Lead Patient Access

CA04 (FCRS = CA004) NOVARTIS PHARMA CANADA INC.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis Canada is seeking a Lead, Patient Access in Toronto to lead the cross-functional team and execute a market access vision. You will drive strategies to ensure timely formulary access and optimal patient access for brands across Canada.

The role reports to the Access Strategy Head and collaborates with Value & Access and other cross-functional teams to shape reimbursement strategies, evidence considerations, and payer partnerships.

Qualifications

• 5 to 10 years relevant experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Market access experience with Health Outcomes and Health Economics understanding.
• Ability to lead multifunctional extended teams and network with executives.
• Strong negotiation, analytical and project management skills.
• Experience interacting with executives and external stakeholders.
• Business acumen.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of a strategic planning process to leverage reimbursement potential across Canada.
• Create the integrated Access plan including policy, health technology value, pricing and stakeholder engagement.
• As a brand/ Therapeutic Area expert, support clinical and pharmacoeconomic evidence for reimbursement.
• Liaise with Global Value & Access teams for timely input on Canadian access plans.
• Determine optimal brand value proposal and partnerships to secure broad access and timely formulary listing.
• Develop and maintain understanding of health economics environments and signal changes to teams.
• From strategy, develop messages, tools and field-level plans.
• Post-listing, adapt access strategies to changing environment and competitive landscape.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Change Agility

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Customer Centric Focus

Employee Development

Finance

Go-to-Market Strategies

Healthcare Industry

Healthcare Policies

Health Economics

Health Technology Assessment

Innovation

Inspirational Leadership

Market Access Strategies

Negotiation

People Management

Process Management

Project Management

Public Affairs

Real World Evidence

Regulatory Compliance

Risk Management

Strategy Development

Value Propositions

Job description

Band Level 5 Job Description Summary #LI-Hybrid Location: Toronto, Ontario

This role is based in Toronto, Canada. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible for you. This job posting is for an existing position.

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of patients?

We are seeking an experienced and passionate individual to join our team as a Lead, Patient Access. As the Lead, you will lead the cross functional team to execute your vision for patient access, to ensure patients receive timely, optimal access to the therapies they need.

The role reports directly into the Access Strategy Head and will work closely with the Value & Access team as well as several cross-functional teams.

Job Description Key responsibilities:

• In collaboration with the Access Strategy Head, leads the development and execution of a thorough strategic planning process in order to develop strategies that fully leverage the reimbursement potential of major public and private formularies across Canada for brands / Therapeutic Areas.
• With the extended Value & Access team, create the integrated Access plan including policy, health technology value, pricing, stakeholder engagement and innovative payer and health care system solutions.
• As a brand / Therapeutic Area and clinical expert, support the clinical and pharmacoeconomic evidence used in support of reimbursement and prepares recommendations to mitigate the most important gaps.
• Liaises with Global Value & Access teams to ensure timely input for Canadian access plans.
• Determines optimal brand value proposal and new innovative partnerships to secure broadest access possible and timeliest formulary listing for the portfolio.
• Develops and maintains strong understanding and intelligence of the health economics environments and its dynamics; pro-actively signals important changes to functional teams.
• From the strategy, develops the messages, tools and operational plans to be executed at the field level.
• Post listings, continuously develop and adapt access strategies based on changes in the environment and the competitive landscape in order to improve or stay the leader in the therapeutic area.

Essential Requirements:

• 5 to 10 years relevant experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Market access experience combined with a solid understanding of Health Outcomes and Health Economics and knowledge of the Canadian Pharma Pricing and Reimbursement environment.
• Demonstrated leadership skills (leadership without authority) and ability to set a clear direction, manage multifunctional extended teams and network effectively.
• Solid facilitator coupled with strong negotiation / analytical and project management skills
• Experience interacting with executives and/ or key external customers/ stakeholders.
• Business acumen.

Desirable Requirements:

• Strong scientific knowledge French an asset (highly desirable).

At Novartis Canada, we are determined to be a valued partner and advocate, with a deep understanding of patient needs along the entire care journey – from drug development, to diagnosis, to access and beyond.

Part of the way we are doing this is by leveraging data, technology, and partnerships.

Research & Development: we focus on four core therapeutic areas: Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolic, Immunology, Neuroscience and Oncology. We also develop and deliver treatments through other promoted and established brands, which today are helping millions of patients. Over the last three years, our average annual research and development investment in Canada was over $30 million, and we conduct clinical trial research in every region throughout Canada.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team’s representatives of the patients and communities we serve.

Skills Desired

• Analytical Thinking
• Change Agility
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Customer Centric Focus
• Employee Development
• Finance
• Go-to-Market Strategies
• Healthcare Industry
• Healthcare Policies
• Health Economics
• Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
• Innovation
• Inspirational Leadership
• Market Access Strategies
• Negotiation
• People Management
• Process Management
• Project Management
• Public Affairs
• Real World Evidence (RWE)
• Regulatory Compliance
• Risk Management
• Strategy Development
• Value Propositions

Improving the lives of people living with disease takes more than innovative science. It takes a focus on the needs of people and a community committed to meeting them. It takes a team of people like you. Working together. Learning together. Thriving together. Discover how you can join us in changing people’s lives.

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