Lead, Global Market Access & Pricing (Senior Director)

Description Lead, Global Market Access & Pricing (Senior Director)About Astellas : At Astellas we are a progressive health partner, delivering value and outcomes where needed. We pursue innovative science, focussing initially on the areas of greatest potential and then developing solutions where patient need is high, often in rare or under-served disease areas and in life-threatening or life-limiting diseases and conditions. We work directly with patients, doctors and health care professionals on the front line to ensure patient and clinical needs are guiding our development activities at every stage. Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn’t a buzzword - it’s a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division. We work closely with regulatory authorities and payers to find new ways to ensure access to new therapies. We deliver the latest insights and real-world evidence to inform the best decisions for patients and their care-givers, to ensure the medicines we develop continue to provide meaningful outcomes. Beyond medicines, we support our stakeholder communities to drive initiatives that improve awareness, education, access and ultimately standards of care. The Opportunity : As the Lead, Global Market Access and Pricing, Oncology (Senior Director) you will be responsible for the world-wide market access and pricing strategy for the product. You will develop and drive execution of the Global Market Access and Pricing Brand Strategy through leading a multi-disciplinary Value Access Strategy Team in co-creation of a best-in-industry value position strategy which optimizes product payer leverage points through tailored and where needed innovative payer solutions. This is a Senior Director level and will report into the Head of Global Market Access Strategic Brands and will work closely with other key cross functional partners across the region. Key Activities :

• Represent Global Market Access &VAST perspective on payer needs as a core member of the Asset Maximization Team and Global Co-creation Team and impact Commercialisation and evidence generation strategy in alignment with AMT co-leads to optimise brand value under consideration of reimbursement & pricing requirements and dynamics.
• Lead the development and implementation of innovative pricing and reimbursement strategies using value-based methodologies that both capture optimal product value and support commercial strategy / product positioning for new indications.
• Develop global value story and global value dossier based on insights collated, identify areas needing Medical Affairs, Value Evidence, Clinical Development and Statistics input and seek analyses and evidence generation accordingly.
• Define the payer value requirements for the evidence generation plan throughout the lifecycle of the product, identify areas needing MA & VE input and execution in evidence generation plans and establish alignment with critical functions such as Regulatory, Clinical Development, Stats team and the co-creation and sub co-creation Markets and endorsement by senior leadership.
• Work collaboratively with MA / VE and Commercial and Development Leads at Global, Area and Affiliate level to deliver integrated Evidence Generation Plan (iEGP), Brand Market Access Strategic Plan, ensuring it is embedded within the integrated Global Brand Plan, Core Medical Plans and Global & regional development plans, and that customer-relevant Global Brand Value Plans are developed and delivered.
• Lead the Value Access Strategy Team (VAST) and represent GMAx and VAST on the Asset Maximization Team (AMT) and Global Co-creation team (GCT).

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