Pricing & Healthcare Analyst

Location: Vilnius, Lithuania

Competitive salary & excellent company benefits
Salary starting from EUR gross 3600 monthly.

Would you like to apply your expertise to impact the lives of patients in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

About AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

Business Area

At AstraZeneca we play a critical role in making our pipeline accessible to patients.

It’s our knowledge of patients, fused with our forward-looking mindset and innovations, that helps us to spot opportunities, get involved earlier and approach access sustainably.

A crucial role in the business, we look to the future, analysing trends and spotting opportunities. This shapes the advice we offer, as we translate it into strategic and technical actions across the enterprise.

What you’ll do

In this position you will be responsible for developing and implementing price and reimbursement strategies for products in the market in close collaboration with the respective Market Access Manager, LIT teams across MC Baltic.

You will also be responsible for maintenance of internal pricing systems, assistance in developing business cases and other analytical documents as well as support processing, submission, follow-up of bid quotations. And perform analyses to validate rebate claims, and assist with analysis of pricing strategies to support development of overall pricing/contracting policies.

Other responsibilities will include:

Functional
Reimbursement

• Develop and execute the national market access strategy together with Market Access  manager and LIT teams
• Prepare and submit local price and reimbursement applications (new applications, renewals etc), follow up
• Responsible for relevant dialogue with the price and reimbursement authorities together with the Market Access manager
• Responsible for handling reimbursement agreements

Strategic pricing

• Analyse trends, competitors and prices in market and in other markets that can impact future price changes locally
• Drives developing pricing strategies for all products
• Work closely with Market Access and Marketing (TA) teams to develop optimal tenders

Interactions

• Develop and build relations with key external stakeholders within the price and reimbursement bodies
• Serves as initial contact regarding notification or disputes and requests for additional information in price related matters
• Participate in cross functional TA (LIT) team work
• Collaboration with logistics/distribution team

Insights

• Gaining insight on competitor’s and authority’s pricing policy
• Gather insight of how the future and current pricing system works
• Share insight through relevant channels and cross functional teams
• Assures tasks are of correct quality and in accordance with written procedures and current legal requirements  and internal standards

Essential for the role

• Bachelor  degree
• Experience from doing analytic work
• Excellent local language and English skills / communication and writing skills
• Excellent skills in usage of spread sheet software (MS Excel) and/or similar tools for data analysis
• Deep understanding of how the price and reimbursement  system works

Desirable for the role

• University degree preferably within health economics, pharmacy or business economics
• Understand the AZ business model and pharma market place

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

So what’s next?

Interested in this role? Please apply by submitting your CV no later than 30th June 2021.

Where can you find out more?

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.