Associate Director, National Health Partnership Lead

• High profile, newly created role

• Dynamic and innovative global organisation

• Market leading benefits package

• Play an integral role in market access and value strategy across ANZ

Healthcare Professionals Group have partnered with this ground-breaking healthcare organisation to identify a high calibre candidate for this newly created role of Associate Director, National Health Partnership Lead.

About the company
Join one of the pharmaceutical sector’s most dynamic and innovative organisations that has played a key role in saving lives and improving health outcomes for patients globally.  With a burgeoning pipeline of therapeutics, this organisation has unique and exciting growth plans in Australia, and globally.   

About the opportunity
Reporting to the Market Access head, your role will aid this organisation’s rapid expansion focusing on developing key payer relationships including state-based hospital formularies, private health insurers, private hospital groups and other relevant organisations.  You will be building strong relationships with key stakeholders to lead value discussions, share insights internally from external stakeholders and provide vision to the organisation around future payer strategy.  You will have the capability and experience to flex between highly strategic responsibilities and also deliver on the execution of tenders for key accounts.

Duties

• Establish and maintain relationships with key decision makers and payers

• Gather strategic insights to anticipate market drivers and adapt accordingly

• Execute pull-through value story delivery to key decision makers

• Anticipate commercial drivers and integrate insights into strategic planning with input from internal and external stakeholders

• Lead and execute contracting and tender operations for accounts; tracking tenders and responding in a timely manner

• Ensure consistent implementation of price governance

• Support forecasting of sales targets

• Align with internal functions such as access & pricing, supply management, marketing, and medical affairs.

Mandatory Skills and Experience

• Extensive experience in the pharmaceutical and/or vaccines sector with proven capability to lead stakeholder engagement with key accounts from a value and market access perspective

• Strong understanding of vaccines and/or infectious diseases

• Well networked with experience illustrating value stories across a wide range of payers including purchasing groups, state government procurement organisations, private health insurers and private hospital groups

• Proven capability to lead strategy of key account management across vaccines from a market access perspective

• Strong key stakeholder networks across the Australian vaccine / pharmaceutical sector

• Ability to work with in a dynamic and highly matrixed global pharmaceutical organisation

• Ability to act with urgency as the organisation builds its global footprint

Benefits

• Market leading remuneration package including STIs, LTIs and stock on appointment

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance for you and your family

• Generous life and disability insurance

• Access to additional leave

• Paid parental leave, family planning and adoption benefits

• Well-being and employee assistance program including annual and monthly allowance

How to Apply
To apply for this role, please ensure you meet the skills and experience requirements before applying electronically.  All applications will be treated in strict confidence with a full role brief provided to you before your details are shared with the client organisation should you be aligned to the requirements of the role.