Market Access Manager - Sandton, South Africa - Pfizer

Description

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities:

• Maintain expertise in local access legislation and payer landscape
• Maintains updated identification, mapping and segmentation of key stakeholders
• Ensures the inclusion of payer customer insights in strategic planning processes
• Development (and execution, as applicable) of portfolio Market Access plans for key products and therapeutic areas, that balance individual brand considerations with longer term portfolio and payerrelationship priorities
• Supports payer and patient research activities to understand stakeholder requirements, for selected products/therapies, and health technology/assessment hurdles in local markets
• Supports development of robust, credible value arguments and propositions for Pfizer products
• Leads external interaction with payer stakeholders, including stakeholder strategy, relationship management and development of innovative partnerships
• Maintains and tracks key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the impact of market access strategies, activities and programs
• Establishes strong working relationships across functions, contributing ideas, strategies, team/matrix leadership in an innovative, thought provoking and collegial manner
• Leads development of strategic pricing recommendations and contracting strategy across Pfizer's portfolio, advising Pfizer businesses on pricing strategies that support commercial objectives and operating plans.
• Supports business in understanding and managing external price execution across the full Pfizer portfolio, in the private, public and export markets (where applicable).
• Evaluate and analyse available health economic data required to support market access and commercial strategies
• Generation of new evidence (e.g., real world data) to support the value proposition

Key Deliverables:

• Leads the development and implementation of Market Access plans (Pricing, Access and Reimbursement strategies) for individual products
• Development of robust prices for the Pfizer portfolio which are coherent across the various customers.
• Submission of price requests/ changes to local authorities, as applicable, and in compliance with local legislation
• Coordinates cross functional team's effort in the development and delivery of dossier submissions
• Leads development of Productspecific local Payer Value Propositions
• Maintainence of accurate pricing information in applicable systems and as per applicable processes and SOPs.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• BPharm /MBBCh /BSc or and equivalent Health Sciences qualification;
• A demonstrated track record of at least 35 years' experience in the pharmaceutical industry or a healthcare payer
• A demonstrated track record of translating commercial strategy into a detailed implementation plan
• Experience in Pricing analyses and strategy, Financial modelling, Evaluation of clinical and economic literature, Preparation of value dossiers
• Excellent MS Excel skills
• Good business acumen
• Knowledge of the local healthcare system and its major players and decisionmakers

TECHNICAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS
Technical skills required and/or preferred, as applicable.

• Excellent analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Organization, prioritisation and project management skills
• Payer and country access expertise
• Pricing, value and access strategy development and execution
• Scenario planning in support of pricing and access negotiations
• Knowledge of finance in support of pricing strategies
• Working knowledge of health economics and health technology assessments
• Ability to interpret and critically evaluate clinical data

Key Leadership competencies:

• Decisive

- manages complexity to make timely, informed decisions

• Focused

- develops impactful short
- and long-term solutions for payer customers to support better patient
- access and outcomes

• Connected

- collaborates with others to accomplish shared goals

• Inspiring

- motivates and develops self and other to move the business forward

• Courageous

- consistently demonstrates accountability in the face of challenges

• Resilient

- responds to change with agility and optimism and innovation

• Accountable
• Sets high personal standards and can be relied upon to deliver projects on time; within budget

- and to quality

• Commits to "One Pfizer"
• Has the ability to see the "big picture" and can work across functions in the best

- interest of the business. Strategic and organizational agility


Work Location Assignment:
Flexible

Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.

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