire to improve the quality of people’s lives? Would you like to be part of a game-changing organization, driving innovation in serious chronic diseases? Do you enjoy managing complexity? Do you have strong strategic thinking, communication skills, and business acumen? If yes, then you may want to explore this exciting opportunity for a  Patient Access Manager .

As an experienced and enthusiastic pharmaceutical professional, you will be implementing your leadership skills and abilities, you will have the opportunity to be effective in improving lives in your community, enjoy a balanced lifestyle, and be a part of a talented team that makes access for patients happen.

The Department:

The Patient Access & Public Affairs Department works to improve the lives of patients in Canada by enabling access to life-changing medicines for diabetes and other serious chronic diseases such as obesity and rare blood and endocrine disorders . We   work in partnership with external stakeholders to improve health outcomes through policy, advocacy and support of equity-deserving communities across Canada.

The Role:

To develop and execute market access strategies and tactics with global and local colleagues to drive private and public reimbursement. The individual will work on a variety of projects to support the access strategy, including reimbursement submissions, HTA and private market assessments, advisory boards, and pricing assessments. 

Key Areas of Responsibilities:

• Participate in development of market access and reimbursement strategies for Novo Nordisk brands together with cross-functional Market Access team
• Support local pricing assessments for pipeline assets
• Develop brand payer value story with clinical and economic key messages for payer interactions and submissions based on global templates and secure internal approval
• Support CADTH Scientific Advice meetings for pipelines assets
• Develop payer value communication tools (core payer slide deck, leave behind, Q&A, etc.) for payer and HTA engagements based on global templates and secure internal approval
• Develop and submit reimbursement submission packages incl. clinical dossiers, BIMs, etc. according to each jurisdiction’s requirements (Private, CADTH, provinces, INESSS, federal plans)
• Manage external vendors incl. timelines, budget and deliverables
• Represent Patient Access on cross-functional brand launch team and secure alignment
• Participate in the development of negotiation strategies and participate in negotiations with payers, with other access team members.
• Participate in and present to payer and HTA meetings and advisory boards
• Monitor developments in HTA, public and private payer reimbursement environment, policies and practices, and competitors’ access activities.

Education Requirement:

• Master’s degree in health economics, pharmacy, science, or similar

Professional Experience (Preferred Requirements):

• Minimum 3 years relevant pharmaceutical industry market access experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in Canadian pharmaceutical payer environment
• Self-motivated to take initiative.
• Ability to work well with cross-functional teams

Working Condition:

• Head office based
• Estimated travel is 15-25 days per year

Application Deadline: March 20th, 2024

If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please email us at [email protected]

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.

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