Director, Access Strategy- Dupixent Respiratory AS-COPD

Job Title: Director, Access Strategy- Dupixent Respiratory AS-COPD

Location: Cambridge, MA or Morristown, NJ (Hybrid: 3 days onsite per week)

This role is responsible for supporting market access strategy and execution for the Dupixent Respiratory Franchise, inclusive of Asthma and COPD. This role is instrumental in executing upon and integrating payer tactics aligned with franchise strategy, life cycle management, the pricing & contracting approach across payer channels and ensuring customer-facing teams are appropriately trained and resourced on current and future strategies for Dupixent franchise.

The role will require working collaboratively and autonomously with the Dupixent Access Strategy team, working cross-functionally to manage the performance of the payer channels, including accountability for tracking and improving targeted account performance, key account prioritization, and development of marketing strategies and tactics that will optimize business.  This role requires working closely with all groups within the broader US Market Access organization to ensure the goal of profitable access.

We are an innovative global healthcare company, committed to transforming the lives of people with immune challenges, rare diseases and blood disorders, cancers, and neurological disorders. From R&D to sales, our talented teams work together, revolutionizing treatment, continually improving products, understanding unmet needs, and connecting communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.

Main Responsibilities:

• Oversee strategic and tactical execution for the Dupixent Franchise Access Strategy team and for integrating Payer Marketing tactics into brand business and alliance management. 

• Support strategic and tactical execution for the Dupixent Value & Access team and integration of payer marketing tactics into brand business and alliance management

• Collaborate with the brand therapeutic areas and provide input into brand strategy and tactical development for Dupixent indications, serving as expert for the payer, distributor and channel perspective and ensuring economic considerations are incorporated

• Partner with HEVA business partners to inform real world evidence generation and ensure health economic activities are in place to meet the needs of payers while demonstrating value across the Dupixent franchise

• Execute on market access strategies and plans, including the brands’ value story, and help to integrate tactics into the overall brand plan

• Identify gaps in current market access understanding and develop plans to gain direct payer insights through primary research, advisory boards, etc., and work with vendors to implement projects in a timely, impactful manner

• Develop strong value communication platform and messaging to support access targets and goals

• Uncover pull through & push-through opportunities and advise on execution of pull & push-through strategies for all channels and geographies based upon formulary position and opportunity

• Manage vendors/agencies, including the development of RFPs, review, selection and milestones achievement towards contract deliverables

About You

Qualifications:

Professional Skills and Competencies:

• Experience in payer/brand marketing

• Experience in working with US payers

• Strong leadership skills and demonstrated ability to lead cross functionally

• Deep understanding and experience the specialty space including pricing, distribution and payer dynamics unique to specialty products

• Demonstrated experience in launching new products

• Demonstrated experience in working in specialty pharmacy

• Understanding of Commercial, Medicare Part D and Medicaid

• Experience identifying trends and insights assimilating into market/channel strategy