Hybrid Associate Director, Access Contracting Enablement, Global Market Access

at MSD

• Job title: Associate Director, Access Contracting Enablement, Global Market Access
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $142,400 - $224,100 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Rahway, United States

About the role

• Associate Director leading development of world-class value-based contracting strategies. Seeking a customer-centric leader passionate about enhancing patient access in a collaborative environment through innovative solutions.

Responsibilities

• Help lead the development of an anticipated market event schedule and contribute to the annual priority setting aligned with the capacity of the team
• Support the continued development of world class contracting capabilities to establish the company as a global leader in innovative/value-based contracting solutions to enable/expand patient access
• Set out strategic opportunities to broaden patient access through novel contracting approaches informed by a deep understanding of therapeutic area priorities, long term access implications & customer challenges
• Be a key subject matter expert, leader and strategic advisor on targeted contracting solution development and deployment
• Oversee the development, validation, implementation of access contracting solutions in concert with market teams around the world
• Responsible for contributions to key contracting KPIs
• Lead the identification, sourcing, and integration of partners to achieve objectives
• Strong cross functional collaboration to deepen understanding, drive innovation, and support priorities
• Contribute to the upskilling of talent in regional and market teams to ensure they have the knowledge and skills to successfully localize, implement, manage, and assess value-based contracts
• Lead cross functional validation and collaboration with a range of internal stakeholders (Access, CI, Legal & Compliance, Procurement, Pricing, Policy, Finance, Treasury, IT, Marketing, OR, and Medical)
• Monitor and analyze contracting trends, competitive contracting strategies, reimbursement policy, regulation, guidelines, and legislative changes
• Ensure compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, and company policies

Requirements

• Minimum of (5) years in Pharmaceutical Marketing or Sales, Pricing, Reimbursement or Access, or Finance
• Knowledge and experience of the pharmaceutical and/or vaccine product access process within one or more health systems
• Prior experience in health insurance industry, healthcare finance, or healthcare consulting in the area of value-based contracting, portfolio contracting, and/or innovative financing
• Strong Conceptual & Analytical Thinking Skills – needed to identify and develop innovative solutions and to efficiently distill lessons learned from actual experience
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present compelling arguments to a variety of audiences at all organizational levels, both internal and external
• Collaboration - must be able to collaborate with country, regional, & global colleagues on both strategic and tactical levels
• Strong Project Management Skills – proven ability to manage diverse range of projects and competing priorities and effectively manage a cross-functional team
• Planning and Quality Execution skills – needed to establish and execute planning standards
• Quantitative Skills - Demonstrated quantitative ability, including facility with Excel and generally high level of financial acumen
• Contract negotiation experience
• Self-motivated and entrepreneurial with strong interpersonal and communications skills
• Ability to manage ambiguity, prioritize business needs, and balance competing interests
• Aptitude to handle multiple tasks and effectively prioritize to meet organizational goals
• Must be able to produce high quality, accurate work under time constraints
• Strong financial, analytical, and writing skills
• Proficient computer skills

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
• retirement benefits, including 401(k)
• paid holidays
• vacation
• compassionate and sick days