Internship in Access & Value, Portugal

Job Description

ACCESS & VALUE TRAINEE

We are looking for an Access & Value Trainee to join our team, who will focus patient access to innovative therapies.

He/she will have the opportunity to join a multinational company and develop knowledge in market access, pricing, health economics and outcomes research.

Operationally, will support the development of reimbursement dossiers and additional documentation (clinical added value, pricing, economic value) for health authorities and payers.

In this role the incumbent will be responsible for:

·       Support the development of pricing and reimbursement strategies that will ensure competitive positioning of our drugs, throughout their whole lifecycle.

·       Identifying data gaps and support the execution of the necessary projects on outcome research to support therapeutic areas during its lifecycle.

·       Support developing value propositions (clinic and economic) in the designated therapeutic areas.

·       Supporting economic models local adaptation and development of customer and target-oriented access models.

·       Understanding and using several sorts of information, such as medical, epidemiological and economic.

·       Promoting cross-functional collaboration, ensuring Access value integration into brand team priorities.

·       Collaborating closely with local and international colleagues from Corporate Affairs, Account Access, Pricing, Outcomes Research, Regulatory, Marketing, Medical, Market Research and Finance, to ensure alignment on market access strategies, coordination on local actions and data collection.

·       Benchmarking, sharing best practices and interacting efficiently with colleagues

Education & Experience

·       University degree (pharmacist, master in sciences, or similar)

Skills

·       Acts with ethics and integrity being a role model for the entire company;

·       Enjoys working in a collaborative context and demonstrates strong team spirit;

·       High tenacity and resilient profile with the ability to deliver in a constrained environment;

·       Able to manage own work, with ability to prioritize, plan and organize work assignments of the team while working under strict timelines;

·       Is self-motivated, proactive, highly organized, detail-oriented and able to multi-task while delivering high quality work;

·       Successfully develops relationships leading to the creation of a strong professional network;

·       Strong analytical skills leveraging strategic thinking;

·       Ability to integrate multiple levels of variables, apply problem-solving approach and recommend solution;

·       Fluency in spoken and written English;

·       Experience using Microsoft Office tools, including excel;

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