ABOUT ASTRAZENECA

Here you’ll have the opportunity to make an important difference to patients’ lives. With science at its heart, this is the place where breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicines – for the world’s most complex diseases. Answer unmet medical needs by pioneering the next wave of science, focusing on outcomes and shaping the patient ecosystem.

With our ground-breaking pipeline, the outlook is forward-thinking. Be proud to join a place that has achieved so much, yet is still moving forward. There’s no better time to join our global, growing enterprise as we lead the way for healthcare and society.

AstraZeneca In Canada

Headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, we’ve been recognized as one of Greater Toronto Area’s Top Employers for 7 straight years. Our synergetic work environment cultivates knowledge-sharing, decision-making, and entrepreneurial thinking. Our employees work across teams, functions, and even the globe. With a commitment to sustainability, we’re working towards making our head office and internal and external meetings green.

Business area

Taking a forward-looking approach we look at the world through a different lens. We go above and beyond to find solutions that impact patients – harnessing science with technology and connecting the entire healthcare ecosystem. It’s our patients that come first, every decision we make and action we take is centered around how we can better serve them. It’s why we are shaping care of patients for the future, working along the whole experience to give hope to billions of people across the world.

What you’ll do

As a member of our Value, Access and Policy team, you will report to the Head of Pricing, Contracting and Negotiations and will be accountable for identifying and executing pricing strategies for your portfolio of products, ensuring external compliance of our Canadian product portfolio with the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board guidelines and regulations as well as our internal compliance with our processes and controls.

You provide expertise, leadership and guidance through process improvement, interactive communication and decision-maker engagement and management. You build a variety of strategies, support scenario analysis as part of the market access and brand planning process, and provide insights and guidance on emerging trends, challenges and opportunities in the pricing, contracting and related market access areas aligned to our strategic direction.

In this role, your subject matter expertise will be used for the following:

Product Pricing Strategies for Tendered and Loss of Exclusivity Brands

• Lead RFP and tendering processes for Group Purchasing Organization and other key agencies as required for your portfolio of products including FluMist and/or other vaccines, established brands and emerging tendered brands.s

• Lead the building and implementation of pricing strategies and scenarios designed to maximize commercial contribution for your portfolio of products

• Build and review financial models supporting proposed pricing strategies for products as they approach loss of exclusivity, or provide pricing support for divestitures

• Responsible for securing local and global approval for product portfolio price strategies

Pricing Compliance and Monitoring

• Provide subject matter expertise to the pricing team as well as the local and global organization on Canadian pricing regulations and requirements for all emerging and existing products

• Identify and lead organization through implementation of any changes required based on changes to pricing environment (local or global)

• Manage pricing compliance requirements locally and globally including PMPRB reporting, monitoring and issues management

• Work with the function Head, team members, Legal, Regulatory, Forecasting, Finance, and the business unit to resolve issues and initiate steps to prevent future problem

• Build key external relationships and/or partnerships with PMPRB, consultants and other access or industry bodies related to pricing regulations and requirements

• Ensure internal alignment to pricing controls and processes. Identify and implement process improvements.

Contract Management and Invoicing Process Oversight

• Provide strategic guidance to Value, Access and Policy team related to evaluation of contract terms and conditions and contract negotiations

• Manage and support contracting framework within AstraZeneca Canada, provide guidance and leadership in the application and execution of the contracting management framework and actively participate in the process

• Monitor contract and program performance by reviewing and analysing data, including SOX validation; use this analysis as the basis of recommendations for future contracts and programs

• Evaluate, recommend and implement standard methodologies for contracting and invoicing processes

• Act as Dotted Line Manager for Pricing Managers who support contracting and invoicing

You will also:

• Monitor and report societal and industry developments that impact AstraZeneca

• Anticipate changes internally and externally effectively to drive positive outcomes for the organization

• Communicate complex issues and challenges clearly and appropriately to internal and external partners

• Participate, collaborate with and lead cross functional teams within the organization

Your Qualifications Include

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or life sciences

• Minimum of 5 years related pharmaceutical industry experience

• Strong working knowledge of PMPRB guidelines, regulations, reporting and issues management

• Experience working with GPOs and tendered products including vaccines and/or brands that have lost exclusivity

• Working knowledge and understanding of international pricing environments (e.g., PMPRB11 countries)

• Understanding of contracting and tendering processes, contract requirements and review processes

• You seek to understand and be knowledgeable of Canadian reimbursement system, structures and key industry players

• Strong interpersonal, communication and time management, prioritization skills and attention to detail.

• You are a long term critical problem solver, highly solutions oriented and outcomes driven

• You enjoy working with all levels of the organization and can influence across the enterprise

• As a strong teammate, you enjoy collaborating with a broad set of individuals

• Excellent oral, written, and analytical skills with demonstrated experience required in scenario planning, decision-making and solution development

Why AstraZeneca

Here you’ll have the opportunity to make a significant difference to patients’ lives. With science at its heart, this is the place where breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicines – for the world’s most complex diseases. Answer unmet medical needs by pioneering the next wave of science, focusing on outcomes and shaping the patient ecosystem.

With our ground-breaking pipeline, the outlook is bright. Be proud to be part of a place that has achieved so much, yet is still moving forward. There’s no better time to join our global, growing enterprise as we lead the way for healthcare and society.

Great People want to Work with us! Find out why:

• GTAA Top Employer Award for 7 years:https://reviews.canadastop100.com/top-employer-astrazeneca-canada

• Best Workplace Culture Award at the 2018 Canadian HR Awards:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/thriving-best-workplace-culture-gena-restivo/

• Browse AstraZeneca's YouTube channel to find out more about us:https://www.youtube.com/user/astrazenec

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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.