Private Payer and Government Affairs Manager

Celltrion Healthcare Canada Limited; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biopharmaceutical company in Toronto is seeking a Manager of Private Payers and Government Affairs. This role is critical for enhancing market access and ensuring the sustainability of Canada’s healthcare system through strategic engagement with external stakeholders and the development of reimbursement strategies. The ideal candidate has significant experience within the Canadian healthcare system and a proven track record in market access and negotiation. This position requires extensive travel across Canada and strong relationship-building skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in market access, health economics, or a related role.
• 3+ years' experience engaging with Canadian public and private payers.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement initiatives that enhance market access.
• Negotiate reimbursement agreements with private insurers.
• Provide support and education on the value proposition.

Skills

Superior Administrative Skills

Deep understanding of the Canadian healthcare system

Engaging with Canadian public and private payers

Strong relationship‑building skills

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Influencing skills

Results-oriented mindset

Job description

Celltrion Healthcare provides biosimilar and innovative biopharmaceutical medications to help increase patient access to advanced therapies around the world.

Celltrion Healthcare offers biologics to about 110 countries, along with more than 30 global partners around the world. With hands‑on experience and knowledge accumulated through years of working in the advanced pharmaceutical markets around the world, Celltrion Healthcare has been securing distribution channels and providing patients with biosimilars at affordable prices.

POSITION SUMMARY

Celltrion Canada is hiring a Manager of Private Payers and Government Affairs. Celltrion’s pipeline of biosimilars is needed to help ensure the sustainability of Canada’s healthcare system. Reporting to the Head of Market Access, this position involves working closely with external stakeholders as well as cross‑functional teams internally to design and implement initiatives that enhance Celltrion’s reputation as the go‑to solutions provider, resulting in the expedited listing of our products on both private and public plans across Canada. While the private payer position is national in scope, the Government Affairs responsibility will encompass Ontario and, potentially, Western Canada.

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities

• Market Access Administration: Ensuring the smooth execution and oversight of market access activities involved with listing agreements, payments, and submissions

Private Payers

• Strategy Development: Create and execute comprehensive private payer strategies to secure product reimbursement
• Negotiation & Access: Negotiate product listing agreements with private insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and consultants
• Market Access & Value Proposition: Translate clinical evidence into economic value propositions for non‑government, third‑party payers
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain relationships with key private payer decision‑makers and influencers
• Evidence Generation: Collaborate with medical affairs to generate real‑world evidence required by private payers
• Reimbursement: Work with the PSP to identify and maximize reimbursement opportunities
• Monitoring: Track policy changes and competitor activities to adapt access strategies
• Market Access Strategy Execution: develop and execute national market access strategies effectively, ensuring alignment with overall brand objectives. Co‑develop and execute negotiation strategies and deliver timely product listing agreements
• Stakeholder Engagement: Establish and maintain strong relationships with public, healthcare professionals, patient organizations and key opinion leaders. Engage with payers to support product inclusion in drug formularies
• Access Barrier Identification and Resolution: Identify and overcome barriers to market access at national and regional levels, as well as within the PSP
• Field Support and Education: Provide field‑based support and education to healthcare providers on the clinical and economic value proposition of Celltrion’s products. Collaborate with sales and medical teams for consistent messaging
• Data Collection and Reporting: Gather and analyze field data on market access challenges, competitor activity, and payer trends. Report findings to inform decision‑making
• Cross‑functional Collaboration: Work with cross‑functional teams to ensure successful product launch and market penetration. Provide field insights to support value propositions, pricing strategies, and health economic models
• Influence the development of legislation and policy, working with provincial Market Access & Government Affairs colleagues, brand teams and external stakeholders, leading projects that drive meaningful policy change for the benefit of patients
• Manage Government Affairs brand and corporate budgets
• Manage external vendors hired to support Celltrion’s government affairs projects
• Convene a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders and subject matter experts to develop actionable and realistic Government Affairs engagement plans that support overall brand and portfolio strategies to ensure a supportive policy environment for Celltrion’s assets across Canada

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

• Superior Administrative Skills
• Deep understanding of the Canadian healthcare system, private and public payer landscape, and reimbursement processes with 5+ years' experience in market access, health economics, or a related role
• 3+ years' experience engaging with Canadian public and private payers
• Strong relationship‑building, strategic thinking, communication, negotiation and influencing skills
• Agile, with the ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment
• Results and solutions‑oriented, with a focus on achieving goals and proactively identifying and implementing solutions to overcome challenges
• Willingness to travel extensively across Canada as needed