Senior Market Access Manager Rare Diseases at AstraZeneca

What you’ll do?

We are looking for a team member who will play an active role throughout the product life cycle and partner with relevant partners in order to provide solutions across the entire patient journey; Someone who will accelerate timelines through collaboration to identify challenges as well as coordinated engagement with relevant stakeholders to develop innovative access solutions.

Rare Disease therapies target specific disease pathways that serve much smaller patient populations. These breakthrough therapies are technology driven and are significantly transforming patient outcomes.

With your market access experiences your key focus areas will include the following:

• Responsible for maximizing the value of AstraZeneca’s products (existing and pipeline).
• Support Development and implementation of Market Access and Health Technology Assessment Strategies and/or related activities.
• Developing innovative strategies to optimize access to patients.
• Partnering with Patient Advocacy organizations to educate, build capabilities and expand access.
• Implementing and Managing Patient support Programs (PSP).
• Develop Pricing Business Cases and Value Based Strategies.
• Exploring Alternative Contracting Models and other innovative Pricing solutions.
• Serve as a strategic partner for Cross Functional Teams across the business to support value and unit growth in supported Business Units.
• Educate, train and support Commercial Business on reimbursement-related issues in order to enable optimal access to AstraZeneca Products.
• Co-travel with field Sales Representatives, where required, to identify reimbursement gaps in-field and work on finding solutions that result in better access.
• Constantly engage with external customers on AstraZeneca Product Value stories to gain support for Funder education strategies.
• Constant engagement and collaboration with cross functional business units to make AstraZeneca a Great Place to Work.
• Live AstraZeneca Values and practice enterprise leadership.
• If this sounds appealing, please read on to understand the experience and skills we’re looking for…

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED?

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Health Economics Qualification and/or Experience would be an advantage.
• Minimum 7 years Market Access experience.
• Understanding of the South African Healthcare Market.
• Understanding of the African healthcare market would be an advantage.
• Teamwork and leadership skills, including the ability to consult extensively with cross functional teams and act within a matrix organization