Associate Director, Patient Access Strategy - Biosimilars

Who we are

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

The opportunity

The Associate Director of Patient Access Strategy is a key member of the Biosimilar Value and Access Strategy team, reporting to the Senior Director, Value and Access Strategy. The Associate Director is responsible for leading, developing, and implementing strategies aligned with brand objectives to maximize patient access to therapy while minimizing GTN impact. 

 

The Associate Director will direct the efforts of vendor partners and lead cross-functional collaboration with internal stakeholders to meet strategic objectives of patient access programs. The Associate Director is responsible for all aspects of biosimilar affordability and access programs, including vendor management, program design, compliance, financial management, organizational communication, data analytics, monitoring program effectiveness, reporting outcomes, lifecycle management, and ensuring innovation in patient access programming. Patient affordability programs can significantly impact brand pricing and contracting strategy, GTN, and profitability. Therefore, financial management and ensuring cost-effective program designs are key responsibilities of the AD.    

 

Location: This is a hybrid position working from Teva’s Parsippany headquarters.

How you’ll spend your day

All areas of responsibility listed below are essential to the satisfactory performance of this position by any incumbents with reasonable accommodation if necessary. Any non-essential functions are assumed to be included in other related duties or assignments. 

• Program leadership: Provide leadership with Biosimilar Marketing, Value & Access, and Vendors to design, develop, and implement affordability and access programs that align with business objectives.
• Value & Access strategy: Support the development and execution of strategies to maximize patient access to Teva’s biosimilar products and gain a competitive advantage where possible. 
• Strategic pricing and contracting: Work with Value & Access, Finance, and Forecasting teams to ensure that pricing and contract strategies account for patient access and affordability program costs.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Lead collaboration of internal teams such as legal, compliance, account managers, and finance, and external partners like affordability and patient support program vendors to ensure smooth program operations and optimal experience for patients, providers, and pharmacies.
• Financial Updates: Prepare financial analysis relating to the affordability and access program activity and spend for the AOP, quarterly RF, and LRP forecasts. 
• Budget management: Conduct comprehensive financial analysis and forecasting of program costs.  Monitor and manage budgets for affordability programs and other patient access services.
• Data analysis: Development of standard program reporting package for management, including program KPI's and Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Identify and integrate co-pay program redemption trends into forecasts and contracting evaluations.
• Business Insights: Utilize program data and research to understand the competitive landscape, inform strategies, optimize financials, maximize pull-through, and enhance program effectiveness. 
• Program effectiveness: Responsible for the evaluation and monitoring of patient access programs to ensure optimal program performance, financial management, and improvements.
• Program design: Lead and provide expertise for External Vendors, Value & Access, Brand Team, and Legal, etc. on business rule development or program changes.
• Communication: Develop communication plans for coordinating vendor-customer interactions, as well as leading internal Teva communications, training, and field team pull-through.
• Launch leadership: Participate in launch leadership teams for the evaluation and development of cost-effective affordability and access programs.
• Operations: Responsible for vendor RFPs and selection, vendor relationship management, and program administrative responsibilities (budget tracking, invoicing, payments, etc.).
• Risk Management: Anticipation an