Manager, Market Access Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Oncology - Jobs in Saint-Laurent, QC

Job Description

Joining AbbVie means, you will be part of a team of outstanding professionals dedicated to making a remarkable impact on patients lives. At AbbVie, we conduct ground-breaking science on a global scale every day. AbbVie Canada is one of the Best Workplaces in Canada whereby 92% of our employees are proud to say they work for AbbVie.When choosing your career path, choose to be remarkable.AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women’s health, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.Key Responsibilities:

• Developing market access, health economics & outcomes research strategies to gain / maintain / optimize reimbursement for new and existing products with various public and private payers.
• Developing submissions dossiers for CADTH, INESSS and private payers, including the development of budgetary impact analyses and the development/adaptation of economic analyses. This requires:
• Liaising with the global market access organization to leverage the global value dossier, market access strategies & payer tools.
• Liaising & collaborating with global health economics organization for the adaptation of economic analyses that support reimbursement strategies and submissions requirements to various payers, in alignment with the Canadian guidelines.
• Planning and coordinating Canadian health economics & outcomes studies to support strategies to gain / maintain / optimize reimbursement for new and existing products with various public and private payers, including
• Ensuring effective communication of health economics & outcomes studies progress and results to relevant audiences (e.g., investigators, brand team, etc.);
• Preparing abstracts/manuscripts of study results for publication / presentation, as required.
• Liaising with consultants, contract research organizations, economic experts, etc. on various health economics & outcomes research projects.
• Collaborating with clinical research on studies with economic and quality of life endpoints.
• Providing analytical & strategic support for the development of the pricing strategy of new products in compliance with the Patented Medicines Price Review Board (PMPRB) regulations and in alignment with the Global pricing strategy & payer considerations.
• Providing analytical & strategic support for pricing negotiation strategy and development of value offering to the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA)/provinces for new and existing products.
• Playing an active role on Brand Team to identify opportunities to work collaboratively with cross-functional colleagues to deliver on brand objectives.
• Monitoring timelines and budget expenditures for market access initiatives & health economics & outcomes studies.
• This position reports to the Lead, Market Access / Health Economics and Outcomes Research – Oncology

Education/Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in science; Bachelor’s Degree in pharmacy or PharmD.
• Graduate Degree in Pharmacoeconomics, epidemiology or drug development, an asset.
• At least 3 years of experience in a similar role in pharmaceutical industry
• The ideal candidate should have expertise in market access, pharmacoeconomic and outcomes research in oncology with pertinent experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including previous experience directly dealing with payers and health technology agencies.
• Strong commercial/ business background an asset.

Essential Skills & Abilities:

• Strong clinical acumen or ability to acquire it quickly, across different therapeutic areas.
• Strong communication effectiveness, medical writing (technical) skills and presentation skills.
• Strategic thinking, analytical and data interpretation skills to support the development of compelling value propositions addressing public and private payer needs.
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills and team player. Work with field-based Market Access & Government Affairs team, Brand Teams and global Market Access & HEOR organization to develop strategies and tools to fully leverage value stories with customers.
• Initiative and Action-driven. Translate market access & HEOR strategies into actionable and realistic plans to maximize reimbursement opportunities for Abbvie products in a timely manner.
• Ability to prioritize & project management skills. Ability to manage multiple projects across different therapeutic areas and work well under stress (timelines).
• High quality standards & rigor; detail oriented.
• Understanding of public and private drug reimbursement landscape and health technology assessment process and submission requirements in Canada.
• Understanding of pharmacoeconomic principles / guidelines and methodological developments, as well as experience in development of economic studies in collaboration with internal (e.g. Medical department, global HEOR) and external (e.g. academic, research organizations) experts.
• Understanding of PMPRB and pharmaceutical pricing.
• Participated to publication process/RWE/data generation projects.
• Previous experience dealing directly with payers, an asset.
• Advanced knowledge of English, written and verbal. Advanced knowledge of French an asset.
• Proficient with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) as well as Outlook.
• Incumbent is also required to work with databases, such as Payer specific databases (e.g. PharmaStat, RxDynamics, etc.), and clinical trial databases as well as having experience working with Decision modeling (TreeAge) database.

Travel: Availability to travel within Canada about 10 % of the time and 10% of the time internationally.Valid Passport and driver’s license required.AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women, Aboriginal people, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities to apply.Covid vaccination new hires amendments:Full vaccination against COVID-19 is a condition of employment for this position, with possible accommodation for validated exemptions, within the limits of applicable legislation. AbbVie employees are also required to comply with any COVID-19 related external requirements, including any testing requirements, applicable to their work activities outside AbbVie premises (for example, travelling and visiting stakeholders and customers)Quick Apply

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