Lead, Patient Access

Location: Montreal, #LI-Hybrid
About the role:
We are looking for innovative, experienced, and passionate market access professionals who want to have an impact and join us on our mission to reimagine medicine. As a Lead, Patient Access, you will be proud to contribute to give timely access to all patients that need a Novartis product for their health and wellbeing. As part of the Novartis Value Access & New Product Planning (VA & NPP), you will be responsible for a specific portfolio and execute a thorough Patient Access strategic planning process in order to develop strategies that fully leverage the reimbursement potential for our Novartis products. In addition, you will closely collaborate with the Health Economics Managers in order to co-create the best HTA package needed for the reimbursement process.
This role reports directly into the Director of Patient Access at Novartis Canada.
Key Responsibilities:
• In collaboration with the Value & Access Director, leads the development and execution of a thorough strategic planning process in order to develop strategies that fully leverage the reimbursement potential of major public and private formularies across Canada for brands / TA
• With the extended VA & NPP team, create the integrated Access plan including policy, health technology value, pricing, stakeholder engagement and innovative payer and health care system solutions
• As a brand / TA and clinical expert, support the clinical and PE evidence used in support of brand reimbursement and prepares recommendations to correct the most important gaps
• Liaises with Global VA & NPP teams to ensure timely input for Canadian access plans
• Determines optimal brand value proposal and new innovative partnerships to secure broadest access possible and timeliest formulary listing for the porfolio.
• Develops and maintains strong understanding and intelligence of the health economics environments and its dynamics; pro-actively signals important changes to functional teams
• From the strategy, develops the messages, tools and operational plans to be executed at the field level
• Post listings, continuously develop and adapt access strategies based on changes in the environment and the competitive landscape in order to improve or stay the leader in the therapeutic area.

Essential requirements:
• 5 to 10 years relevant experience in the pharmaceutical industry
• Market access experience combined with a solid understanding of Health Outcomes and Health Economics and knowledge of the Canadian Pharma Pricing and Reimbursement environment;
• Demonstrated leadership skills (leadership without authority) and ability to set a clear direction, manage multifunctional extended teams and network effectively
• Solid facilitator coupled with strong negotiation / analytical and project management skills
• Business acumen with strong scientific knowledge
• Experience interacting with executives and/ or key external customers/ stakeholders
Desirable Requirements:
• Bilingual: English and French an asset