Director, International Market Access, Neuroscience, Parkinson's

About the role

The International Market Access & Pricing (IMAP) Team leads the market access strategies and planning for pipeline as well as on-market products. This role will leverage your clinical understanding, expertise of Evidence Based Medicine, alongside deep global payer knowledge, and competitive insights to shape Phase II/III clinical development programs for pre-launch compounds.

Responsibilities

• Develop the Global Integrated Access Strategy (IAS) for the Parkinson’s Disease (including Produodopa, Duodopa and Tavapadon) and Psychosis (primarily Emraclidine) portfolio focused on Pricing, Reimbursement and Access (PRA) consistent with the commercial strategy
• Lead the VAT on creation/maintenance of core payer materials, support of HTA submissions, and optimization of payer evidence generation
• Identify/manage competitive opportunities/threats from a market access perspective for the Psychiatry and Parkinson’s portfolio
• Lead the development of Global IASs for assets within the pipeline, notably within disease areas such as depression, bipolar, and schizophrenia
• Develop/maintain the Payer Value Story (consistent with the Brand Story) for all assets/indications in assigned portfolio
• Lead team of direct reports to develop compelling core Payer materials based on deep payer insights
• Assessing/challenging key market access assumptions as part of the Financial Planning Process (LRP/Plan)
• Collaboratively works with Area and Affiliates to customize approaches

Requirements

• The ideal candidate will support the global effort to integrate payer value messages for the assigned portfolio (i.e. Parkinson’s and Psychosis) into our clinical and evidence-base assessments and develop key market access deliverables in line with Abbvie’s PIVOTAL PRA Excellence framework and the asset playbook.
• At appropriate times, ensure Global, Area and Affiliate implementation of the Abbvie launch readiness to achieve PRA. Focus will be on all International markets (EU5, CA, BR, RU, CH, JP).
• Provide input into clinical development programs to ensure endpoints (i.e., clinical, economic and humanistic outcomes) are incorporated that will optimize price, reimbursement and ultimately patient access globally.
• Proactively ensure reimbursement considerations are incorporated into global market access strategy as well as multi-functional therapeutic and product assessments throughout key clinical development milestones and strategic commercial decisions.
• Generate initial global payer value propositions for new products that are aligned with the product’s total emerging value proposition (physicians, payers, and patients) and the product’s target product profile (TPP).
• Collaborate with GHEOR, Clinical Evidence & Outcomes (CE&O) team, policy, International Marketing & Commercial Operations, Pipeline Commercial Strategy, Area market access and other functions, to ensure solid understanding of global payer markets and emerging stakeholders in the reimbursement area.
• Maintaining therapeutic area specific department budgetary activities

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of experience in Pricing and Market Access, ideally at a global, area of or 5LBU country level
• B.A/B.S required
• Strong clinical and disease area knowledge
• Experience in developing and managing market access strategies globally
• Experience in payer trends, evaluating drivers of market access success
• Knowledge of pricing policy & regulations and healthcare in key markets
• Understanding of regulatory agency requirements or policies that govern market approval, and the impact on reimbursement decisions
• Working knowledge of health economic modeling

Skills

• Builds strong relationships with peers and cross-functionally with partners outside of team to enable higher performance
• Learns, fast, grasps the 'essence' and can change the course quickly as needed
• Raises the bar and is never satisfied with the status quo
• Creates a learning environment, open to suggestions and experimentation for improvement
• Embraces the ideas of others, nurtures innovation and manages innovation to reality
• Exhibits resilience and perseverance attributes

Benefits

• Comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k)
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs

Pay

$160,500 - $305,000 USD

Schedule

Hybrid