Assistant Director, Value and Access Strategy
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Summary:
Under the general direction of the U.S Value & Access Strategy team leadership and on behalf of clients, this active, hands-on role involves working directly on client project work and new business development opportunities. This role requires at least 5+ years of biopharmaceutical U.S Market Access experience (on either the manufacturer or consulting side); specifically, we are looking for candidates that possess experience and expertise in primary market research activities with a specific focus on U.S pricing research. The candidate may also be involved in a variety of Value & Access Strategy work types, inclusive but not limited to market research, pricing research, market access insights generation, value proposition development, market access field tool development, and more. This role includes the need for expertise in leading primary and secondary research, managing cross-functional project teams, and delivering actionable insights to support product launches, due diligence, and go-to-market strategies. The successful candidate will serve as a strategic partner to clients, drive team development, and foster a culture of excellence and collaboration. Depending on the candidate's experience, this role may be filled at Assistant Director or Manager level; roles and responsibilities will adjust accordingly.
The ideal candidate will maintain and grow strong client relationships across Value and Access focused project work including supporting project execution, ensuring pull-through and quality of deliverables with our clients and initiating business development activities through proactive outreach and chain-linking of existing relationships. Qualified candidates will leverage their biopharmaceutical knowledge and experience and possess strong critical thinking, business acumen, communication, and client management skills. This individual should thrive in a matrixed, team-oriented environment where all team members take responsibility for the quality and validity of deliverables from project initiation through completion.
Under general supervision, plans, conducts and supervises client work assignments. Reviews progress and evaluates results. Recommends changes in procedures. May lead or direct less complex projects or certain aspects of projects. Must be willing to participate in all aspects of project execution as well as project leadership, as needs are identified.
Responsibilities:
Support action plans to advance projects, particularly by resolving conflicts, identify their root causes, develop options, garner resources, and take action to prevent similar issues arising in the future
Design robust research methodologies and develop compelling proposals in response to client RFPs for market research and strategy consulting engagements.
Perform analogue analysis and secondary research for price benchmarking and strategic assessments.
Design and conduct hypothesis-driven primary and secondary research to assess value and market potential across therapeutic areas
Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, coordinating all aspects of research studies from kickoff meetings to final presentations
Develop, review, and edit discussion guides, questionnaires, and other research tools to address specific client objectives.
Lead interpretation of research findings and present results to clients in a clear, compelling, and actionable manner.
Proactively manage client expectations and handle planned and ad hoc requests to meet internal and external needs.
Conduct qualitative interviews with key stakeholders, including payers, physicians, hospital pharmacy directors, and nurses, to gather critical insights
Recognize changes in project scope, taking appropriate action with internal team members and the client
Complete content work within assigned hours and on time
Meet personal chargeability goal, prioritizing chargeable and non-chargeable goals
Seek out and use customer feedback to improve processes, solutions, team member performance and to chain link
Seek out and use customer feedback to develop offerings and improve services
Manage the client-interface when acting as a Client Manager on a project, in concert with the Project Manager
Solve problems with clien
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