Remote Contracts & Pricing Strategy Analysis Manager

Description:
Reports to Director, Innovative Contracting & Analytics in support of Market Access and partnering with Policy and Government Affairs. Delivers pricing and contracting analytics to support decisions and operations related to policy changes and access solutions. This individual will be responsible for business analytics to evaluate innovative ideas for currently marketed and pipeline products. This role will demonstrate experience managing analytics, pricing, and contracting dynamics along with an aptitude for hypothesis-driven analytics and problem-solving skills. The role is fully remote, US-based.

Essential Job Responsibilities:
• Develop innovative analysis and financial modelling to assess risk associated with different policy and business landscape risks that entail potential financial and business consequences
• Synthesize data and other internal/ external inputs to frame problems and identify impact drivers, as well as propose potential strategic options to mitigate risk
• Applying knowledge of government policy and market access disruptors to pricing and contracting scenarios
• Specific areas of focus will entail
o Most Favored Nation or MFN analysis and modeling, working with both US and global pricing data, across commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, and 340B channels, and across the full portfolio
o Maximum Fair Price or MFP effectuation planning and implementation, including quantification of risks and potential second and third order impacts on customer economics and brand performance

Qualifications:
Required:
• College degree in a business discipline
• Expertise in market access analytics and US pricing & contracting dynamics
• Deep analytics fluency, detail orientation, and test-and-learn, iterative mindset. Candidate should have experience building analytical models to address key business questions
• Experience with government policies related to pricing strategies, and ability to learn new concepts in this area quickly
• 5 or more years pharmaceutical industry experience
• Advanced level of database, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint skills
• Ability to take directions, ask clarifying questions, and show work and assumptions clearly
• Strong collaboration skills with the demonstrated ability to gather key stakeholder feedback
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, and ability to explain work
• Demonstrated knowledge of US access, reimbursement, and pricing landscape for pharmaceutical products (both Pharmacy and Medical reimbursement). Includes awareness of commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, other government, and specialty segments
• Strong commitment to compliance and sensitivity to confidentiality and SOPs

Preferred:
• Advanced Degree/Education in a related discipline preferred