Director, Contracts & Pricing

About us

Based in Parma, Italy, Chiesi is an international research-focused pharmaceuticals and healthcare group with over 85 years’ experience, operating in 30 countries with more than 6,000 employees (Chiesi Group). To achieve its mission of improving people’s quality of life by acting responsibly towards society and the environment, the Group research, develops and markets innovative drugs in its three therapeutic areas: AIR (products and services that promote respiration, from new-born to adult populations), RARE (treatment for patients with rare and ultra-rare diseases) and CARE (products and services that support special care and consumer-facing self-care).
We are proud to be the largest global pharmaceutical group to be awarded B Corp Certification, a recognition of high social and environmental standards. We are a reliable company that adopts and promotes transparent ethical behavior at all levels. 
We are committed to embrace diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities. In fact, we are a global family made up of different cultures, different genders, generations, ethnicities, abilities, sexual identities and many other enriching diversities. 

Chiesi USA

Chiesi USA is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and promoting products for the hospital, adjacent specialty and rare disease markets. We are a B Corp™ and Benefit company awarded Top Employer status for six consecutive years and certified as a Great Place to Work. 
At Chiesi, we share an entrepreneurial spirit and act as a force for good, pursuing high social and environmental standards, to ensure the wellbeing of our people, patients, and communities. We offer a work environment where professionals have the opportunity to build a purposeful career focused on helping others while achieving a fulfilling work-life balance, meeting exciting challenges, and engaging in important and rewarding work.

What we offer

Chiesi offers competitive benefits, services, and programs that enrich the personal and professional lives of our employees.   Our shared values of passion, innovation, trust and integrity bring out the individual talents and diverse perspectives of each of our colleagues.  Our environment encourages each individual to reach his or her full potential and drive outstanding results. We celebrate that “Every one of us is different. Every one of us is Chiesi."

 

Purpose

This position will support Chiesi USA Value and Access team in developing, implementing and analyzing contracting strategies across all customer segments.  Provide development opportunities, direction and guidance to Contracts Team.  Review and approve contract set up, contract implementation and contract adjudication.  Act as the subject matter expert on Contracts Operations from end-to-end.  Provide issue resolution in complex contract negotiations.  Assist in the development of models to assess policy impacts in an evolving government landscape.  Lead pricing committee strategy and governance. 

Main Responsibilities

•    Assume accountability for general contract operations management. 
•    Work with Director, National Accounts and Legal to finalize Agreements, including review of revisions, communication between parties, providing alternatives to disputed language obtaining designated     approvals from signatories and working with Legal to obtain fully executed Agreements. 
•    Review and approve the work of direct reports. 
•    Interpret and apply regulations associated with relevant legal issues (i.e. Safe Harbor Discounts, Anti-kickback Statutes, general contract law, etc.)
•    Lead Pricing Management and provide support to business unit relating to the design and implementation of new contract programs.
•    Provide guidance to the Contracts Manager on writing and updating existing agreements.
•    May perform other duties as assigned.
•    Oversee calculation, review and reporting of statutory government price calculations, including Medicaid, Medicare, PHS/340B, VA/DOD pricing and any other government pricing metricks that may     berequired.
•    Work with Global Pricing/Value and Access teams to implement governance and required documentation.
•    Oversee and approve the reporting of State Price Transparency requirements in conjunction with outside vendors or internally, to ensure compliance with all state regulations.  
•    Oversee Medicare, commercial, VA, DOD, PHS chargebacks.
•    Responsible for all contract-related activities for commercial team, review of contract performance and problem resolution on existing contracts. 
•    Manages contracts process.
•    Work in close liaison with the Finance team to prepare accruals, assist with gross-to-net calculations and rebate projections
•    Work with direct reports to adjudicate rebates