Director, International Market Access - Neuroscience

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The International Market Access & Pricing (iMAP) Team leads the market access strategies and planning for pipeline as well as on market products.

The Neuroscience space is particularly unique relative to other therapeutic areas as there is a large price disparity for treatments between the US and OUS markets and the evidence requirement to activate each region can be quite different. 

This role will leverage your clinical understanding, expertise of Evidence Based Medicine, alongside deep global payer knowledge, and competitive insights to innovate Phase II/III clinical development programs for pre-launch compounds.  This role will also require complex problem solving and decision quality to navigate the unique challenges within Neuroscience.  The role will also call on you to be a commercial leader as the infrastructure in the disease areas of focus are in early stages of development from an international perspective at Abbvie.

The iMAP director reports to the VP iMAP, Neuroscience and is accountable for the following:

• Defining the International Integrated Access Strategy (IAS) for the Neuroscience Toxin portfolio focused on AGN-607 (next generation toxin), Botox in line business and future toxins building Pricing, Reimbursement and Access (PRA) consistent with the commercial strategy
  • Define a path to optimize the entry on the next generation toxins into an OUS  space where toxins can be commoditized
  • Create IAS for indications such as essential tremor, MDD and HTPFD
  • Establish access pathways in Asian markets like Japan and China where no existing toxin presence exists
  • Support in line efforts on Botox across all of its indications and identify opportunities to further optimize P&R
• Co-creates clinical development plans factoring in all elements of a PICOS framework that will satisfy OUS HTA evidence requirements and build global value (US and OUS)  
• Develop/maintain the Payer Value Story (consistent with the Brand Story) for all assets/indications in assigned portfolio
• Leading team of direct reports to develop compelling core Payer materials based on deep payer insights
• Assessing/challenging key market access assumptions as part of the Financial Planning Process (LRP/Plan)
• Collaboratively works with R&D, Area and Affiliates to customize approaches

Key Responsibilities Include:

• The ideal candidate will be able to input into global clinical development plans to identify appropriate comparators, endpoints and study designs that will support OUS HTA evidentiary requirements OR co-build/co-create adjacent/complementary evidence programs that meet such requirements whilst minimizing any risk to the US
• Drive business development input for international PRA assumptions for all assets that are pre-launch
• Generate early international payer value propositions for new products that are aligned with the product’s total emerging value proposition (physicians, payers, and patients) and the product’s target product profile (TPP).
• At appropriate, ensure International, Area and Affiliate implementation of the Abbvie launch readiness to achieve PRA. Focus will be on all markets including both International (EU5, CA, CH, JP)  
• Collaborate with GHEOR, Clinical Development team, policy, International Marketing & Commercial Organization (IMCO), Pipeline Commercialization Strategy (PCS), US market access pipeline, area market access and other functions, to ensure solid understanding of international payer markets and emerging stakeholders in the reimbursement area.
• Maintaining therapeutic area specific department budgetary activities

Basic:

• 10- 15 years of experience in Pricing and Market Access, ideally at a global, area of or 5LBU country level
• Education: MSc/PhD required, with MBA preferred

Preferred:

• Strong clinical and disease area knowledge
• Experience in developing and managing market access strategies globally
• Experience in payer trends, evaluating drivers of market access success
• Knowledge of pricing policy & regulations and healthcare in key markets
• Understanding of regulatory agency requirements or policies that govern market approval, and the impact on reimbursement decisions
• Experience in health economic modeling
• Education: degree in a scientific area required. Additional MBA preferred      

Key Leadership Competencies:

• Demonstrates enterprise leadership to go beyond market access area of expertise
• Builds strong relationships with peers and cross functionally with partners outside of team to enable higher performance
• Learns, fast, grasps the 'essence' and can change the course quickly as needed
• Raises the bar and is never satisfied with the status quo
• Creates a learning environment, open to suggestions and experimentation for improvement
• Embraces the ideas of others, nurtures innovation and manages innovation to reality

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. ​
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-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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