Manager, Market Access & Health Economics and Outcomes Research

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AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

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AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, vision care, virology, women’s health , and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

The Manager Market Access/Health Economics and Outcomes Research is responsible for developing and executing strategic plans to secure, maintain, and optimize the reimbursement of AbbVie products with public and private payers.

Reporting to the Head of Neuroscience Market Access, this role leads the creation of submissions to payers, health economic studies, and strategies based on real-world evidence, in collaboration with cross-functional teams and external partners.

This position is required to be in the office 3 fixed days per week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement market access, health economics, and outcomes research strategies for new and existing Neuroscience products, with a focus on gaining, maintaining, and optimizing reimbursement from diverse public and private payers through innovative approaches.
• Prepare and submit comprehensive dossiers for CDA, INESSS, and private payers, ensuring the inclusion of advanced budgetary impact assessments and economic analyses, while leveraging global resources and exploring novel value demonstration techniques.
• Plan and coordinate Canadian health economics and outcomes studies, applying creative methodologies to support optimal reimbursement strategies for Neuroscience therapies.
• Co-lead environment shaping initiatives with government and public affairs teams, actively seeking out and establishing novel collaborations and partnerships to influence the Neuroscience reimbursement landscape.
• Effectively communicate the progress and results of health economics and outcomes studies to internal and external stakeholders, fostering understanding and support for innovative reimbursement solutions.
• Engage with consultants, CROs, and economic experts to drive forward-thinking health economics and outcomes research initiatives that unlock new reimbursement pathways in Neuroscience.
• Serve as an active Brand Team member, identifying and championing cross-functional opportunities that advance brand objectives through creative market access and partnership strategies.
• Monitor and manage timelines and budgets for market access and health economics initiatives, ensuring resources are allocated to projects that offer innovative impact within the Neuroscience portfolio.
• This position reports to the Head of Neuroscience Market Access

Education/Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in science; bachelor’s degree in pharmacy or PharmD.
• Graduate Degree in Pharmacoeconomics, epidemiology or drug development, an asset.
• 3-5 years of experience in a similar role in pharmaceutical industry
• The ideal candidate should have expertise in market access, pharmacoeconomic and outcomes research with pertinent experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including previous experience directly dealing with payers and health technology agencies. 
• Strong commercial/ business background an asset.

Essential Skills & Abilities:

• Strong clinical acumen or ability to acquire it quickly, across different therapeutic areas, with a preference for immunology.
• Strong communication effectiveness, medical writing (technical) skills and presentation skills.
• Strategic thinking, analytical and data interpretation skills to support the development of compelling value propositions addressing public and private payer needs.
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills and team player. Work with field-based Market Access & Government Affairs team, Brand Teams and global Market Access & HEOR organization to develop strategies and tools to fully leverage value stories with customers.
• Entrepreneurial Mindset—Demonstrates a proactive drive to challenge conventional processes, continuously seeks out and applies novel solutions, and cultivates unique partnerships and pathways.
• Initiative and Action-driven. Translate market access & HEOR strategies into actionable and realistic plans to maximize reimbursement opportunities for Abbvie products in a timely manner.
• Ability to prioritize & project management skills. Ability to manage multiple projects across different therapeutic areas and work well under stress (timelines).
• High quality standards & rigor; detail oriented.
• Understanding of public and private drug reimbursement landscape and health technology assessment process and submission requirements in Canada.
• Understanding of pharmacoeconomic principles / guidelines and methodological developments, as well as experience in development of economic studies in collaboration with internal (e.g. medical department, global HEOR) and external (e.g. academic, research organizations) experts.
• Participated to publication process/RWE/data generation projects.
• Strong strategic problem-solving skills
• Understanding of a Canadian health care environment and care pathways.
• Previous experience dealing directly with payers, an asset.
• Advanced knowledge of English, written and verbal. Advanced knowledge of French is desired but not essential.
• Proficient with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) as well as Outlook. 
• Incumbent is also required to work with databases, such as Payer specific databases (e.g. PharmaStat, RxDynamics, etc.), and clinical trial databases as well as having experience working with Decision modeling (TreeAge) database.

Travel: Availability to travel within Canada about 10 % of the time and 10% of the time internationally.

Valid Passport and driver’s license required.

AbbVie aims to offer a French-speaking workplace in Quebec and has made efforts to limit English requirements. However, advanced English skills are essential for this role because the position involves working with English-speaking employees, clients, and regions outside Quebec.

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