Associate Manager, Business Analytics - 340B COE- Mettawa, IL - job 1 of 6

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The 340B Drug Pricing program has become a critical issue impacting AbbVie’s business. Originally designed to help safety-net hospitals and clinics give better care to underserved communities, it has now grown exponentially, and deserves a greater level of focus.  Over the past few years, AbbVie has implemented important strategies and policy changes to tackle this growth, but its impact on AbbVie’s portfolio and the complexity of the 340B related issues now require a more dedicated, strategically resourced approach.

Therefore, AbbVie has established a high profile, 340B Center of Excellence (COE), that brings together a team of experts who will utilize analytics and insights to drive strategy, proactively address the growth of 340B and create new solutions to the industrywide abuse within the program.  COE leaders will work with Government Affairs and Legal to develop longer-term solutions and shape reforms while simultaneously collaborating with essential partners, including the Marketing, Finance, Market Access, Public Affairs and other key partners to deliver meaningful business solutions and impact.   

The 340B COE Business Operations Analyst is a member of a group with technical expertise in the business and operations of the 340B program; the group (1) maintains and enforces AbbVie’s 340B program, (2) develops and maintains reporting to track performance, dashboard metrics, 340B entity eligibility compliance), (3) manages 340B duplicate discount scrubbing (4) manages Covered Entity eligibility policy and (5) develops modeling to show the impact of policies, initiatives and government actions.  Develops outlier analyses, new tools, models and platforms to report 340B performance, and 340B forecasts.  Provides modeling and analytical support for the 340B COE Strategy and Investigation group activities.  Works closely with the 340B COE Strategy and Innovations Group and the Operations Enablement Leader and BTS to support team operations.

Primary responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to:

• Core responsibilities are to oversee 340B impact analyses and modeling, covered entity eligibility, and 340B policy maintenance. 
• Develop 340B modeling for the 340b COE initiatives, such as “follow the dollar” stakeholder analyses to assess the impact of potential/ executed mitigation efforts, the potential impact of proposed or enacted government legislation or the impact of 340B program abuses.  Support modeling needs for cross-functional partners, such as Government Affairs, Legal and Finance.

• Develop 340B impact modeling for trends at the market level to support the 340B COE Strategy & Innovation Group.
• Develop and operationalize a 340B site eligibility vetting process and platform to operationalize the analysis to determine if a 340B Covered Entity and or it related accounts/ locations are eligible to receive a discount.  Ensure integration with related systems (For example Govt. Pricing, Demand Planning), and manage formal Covered Entity communication.  Lead the site eligibility vetting process and manage the files and data to supply to the Government Pricing Class of Trade Group to integrate with their account eligibility roster provided to wholesalers
• Monitor and track pricing compliance (reconciling to the wholesaler chargebacks) and coordinate with the Trade Team, to ensure wholesaler Compliance in enforcing Covered Entity account eligibility.
• Refine 340B Site Eligibility vetting by incorporating a broader set of factors that impact specific account and location eligibility, to include such aspects of pharmacy type, entity ownership, state law, distribution laws, AbbVie policies, etc.
• Maintain and keep current the AbbVie 340B policies and processes.
• Develop and foster robust internal relationships with other key stakeholders, including but not limited to Market Access/Trade, Employer Teams, Finance, Patient Services, MABI, etc.

• Bachelor’s degree
• Master’s degree in business or analytical degree (Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Math, etc.) preferred
• 5-7 years analytical experience required preferably in the healthcare industry.

** Must be local to Mettawa, IL**

• Requires minimum of a bachelor’s degree.
• A minimum of 5 years in the healthcare industry with significant financial, reporting, forecasting and modeling experience within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry. 
• Experience with IQVIA data sources (e.g. HCOS data), Rx claims data, PBM rebate data.
• Knowledge of 340B flows preferred.   
• Working knowledge of the compliance and regulatory environment for manufacturers in the pharmaceutical space.

Skills/Knowledge Required:

• Experience leading and developing a team and building a positive culture.
• Experience building processes, putting into production prototype concepts, and improving the efficiency of operations
• Possesses a curious and persistent mindset, comfortable in ambiguity.
• Ability to simplify the complex and identify what’s is essential
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Analytical and modeling expertise, financial acumen, ability to see, visualize and tell a story with numbers.
• Ability to influence across functions to gain consensus on solutions.
• Excellent leadership, management and organizational skills, along with problem solving, conflict resolution and team building.
• Ability to effectively plan, prioritize, execute, follow up and anticipate problems.

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

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