Market Access Manager

Job description

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 107,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

At Abbott, we believe people with diabetes should have the freedom to enjoy active lives. That’s why we’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health more effectively and comfortably, with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

·  Support efforts to remove or lower barriers to patient access to company product by developing and implementing strategies directed at healthcare providers, thought leaders, payers, health plans, public agencies and patient advocacy groups
·  Ensure market access for current and pipeline products
·  Develop and implement market access and reimbursement tactical plans for new and existing products
·  Monitor relevant health policy developments and provide meaningful guidance on opportunities and risks for product adoption and suggest actions to mitigate the risk
·  Work with public and private payers, Medical and Actuarial Directors to negotiate coverage and payment
·  Coordinate and develop market access projects with internal and external stakeholders
·  Provide guidance on reimbursement research as well as patient advocacy efforts
·  Manage deliverables such as reimbursement dossiers, reimbursement landscape analyses, consultant driven research projects
·  Ensure that deliverables are accomplished on time and within budget
·  Work with Global Market Access and Reimbursement, Global Marketing, R&D, Medical, Clinical, HEOR and selected consultants and KOLs to create effective channels of communication and gain support in the formation of the value proposition and the implementation of strategy
·  Assist in guiding the outcome of Health Technology Assessments, where they are used to determine coverage, coding and payment

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Required

Bachelors degree required. Minimum of three years of experience in Market Access and Reimbursement for pharmaceutical products, medical devices or diagnostics, gained, ideally in more than one National healthcare delivery system. Good working knowledge of market access and reimbursement pathways , health technology assessment, Health Economic and Outcomes Research (HEOR) as well as peer review publication strategies are highly desirable. Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English is a must and one or more additional languages would be a plus.

Preferred

Masters Degree is preferred. Education in Health studies, business or economics due to anticipated involvement in HEOR evidence creation to support reimbursement applications.

TRAVEL: Approximately 20% international.

     

JOB FAMILY:

Market Access

     

DIVISION:

ADC Diabetes Care

        

LOCATION:

United States > Alameda : Plaza 6 Building

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Yes, 20 % of the Time

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

     
Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

     
EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

     
EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf