Market Access Lead

Sanofi Aventis; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global healthcare company is seeking a Market Access Lead to define and implement strategies for payer access and reimbursement of innovative products. The role demands a robust understanding of the Canadian payer environment, requiring an experienced professional to enhance product affordability and patient access while collaborating across teams for strategic execution.

Benefits

Health and wellbeing benefits

Promotional opportunities

Diversity and inclusion commitment

Qualifications

• 5 years' experience in pharmaceutical market access or HEOR.
• In-depth knowledge of healthcare reimbursement landscape.
• Bilingual English preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize market access strategy for products.
• Execute reimbursement and tendering strategy.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders for strategies.

Skills

Negotiation

Strategic influencing

Analytical skills

Interpersonal communication

Education

University degree

Master’s degree in health sciences or business

Tools

IQVIA

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

We are an innovative global healthcare company, committed to transforming the lives of people with immune challenges, rare diseases and blood disorders, cancers, and neurological disorders. From R&D to sales, our talented teams work together, revolutionizing treatment, continually improving products, understanding unmet needs, and connecting communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing Progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.

The primary role is to define and implement the integrated payer and HTA strategy to obtain access and reimbursement of Sanofi current and pipeline products (i.e. Immunology, Neurology, Rare Disease, Oncology). The critical success factor for this role is shifting the dialogue with the payers of the value of the Sanofi offerings, which will result in their increased affordability and accessibility for the patients through the improvement of patient outcomes which in turn impacts efficiency within the healthcare system.

The Lead will work in close collaboration with other teams within the sector, Sanofi Business Units, Regional Public Affairs and Stakeholders, North America and Global Access and Brand teams, Medical Affairs and other functions.

Main Responsibilities :

Per brand / offering, develop, maintain and continuously optimize the market access strategy and payer value proposition throughout its lifecycle

Formulate evidence-based payer value propositions based on robust understanding of payers and their decision-making systems

Define the overall payer strategy to execute the reimbursement and / or tendering strategy, inclusive of the integration of required stakeholders, policy, KOL influencing activities and all relevant functions

Proactively define the required strategies to shape and influence the desired marketplace, and facilitate the implementation of the plan in advance of anticipated customer needs

Define business growth opportunities within Key Payer Accounts, key factors driving customers’ decisions, and potential solutions to capitalize and optimize payer access as identified from understanding payer needs

Ensure flawless execution of reimbursement submissions and rebuttals at HTAs, and provincial / hospital levels by building high quality value dossiers with medical, health economics, marketing and provincial payer managers to include clinical dossier, health economic budget impact models and any evidence that can impact decisions

Support activities within the key therapeutic areas aimed at continuous demonstration and communication of the value of Sanofi offerings to the payers

Utilizing customer insights and input, elaborate new and innovative strategies including product listing agreements (PLAs) with federal and provincial drug plans and / or cancer agencies to optimize reimbursement of Sanofi products and offerings in collaboration with the provincial payer manager, business intelligence, health economics, marketing and pricing to optimize revenue for the brands

Working with external expertise, early input into the Health Economics strategy to support the payer value proposition

Strong understanding and intelligence of the Canadian payer environment (public and private), CDA, INESSS and provincial decision-making processes

Work with the Pricing team to develop sustainable business and achieve local and global approval of the pricing strategy for new products taking into account the policy and politic environment (payers, pCPA, PMPRB), the reimbursement challenges and financial considerations

Collaborate in the development of stakeholder engagement plans to facilitate activities which enable maximal private and public coverage with expedited provincial reimbursement

Work with product managers and financial analysts to generate forecasts, including market access projections and product penetration analysis. Ensure validation with provincial and private payer managers

Work with the global / North American organization to ensure alignment of strategies / share best practices

About You

KEY REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS JOB

EDUCATION

University degree, master’s degree in health sciences, business, and / or health economics would be an asset

EXPERIENCE

• 5 years' experience in the pharmaceutical industry in market access or in the development of negotiation or HEOR strategies for payers

Expertise in maneuvering within the government system, especially within the provincial drug plans and health agencies

Leading teams in order to achieve successful negotiations

Expertise in specialty care medicine with experience in the HTA processes and formulary listing processes

SPECIFIC SKILLS AND / OR COMPETENCIES

In-depth knowledge and understanding of the healthcare and reimbursement landscape

Understanding of strategic interplays that influence payer decisions

Well established stakeholder / political / influencer network within the provincial public and private payer markets

Strategic influencing and negotiation skills

Strong personal leadership

Excellent analytical skills

Strategy agility and strong business acumen

Organizational agility and courage

Project and vendor management

Ability to deal with ambiguity

Excellent interpersonal, communication (both oral and written) skills

Ability to lead teams

LANGUAGES

English (Bilingual would be an asset)

TRAVEL

Travel required, primarily within Canada

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

Understanding of various health system databases (i.e. IQVIA, pharmacy claims databases) and competency with Microsoft (i.e. Excel, PowerPoint)

Why Choose Us?

Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs

This position is for a new vacant role that we are actively hiring for.

Sanofi is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Our goal is to attract, develop and retain highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds, allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified applicants. Accommodations for persons with disabilities required during the recruitment process are available upon request.

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All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.