Market Access Associate Director, Contract Strategy, Inhaled Respiratory Portfolio

At AstraZeneca we turn ideas into life changing medicines. Working here means being entrepreneurial thinkingbigand partnering with colleagues and customers to make theseemingly impossiblea reality.Werefocused on the potential of science to address the unmet needs of patients around the world!

This specific Associate Director role will focus on the Inhaled Respiratory Portfolio

• Assistin creating and defining contract strategies that include financial analytics and platforms for Brands within the AZ product portfolio for key Market Access customers and businesssegments andmaintainconsistency with that strategy as it is implemented.

• Drive business analytics to support contract strategy activities and partner with Customer Facing account roles including National & Regional Provider Networks and Channel account teams.

This roleassistsin bringing forward marketplace perspective and pragmatic solutions / analyses tooptimizeAstraZenecas net price accessobjectivesand continued leadership in innovative contracting.This individual willassistin the development of contract and channel strategies that align with Brand Team / Therapeutic Area business strategies for launch and in-line products.The Associate Director of Contract Strategy may collaborate with customer-facing account teams in direct customer interactions about key initiatives. They also develop align and finalize negotiation plans with these teams. This role will also collaborate with a wide variety of internal collaborators such as Access Strategy Brand Leadership Value Strategy and Evidence Brand and Market Access Finance Contract Operations and Legal.

A key deliverable of this role is ensuring all contract strategies and offerings have financial justification based on return on investment and solid business judgment. The role also supports assessing the performance of current contract strategies and offerings. Theyare responsible forensuring thetimelyand regular re-evaluation of current strategy anddeliversegment strategies for their Therapeutic Areas.

Typical Accountabilities

• Assistin the development of contract strategies andbringthem through the approval/governance process

• Directly partners with customer facing teams around prioritized key initiatives

• Co-development and execution of negotiation strategies

• Coordinatewith team of analysts/specialists in operational activities such as rebates chargebacks government reporting contractwritingand process approvals.

• Monitorsenvironment for shifts in trends or behaviors interpretlikely impactand suggestappropriate actionsaround life cycle contracting and pricing considerations.

• Developsdeep understanding of competitive market conditions that affect pricing for individual brands therapeuticareasand overall industry.

• Servesas a resource for Licensing and Business Development in assessing pricing on potential opportunities

Education QualificationsSkillsand Experience

Essential:

• Bachelorsdegree; preferably in a relevant field (Finance Economics Marketing or Science)

• 3years experiencein the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry

• Strongproficiencyand experience inMarket Access and Healthcare delivery systems

• Analyticalskills including problem solving forecasting contract development and financial/claim datamodeling

• Demonstratedlarge payernegotiation & relationship building skills

• Solution/Innovation mindset

Desireable:

• MBA/JD

• Understandingof healthcare/market accessmarketing and sales practices

• Detailedunderstanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing business models with specific knowledge of brand team operation brandfinanceand brandplanning

• Finance market accessand/or analytics background

• Background in preparing and negotiating contracts

• ClinicalAcumen/Health Economics

This is a Hybrid role requiring 3 days in our Wilmington office per week.