Value & Access Manager Oncology

at  AstraZeneca

At AstraZeneca we believe in the potential of our people and you’ll develop beyond what you thought possible. We make the most of your skills and passion by actively supporting you to see what you can achieve no matter where you start with us.
As a Value & Access Manager Oncology in Italy, you will play a pivotal role in channeling our scientific capabilities to make a positive impact on changing patients’ lives.
Market Access has a key role to ensure that the medicines are made available locally and most importantly that these medicines are reimbursed and made available to patients who need them.
As Value & Access Manager Oncology you will be responsible for contributing to business objectives achievement, supporting development of the pricing & market access strategy according to local regulations and competition.
If you’re inspired by the possibilities of science to make a difference and ready to discover what you can do, join us.

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES

The role broadly includes the following key components:

• Cooperate with global MA team for the definition of price strategies, pharmaeconomic models and products value proposition.
• Develop access and pricing strategies aimed to sustain P&R submission and negotiation at national level.
• Collaborate with pricing, marketing and finance to build business cases to support product profitability.
• Collaborate with Evidence generation teams to identify real world data to be used during negotiations, to enter regional/local formularies and to avoid any kind of restrictions.
• Cooperate with Medical,Marketing and Diagnostic to define strategies and propose projects during brand strategy plan.
• Support Brand Teams on evaluation and analysis of possible access barriers at national/regional level aligning with the MA field.
• Define and implement MA plans, actions and materials for payers (Regions, Hospitals, etc).
• Develop value proposition to support MA field colleagues (budget impact models, value story, ad hoc documents etc.) and RWE project in line with business objectives.
• Cooperate actively with Government affairs, Value & Policy Manager and patient advocacy Manager to develop activities and projects in line with business objectives.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 3/4 years of experience in Market Access Dept.
• Postgraduate studies in one of the following areas: health economics, public health, market access
• Knowledge of the Italian market, healthcare system, payer mind-set and pharmaco-economic principles
• Ability to analyse data, extract quantitative insights and use complex datasets
• Theoretical and practical knowledge of heath economics applied to pharmaco-economic models (cost efficacy analysis – cost-utility analysis – budget impact analysis, etc.)
• Knowledge and experience of Real-World Evidence in a pharmaceutical environment (database analysis, cost of illness, burden of disease, observational studies, etc.)
• Analyse, synthesis and communicate clinical and health economic information
• Concise and effective verbal and written communication skills
• English language fluent

SOFT SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES

• Strategic approach
• Strong focus on results
• Courage on taking decisions
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Vision
• Orientation to innovation

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting to the Head of Value and Access Breast/Gyn/GU/GI as Value and Access Manager Oncology you will have primary responsibility for pricing, health economics and market access activities of assigned products to support company objectives. In addition, you will be responsible to support development and implementation of negotiation strategies and value proposition for the assigned therapeutic areas.

The role broadly includes the following key components:

• Cooperate with global MA team for the definition of price strategies, pharmaeconomic models and products value proposition.
• Develop access and pricing strategies aimed to sustain P&R submission and negotiation at national level.
• Collaborate with pricing, marketing and finance to build business cases to support product profitability.
• Collaborate with Evidence generation teams to identify real world data to be used during negotiations, to enter regional/local formularies and to avoid any kind of restrictions.
• Cooperate with Medical,Marketing and Diagnostic to define strategies and propose projects during brand strategy plan.
• Support Brand Teams on evaluation and analysis of possible access barriers at national/regional level aligning with the MA field.
• Define and implement MA plans, actions and materials for payers (Regions, Hospitals, etc).
• Develop value proposition to support MA field colleagues (budget impact models, value story, ad hoc documents etc.) and RWE project in line with business objectives.
• Cooperate actively with Government affairs, Value & Policy Manager and patient advocacy Manager to develop activities and projects in line with business objectives