Senior Director US Market Access Strategy
Senior Director US Market Access Strategy
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The Senior Director of U.S. Access Strategy is responsible for developing a holistic U.S. market access strategy across Alexions portfolio ensuring alignment with commercial objectives and evolving market dynamics. This role involves establishing strategic and tactical plans for in line and launch assets including developing access strategies tactics budgets and goals to ensure appropriate access for Alexion products. Additional responsibilities include coordinating with crossfunctional stakeholders to integrate access considerations into broader commercial brand plans launch plans and developing access strategies in collaboration with global teams. This role is based in Alexions Boston headquarters and reports to the Executive Director US Access Strategy & Marketing.
You will be responsible for:
- Developing market access launch plans for medical and pharmacy benefit products in rare disease including budget requirements and insights required for first and only and competitive launches
- Leveraging insights from previous launches and sharing relevant learnings with access strategy and pipeline strategy stakeholders as needed
- Establishing access goals by brand for product within Alexions portfolio
- Developing strategies and tactics to achieve access goals including messaging positioning and leveraging Medical HEOR & evidence assessments advocacy groups and a products clinical value proposition to secure competitive access
- Collaborating with Account Management team to execute on access strategies and gain insights into payer strategies to help ensure access upon launch during life cycle management
- Monitoring competitive landscape and payer trends to adjust access strategies as needed anticipating impact on patients ability to gain access to the medications
- Sharing access related insights to be integrated into broader commercial plans
- Working with global and crossfunctional teams to develop access strategy for launch brands and provide US market access insight into brand and launch strategies
- Collaborating with Alexion patient advocacy teams on access education initiatives with advocacy groups and other such pullthrough initiatives
- Coordinate with public policy and government affairs teams on opportunities to protect and gain access and stay up to date on market and legislative trends to adjust strategies
- Coordinate with HEOR/Medical teams to ensure alignment between evidence generation andmarket access for developing and evolving the value proposition
- Providing a robust U.S. Market Access perspective to global and access strategy stakeholders to assess market access implications for BD and acquisition products and to support the development of market access strategies for pipeline assets
- Performing preliminary landscape assessments and horizon scanning for competitor launches in coordination with internal marketing and competitive intelligence teams
- Working with global and the Senior Director of Strategic Pricing Management to conduct earlystage primary and secondary pricing research using appropriate methodologies
- Working with global teams and brand teams to develop riskmitigation strategies for launch products
- Collaborating with contract strategy stakeholders to consider contracting opportunities and GTN expectations for pipeline and BD products
You will need to have:
- Bachelors Degree in a relevant field of study
- 10 years experience in U.S. managed care
- 4 years experience in a pharmaceutical strategy role
- Knowledge of the business models influence/impact and decision drivers of U.S. commercial and government payers as well as channel customers
- Market access strategy launch experience
- Understanding of access utilized by commercial and government payers under the medical and pharmacy benefits in a competitive and first in class environment
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks and projects simultaneously work independently as well as with a team possess strong oral written and interpersonal communication skills
- Experience leading a crossfunctional team of colleagues without a direct reporting relationship
- Ability to complete quantitative and qualitative analyses of complex strategic initiatives
- Ability to effectively communicate complex business challenges and datadriven recommendations to senior leaders
- Up to 20 travel as required.
- The duties of this role are generally conducted in an office environment. As is typical of an officebased role employees must be able with or without an accommodation to use a computer; engage in communications via phone video and electronic messaging; problem solve; engage in complex and nonlinear thought analysis and dialogue; collaborate with others; maintain general availability during standard business hours
We would prefer for you to have:
- MBA MPH PharmD or other advanced degree
- Clinical technical and scientific knowledge and aptitude in complex disease states
Why AstraZeneca
When we put unexpected teams in the same room we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire lifechanging medicines. Inperson working gives us the platform to connect work at pace and challenge perceptions. Thats why we work on average a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesnt mean were not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change we seize it and make it happen because any opportunity no matter how small can be the start of something big. Delivering lifechanging medicines is about being entrepreneurial finding those moments and recognizing their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organization to reset expectations of what a biopharmaceutical company can be. Every one of our employees makes a difference to patients lives every day. Each one of us believes that science can change lives and that to deliver this takes many people with many skills. When we deliver a lifechanging medicine that success comes from the combined efforts of all our people. This means were opening new ways to work pioneering groundbreaking methods and bringing unexpected teams together. Interested Come and join our journey.
Date Posted
17Apr2025Closing Date
25May2025Alexion is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where every single person can belong because of their uniqueness. The Company will not make decisions about employment training compensation promotion and other terms and conditions of employment based on race color religion creed or lack thereof sex sexual orientation age ancestry national origin ethnicity citizenship status marital status pregnancy (including childbirth breastfeeding or related medical conditions) parental status (including adoption or surrogacy) military status protected veteran status disability medical condition gender identity or expression genetic information mental illness or other characteristics protected by law. Alexion provides reasonable accommodations to meet the needs of candidates and employees. To begin an interactive dialogue with Alexion regarding an accommodation please contact Alexion participates in EVerify.Required Experience:
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Employment Type
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