Assoc Dir, Pricing Strategy

at  Syneos Health Clinical

Description
Syneos Health is the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization purpose-built to accelerate customer success. We lead with a product development mindset, seamlessly connecting our capabilities to add high-value insights to speed therapies to patients and provide practical value to help our customers achieve their objectives.
Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for.
Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives.
Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know:

SUMMARY:

Plays a key role in shaping the objectives of the pricing organization, charged with developing new and innovative pricing models to support the business. Collects and interprets multiple types of financial and operational data to support the Company’s pricing strategy across portfolio of new business. Builds detailed financial models that leverage internal systems to support the operational business units and executive management in pricing and partnership decisions.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS degree in a business, finance, accounting, economics or health sciences related field, or equivalent education and experience. Advanced degree in business or health sciences field preferred.
• Project Management experience or previous pricing/budgeting experience in the CRO industry highly preferred.
• Working knowledge of medical terminology, clinical data, and ICH/Good Clinical Practices.
• Highly capable excel skills with experience building consolidated income statements, balance sheets, cash flow analysis.
• Strong presentation skills and highly proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Basic understanding of corporate accounting.
• Exceptional attention to detail, accuracy, organizational, interpersonal, and teamwork skills.
• Excellent financial, communication, and interpersonal skills as well as a high level of personal motivation to achieve.
• Ability to perform several tasks simultaneously to meet deadlines is necessary.
• Strong oral and written communication skills; Skilled at presenting scientific content.

GET TO KNOW SYNEOS HEALTH

We are the only full-service biopharmaceutical solutions company in the world. That means we bring together the best clinical and commercial minds to create a better, smarter, faster way to get medicines into the hands of patients who need it most. Learn more about Syneos Health.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Collaborates with Business Development, Proposals, and Therapeutic Business Units to develop tailored pricing solutions for key customers.
2. Develops presentations that clearly articulate strategy to internal and external stakeholders.
3. Develops high quality projections models that incorporate complex financial and operational data to support pricing strategy and decision making.
4. Produces high quality reporting and analysis to management, as well as ad hoc analyses and reports as directed.
5. Tracks CRO industry trends to ensure the Company is positioned as the leader in developing and executing innovative partnerships.
6. Analyzes strategic partnership opportunities with potential clinical development partners as well as ad-hoc partnership opportunities with other partners including service providers and research institutions.
7. Attends customer meetings when necessary to present partnership strategy.
8. Manages monthly updates to financial forecasts and metrics to support management’s timely visibility to changing business trends.
9. Responsible for continuous improvement of analysis and reporting processes and tools, to enhance quality, clarity, and timeliness of output. Works with Finance, Information Technology, and other functions to address related issues and potential system enhancements.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

Travel may be required (up to 25%).
Qualifications