Field Access Manager - Wales & South West England

UCB S.A.; Slough; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Field Access Manager to join their Market Access team. This pivotal role involves building strategic relationships with key decision-makers in the NHS, focusing on enhancing patient outcomes and driving sales growth. You will lead initiatives across the full access lifecycle, from pre-launch to post-launch, ensuring that the company's innovative products are effectively integrated into patient care. If you are passionate about making a difference in patients' lives and thrive in a collaborative environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you to shine.

Qualifications

• Strong influencing and negotiation skills essential for engaging with NHS stakeholders.
• ABPI qualified with a deep understanding of NHS systems and funding flows.

Responsibilities

• Drive sales growth through high-level payer engagement and collaborative partnerships.
• Establish UCB as a trusted partner within the NHS and improve patient outcomes.

Skills

Influencing skills

Negotiation skills

Networking skills

Understanding NHS systems

Customer needs identification

Affordability modeling

ABPI qualification

Education

ABPI qualification

Job description

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a Field Access Manager – Wales & South West England who is autonomous, driven and curious to join us in our Market Access team to be field based.

About the role

The Field Access Manager will be covering the regions of Wales & South West England. This role is pivotal in building long-term strategic relationships with key regional decision-makers, focusing on creating collaborative opportunities for patients, NHS customers, and UCB. You will lead in developing and executing a strategy for our portfolio of products for the region covering the full Access lifecycle – pre-launch, launch, and post-launch activities.

Who you’ll work with

You will report to the Field Access Team Lead with frequent interactions with other key stakeholders within patient value units and Market Access.

What you’ll do

• Drive Patient Value and sales growth in target accounts and improve patient outcomes through high-level payer engagement.
• Provide a positive sub-national access and uptake environment in accounts with significant potential within the biologics market.
• Develop collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders within defined accounts, ensuring their understanding of UCB Patient Value Strategy.
• Establish the UCB brand to ensure UCB is seen as a ‘Trusted Partner’.
• Deploy approved UCB tools and solutions which bring meaningful treatment outcomes for all patients treated with UCB Immunology brands.
• Demonstrate how UCB can partner to achieve collaborative opportunities supporting NHS operating plans.
• Build and leverage strong external networks to achieve local NHS business intelligence and boost credibility with NHS managers and stakeholders.

Interested? We’re looking for the following education, experience, and skills:

• Excellent influencing, negotiation, and networking skills.
• Ability to identify customer needs and tailor solutions within NHS Medicines Management.
• Excellent insights into NHS systems and funding flows.
• ABPI qualified.
• Exceptional NHS knowledge including working knowledge of NHS horizon scanning processes.
• Understanding of affordability modeling and reimbursement of medicines.
• Knowledge of different ABPI approved approaches to Pharma Partnering.

Are you ready to ‘go beyond’ to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!

About us
UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are around 8,500 people inspired by patients and driven by science.

Why work with us?
At UCB, we create value and foster a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included and respected. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow and carve your own career path.

UCB and its subsidiaries encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race/color/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity.

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