Job Description

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Role Objective

As part of the Takeda Canada\xe2\x80\x99s Patient Value and Access Team, the Senior Manager, Market Access will lead the development and execution of market access strategies for the inline and future portfolio through the design of comprehensive HTA dossiers, and the implementation of value creation/demonstration initiatives, with local and global stakeholders.

The candidate will also strategize early engagement with Canadian payers and decision makers on future Takeda pipeline products to provide insights for consideration by Global Clinical teams in the development of the clinical development program.

This is a highly strategic and collaborative role, requiring leadership with multiple internal cross-functional colleagues and external partners to deliver prioritized, strategic recommendations for various payer-focused programs. This role requires proactivity, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to work on a broad range of projects as you work autonomously and as part of larger teams across a wide range of therapeutic areas.

Reporting to the Market Access Director located at the head office in downtown Toronto, as the Senior Manager, Market Access you will:

• Lead the strategic development and establishment of best practices on navigating Canadian reimbursement processes and trends, including clinical and economic evidence, gap identification, and payer engagement. Identify Canada-specific gaps and develop robust, integrated strategies and tactics, aligned with local, global medical and marketing teams for achieving/strengthening/maintaining access that demonstrate and communicate the value of Takeda\xe2\x80\x99s products.
• Establish and maintain strong collaborative relationships with the Government & External Affairs and other teams (Patient Engagement, Policy) to identify and build relationships with key thought leaders (clinicians, economists) and to seek value-based opportunities that engage payers (public, private, HTA) to drive access strategies and tactics.
• Work with External Affairs and Patient Advocacy team members to develop and execute tactics that achieve/optimize/maximize access and reimbursement for Takeda products that are aligned with business goals
• Lead market access planning as part of the brand strategy process, for new and existing products. Provide input into broader marketing plan including development of critical success factors and execution of required tactical plans.
• Participate in presentations of submissions to HTA agencies and with External Affairs team lead to payers as needed.
• Proactively partners with medical, to identify, develop and execute plans for collecting real world effectiveness data that supports access strategies.
• Ensure an enterprise mindset to serve as the accountable market access lead for a therapeutic area and to shape and influence brand strategies by cross functional partners such as Marketing, Medical and Commercial Excellence (e.g., access programs post launch, clinical practice guidelines) and provides input into broader marketing plan including development of critical success factors and execution of required tactical plans.
• Lead new product initiatives, in collaboration with Market Access and Pricing colleagues, to develop comprehensive assessments of new products/opportunities which consider pricing, impact of factors such as clinical program, regulatory status, health economics and market to contribute to the determination of introduction to the Canadian market and to optimize launch through evaluation of price points, PMPRB exposure and market challenges related to market access and reimbursement.
• Be a strategic partner on the development of Product Listing Agreement (PLA) public and private negotiation strategy in consultation with Market Access leadership and in collaboration with Finance and Sales/Marketing and participate either as a delegate of Directors, Market Access & Government Relations as co-lead negotiator with Government & External Affairs team lead OR as support for PLA discussions.
• Responsible for keeping updated on the dynamic changes in the payer environment and proactively communicating in-depth analyses with strategic recommendations to the business on any potential opportunities/risks and incorporating anticipated trends into strategies for cross functional partners.
• Responsible for ensuring a thorough understanding of Takeda\xe2\x80\x99s Code of Ethical Practices, IMC Code of Ethics, and Takeda\xe2\x80\x99s SOPs are strictly adhered to, upholding a commitment to compliance and operates with integrity within all business objectives. Promotes and conducts the affairs of the company with the highest standards of integrity, probity and corporate governance, demonstrating commitment to the values of Takeda-ism.

Key Capabilities

• Ability to effectively translate clinical and economic evidence into a value proposition to address the unmet needs of the payer.
• Strong understanding of the current pharmaceutical industry, specifically the specialty pharma business model and payer and market access environment.
• Navigate whitespaces with a high-level of initiative to formulate solutions and drive decision-making
• Demonstrates an entrepreneurial attitude; Business ownership: pursues ideas and projects that ensure sustainable, long-term success despite odds with perseverance.

EDUCATION, LICENCES/CERTIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE

• Minimum bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree (sciences, economics, political science or public administration). Post-graduate experience (training or degree) in health economics, epidemiology, biostatistics, or healthcare forecasting is an asset.
• Solid experience (5+ years for Senior Manager, 3+ years for Manager) in pharmaceutical reimbursement/market access, including competency in health technology assessment and healthcare analytics.
• Strong understanding of the therapeutic areas and disease management.

Locations

Toronto, Canada

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

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