Mississauga / Montreal, Canada.
**The positions can report either to our Mississauga or Montreal office.
Are you ready to make a high-impact difference in the world of oncology and specialty care? We’re looking for a dynamic individual to step into a pivotal role at GSK, where you’ll be at the forefront of securing and expanding market access for our cutting-edge brands in Canada. In this electrifying role, you’ll work hand-in-hand with a diverse team of cross-functional experts—ranging from Market Access and Health Economics to Policy and Patient Advocacy—to drive strategic initiatives that will ensure our products gain and maintain funding in both public and private markets. Join us in shaping the future of healthcare and making a real difference for patients across Canada!
Job Purpose
- The Market Access Manager – reports directly to the Market Access Lead. This role is critically accountable to secure (gain, maintain and grow) market access for brands within the Oncology or Specialty Care therapeutic area within GSKs Canadian portfolio.
- This role collaborates with various cross functional peers and leaders across the business (local, regional and global) including; Market Access, Business Unit, Medical, Health Economics, Pricing, Patient Advocacy and Policy, in order to strategize and execute on market access initiatives which secure product funding in both the public and private market.
- This role develops, gains approval and supports negotiations on behalf of GSK with national public and private payors in order to secure product listings in Canadian P&Ts.
- Canada is a complex Health Technology Market and in order to achieve both the long- and short-term business objectives, the Market Access Manager plays a vital role in providing strategic market access leadership to shape brand market access agenda.
Key Responsibilities
- You are the local reimbursement expert on local/regional/global cross-functional teams for Oncology or Specialty Care products. Responsible for influencing and ensuring that Canadian market access needs are incorporated into brand strategies to optimize revenue and profit.
- Responsible for ensuring applicable HTA and payer guidelines are followed (e.g. CADTH, INESSS, provincial and private payers) and robust scientific and health economic information is developed and submitted to payers in a timely fashion.
- Maintain a strong understanding and intelligence of the Health Policy and access environment and its dynamics and proactively share and act on implications of any trends or changes.
- Proactively seek payer insights through strong external relationships to understand value drivers and the payer decision making process, along with the perceived value of product profiles and to test value messaging with ex payer types.
- Influence and develop net price and negotiation strategies that optimize public and private payer reimbursement of assigned products. Actively monitor existing product listing agreements (PLAs) to ensure continued optimized reimbursement.
- Partner with the Market Access field team (policy, patient, public and private) to gain insights, align, develop and drive the implementation of reimbursement and negotiation strategies, developing clear messages and customized tools aligned with your strategies to help facilitate external engagements.
- As a key member of the commercial cross functional team you will:
- Lead the cross functional team and develop and execute access strategies and tactics to optimize public and private reimbursement (time to listing, breadth of coverage) for assigned products. Integrate multiple components such as pricing, real world evidence generation, health technology assessment, budget impact analyses, stakeholder engagement, negotiations, policy etc.
- Lead the cross functional team and develop reimbursement / MA dossiers for all payers (public and private) and deliver best in class submissions to national HTA bodies (PCODR, CDR, INESSS), provincial and private formularies. These submissions will clearly demonstrate value, through evidence generation, interpretation and communication of our products to Canadian payers.
- Establish and maintain strong partnership with GSK Global/Franchise market access to maximize value offering to payers and leverage best practice
- Demonstrate the highest levels of governance and comply with GSK policies and procedures as well as all applicable healthcare laws and regulations
Basic Qualifications
- Minimum: Bachelors degree – Business / Health Economics, Epidemiology, Public Health Policy, or equivalent.
- 5+ year’s pharmaceutical/biotech experience (Market Access, Pricing, Sales, Brand Marketing, etc.)
- 3+ years of market access experience within the Oncology / Specialty Pharma / Biotech sector.
- Demonstrated experience with the formulation of clear and compelling value propositions and demonstrated success navigating the pricing and reimbursement environment in Canada.
- Strong understanding of the Canadian healthcare system. Knowledge of key trends, issues, opportunities and stakeholder/payors priorities.
- Experienced influencing cross functional stakeholders (including leaders), both internally and externally with differing viewpoints.
- Strategic thinking with the ability to formulate, develop and execute complex strategy while balancing short- and long-term goals
- Proven ability to understand business strategy and to translate it into market access strategies that support the company’s business goals.
- Solid inter-personal skills (authentic, trust builder), with the ability to collaboratively lead cross functional teams and achieve results through others while setting ambitious objectives and having the courage to have difficult constructive conversations (debate)
- Proactive, resilient, trustworthy, intentional and not afraid of challenging the status quo.
- Solution-oriented, with the ability to offer creative options for problem solving.
Preferred Qualifications
- Preferred: MBA / Designate in field – Business / Health Economics, Epidemiology, Public Health Policy, or equivalent.
- Thorough knowledge of GSK portfolio is an asset
- Bilingual (English and French) written and verbal skills an asset.
Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).
Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.
To apply, please visit the career site of GSK.
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