Associate Director, Market Access Insights

Associate DirectorMarket Access Insights

Introduction to the role

The Associate Director of Market Access Insights plays a crucial role in supporting the Market Access customer-facing teams. This role involves compiling and evaluating customer performance metrics and market analysis to guide the strategic planning and execution of brand enterprise mindset strong influence without authority and deep understanding of theMarket Accesslandscape.

In this positionthe AD willact as a key liaison between various Market Access customer segments Contract Operations Access StrategyPortfolioContract StrategyAZ IT technical vendors/consultants and Brand Insights. Collaborating closely with theDirector ofMarket Access Insightsthe ADwill address ad-hoc data inquiries identify desired outcomes and make recommendations to enhanceboth the provided insightsacross Market Access and thetools and capabilitiesused to supportplanning performance measurement operational improvements and enterprise-wide alignment on Market Access priorities.

Accountabilities:

• Act as the dedicated lead to liaison with Market Access stakeholders to identify insights across Market Access priority accounts and to inform comprehensive Market Access Portfolio & Enterprise and Pipeline strategies.
• Proactively leverage available analytical tools market research and other resources to identify key opportunities to increase access and understanding of the needs of Market Access customers providing insights based on a deep knowledge of markets brands and the health care market.
• Collaborating across Market Access Access Strategy Portfolio Contract Strategy Legal Medical Compliance Government Affairs Corporate Affairs Finance Brand Teams and Sales to provide clear and consistent insight and analytics as input into strategic business decisions including evaluating planning and development and performance for Market Access Account Leadership across the entire AZ portfolio to inform brand and account strategies.
• Work closely with the Market Access Leadership Team to develop and maintain an understanding of the key customer-related market trends specific to their accounts geographical areas and/or customers identify growth opportunities gaps and strategic conflicts; recommend and drive mitigation or optimization plans.
• Represent account team interests in internal forums to ensure alignment across Access Strategy Portfolio Contract Strategy Legal Medical Compliance Government Affairs Corporate Affairs Finance Brand and Sales.
• Work with service providers and AZ IT to create and deliver new analytical systems and tools that support key managed market business objectives.
• Prioritize workload across key customers to dedicate capacity time and resources accordingly.
• Ability to manage and lead numerous projects at the same time especially large-scale projects.
• Effectively manage without authority and provide direction and coordination of strategic initiatives.
• Identify and propose long term improvements in internal processes systems and cross functional collaboration.
• Occasional travel may be required based on customer/account requirements and to attend key industry events.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Bachelors degree; preferably in a related field
• 3-5 years of pharmaceutical or related healthcare business
• Exceptional stakeholder management capabilities
• Understanding of Market Access and Healthcare delivery
• Ability to perform analysis using multiple quantitative and qualitative sources to translate data into actionable recommendations
• Experience in Market Access information sources primary market research forecasting promotion response insights and business intelligence
• Strong Market Access business acumen with ability to understand and interpret information from multiple sources
• Results oriented with excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Comfortable working in ambiguity with the ability to challenge traditional thinking to solve problems
• Demonstrated abilities to influence without authority lead teams and develop/foster relationships with senior leadership
• Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to multitask
• Strong Excel capabilities to transform raw data into strategic insight

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• 5 years of pharmaceutical or related healthcare business.
• Advanced degree in related field
• 2 years of experience in one or more of the following:
  • Analytics or Insights
  • Project Management
  • Market Access
• Ability to understand technical data architecture
• Experience with secondary pharmaceutical data statistical analysis and the techniques and application of primary market research

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