Market Access Team Lead - Vaccines & Immune Therapies
AstraZeneca UK
Location: Greater London
Job Type: Full time
Posted
Market Access Team Lead - Vaccines & Immune Therapies
London
Competitive salary and package
Closing Date: 4th June 2023
Do you have expertise in health technology appraisal submissions and a passion for driving national patient access? Would you like to apply your expertise in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines?
You’ll individually and through a team of experts, play a pivotal role in channelling our scientific capabilities to make a positive impact on changing patients’ lives.
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Join our industry-leading BioPharmaceuticals team, where our rich and diverse pipeline speaks for itself. It’s an exciting time for our team as we redefine the future, working towards our vision to be the leader in Cardiovascular, Renal, Metabolism, Respiratory and Immunology by 2025.
A ground-breaking, fast-paced place, here you can feel the buzz and that’s why we love it.
At AstraZeneca UK, we are committed to delivering against three missions:
- Accelerating the position of the UK as a global centre of excellence in life sciences
- Redefining healthcare through fast and equitable access to the most effective medicines, high quality care
- Delivering sustainable leadership that prioritises healthy people, society and planet
Our head office in Pancras Square offers us the strongest possible platform to transform the lives of patients in the UK, as the country’s leading biopharmaceutical company. It brings AstraZeneca UK closer to our customers, partners and collaborators in the UK’s healthcare environment, as well as develop greater collaboration with the wider AstraZeneca footprint.
In Market Access, we’re always innovating to offer better solutions: finding ways to get involved earlier, building value-based arrangements, adapting to different payer requirements and changing engagement rules.
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.
We make sure our access is right for both patients and AstraZeneca, allowing us to gain value and reinvest for a brighter future.
What you’ll do:
- Strategic lead for HTA (Health Technology Appraisal) engagements.
- Lead a team to deliver high quality evidence submissions to HTA bodies and drive access to AZ products in the UK Market
Accountabilities:
- HTA submissions to NICE/SMC/AWMSG, and input to national clinical guidelines within their Franchise responsibility
- National Access Strategies for the Vaccines & Immune Therapies franchise
- Negotiating with complex matrix of global and local partners on UK HTA strategy
- Effectively engages with key external agencies to enable access for AZ Vaccines & Immune Therapies products
- Work with Head of Strategic Pricing, Marketing, Medical, Government Affairs and Policy to shape National value propositions to drive uptake of products
- Work with Government Affairs to craft the external access environment to enable improved access opportunities for their franchise
Essential skills and experience:
- Degree in economics or life sciences or pharmacy qualification
- Proven Market Access leadership experience within the pharma industry
- Demonstrated successes across UK HTA/National Access engagements
- Experience in AZ strategic therapy areas, especially oncology
- Evidence of team working and accountability
Desirable:
- Master’s degree in Health Economics, Evidence based medicine, Epidemiology or related field
- Experience of leading teams
- Advanced Excel and data handling
- Experience of health economic modelling
- Other proven experience beyond health economics (e.g. NHS)
Date Posted
18-May-2023Closing Date
04-Jun-2023AstraZeneca 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.